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Lorenzo D. Thompson poses for a portrait wearing a dark suit. A celebrated wrestler, Thompson defeated a young Abraham Lincoln while serving together during the Black Hawk War.

Students use looms to weave cloth inside the Monticello College workshop.

The view looking southwest on the south levee in Shawneetown shows extensive flood damage.

An aerial view shows the flooding from the top of the Halliday Hotel looking southwest of Cairo.

An aerial view of flooding looking south from the top of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

A pile of lumber floats in the floodwaters in Mound City, Pulaski County, at Route 37 looking northeast.

The view looking north from the south levee in Shawneetown shows several flood-damaged buildings.

Lumber from two lumber yards lies on the south levee after flood waters receded in Shawneetown.

A street view shows flooding in Mound City looking north.

A street view shows flooding from Route 37 looking north in Mound City.

An aerial view shows the flooding when looking north from the top of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

A young style show model sits on a store display case and looks at herself in a mirror while holding a teddy bear.

The view looking east on the south levee in Shawneetown shows several small buildings and piles of lumber on the side of a road.

Philip Wagner, Sr., looks through a book with an unidentified woman.

Illustrated four verse song and chorus written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Lyrics depict singer's affection for Nelly Bly and describes her personality and her work. Cover image depicts woman standing by a fence.

Longhorn steers stand in a pen on a ranch.

An exterior view shows the Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum in Athens, Illinois.

The truss bridge near London Mills spans across the Spoon River.

Sixteen students act out the popular nursery rhyme and singing game, "London Bridge Is Falling Down."

A young Lois Virginia Wilson wears an elaborate hairstyle while posing for a portrait.

Lois Virginia Wilson wears two large hair ornaments while posing for a portrait.

Edwin Booth's great-granddaughter, Lois Fellows Grossman, addresses a note to her father, Ignatius Grossman, that reads: "Dear Daddy, I love you. Lois".