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Illustrated three verse song and chorus about a young soldier wounded in the Battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862) who relates a dream he had of his mother comforting him.

Illustrated four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of the "Bonnie Blue Flag." The words depict a dying soldier thinking of his mother.The original "Bonnie Blue Flag" was one of the most popular Confederate songs of the Civil War.

Illustrated three verse song and chorus. A wounded soldier sings of how his mother would comfort him, if she were with him.

Although the illustration shows a soldier leaving a battlefield, this three verse song about the return of a prodigal son to his mother does not mention war or soldiering.

Illustrated three verse song about a son asking his mother if his father will ever return from the war, only to learn that his father died in battle.

Members of the Springfield Urban League Nursery School Mother's Club. The nursery school was established in 1936 by the league through the Works Progress Administration.

Lincoln makes three objections to the charge denying that the defendants obtained the money by false pretenses and moves that the indictment be quashed.

Several young men enjoy a ride down a dirt road.

A group of unknown people ride atop early motor carriages, the precursor to the automobile.

A man stands in front of a building pressing a button on a radiotelephone.Photo caption: "A product truly ahead of its time, the DYNA-T.A.C. portable radiotelephone system, first demonstrated by Motorola in 1973, is similar to a normal dial…

A street view shows flooding where Route 37 turns north through Mound City.

An aerial view shows flooding in Mound City during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

An aerial view shows flooding in Mound City during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

An aerial view shows flooding in Mound City during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A man in a boat travels the flooded streets of Mound City as the camera looks south.

An aerial view of the flooding in Mounds during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

An aerial view shows flooding in Mounds during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

An aerial view shows the flooding in Mounds during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Illustarted four verse song about the joys and challenges of life at sea.

Illustrated two verse song and chorus based on a French revolutionary song of 1848. Verses are in French and English.

Subtitled "A tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln," the song was written and composed by two women. The composer, "Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst," was Susan McFarland Parkhurst, a friend of Stephen Foster's and the author of several Civil War songs. She…

A "Grand herioc funeral march in memory of Abraham Lincoln."

A street view looking north shows a damaged house on north Main Street in Mound City. On verso: "This is one of many houses left in streets by the flood."

A forklift operator moves boxes of Cheerios houses in the General Mills facility in West Chicago.