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Prisoner manufactured license plates were just one of many products produced at Stateville, which included a furniture factory, textile mill, and sheet-metal plant.

An interior view shows the circulation desk inside an unidentified library full of patrons.

Several bookcases line the walls around a table and chairs in the Monticello Female Seminary library's north end. On verso: "My father placed a plaque in our memory. Mary and Sarah [Andrew]."

A library patron asks the librarian a question while several other patrons read at tables in the Kankakee State Hospital library.

A view of a library in the Executive Mansion in Springfield shows several seating areas along large windows.

Campaign song for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Cover depicts scrolls and banner containing song title.

Window displays line the sidewalk level of a Liberty Commercial Corporation store.

Lyrics depict push for Americans to purchase Liberty Bonds during World War I. Cover image depicts a bald eagle with open wings above the text.

An exterior view shows the snow-covered Lewis Ross Mansion in Lewistown as seen from Milton Avenue.

Young Lewis Clover sits in a chair during a portrait session.On verso: "Lewis P. Clover, b. Sept 1864; son of Edw & Eliz Edwards Clover."