A mudsill is a sill or timber placed on or buried under the ground to support a structure. Southerners sometimes referred to Northerners as "mudsills," in derision of what they saw as the lowly social status of most Northern men. During the Civil…
A lady, possibly connected to the Edwina Booth Grossman family, writes to a much-loved man who seems to be in their New York house. On a "Mighty cold, gorgeous day" she suggests Harrison put a window in the east side of shed so he can paint there.…
An architect's drawing illustrates the Palatine Commercial Corporation Building. At bottom: "J. C. Zarnowiecki, J. A. Slupkowski, Associate Architects."
Major Murray McConnel of Morgan County poses for a portrait. McConnel served in the Black Hawk War before beginning a legal career. McConnel served as an Auditor of the Treasury under President Franklin Pierce and President James Buchanan and was…
Lyrics depict singer traveling throughout the world and expressing a desire to always return home to Illinois. Cover image depicts the state of Illinois with a heart in the middle surrounded by drawings of Starved Rock, Lincoln's Tomb, Blackhawk…
"Dedicated to our Illinois State Park, Starved Rock, near Ottawa, Ill." Lyrics depict singer's life in Illinois and pride in the state. Cover image includes a photograph of Starved Rock with a man and woman in a canoe on the Illinois River below.…
Illustrated sheet containing two songs. The first, "My Maryland," is satirically attributed to "Stone-Wall Jackson" and decrys and ridicules the Rebel general's march into Maryland. The song is a satire of the pro-Confederate anthem, "Maryland, My…
Usually enitiled "Maryland, My Maryland," this illustrated nine stanza poem was set to music and became one of the most popular pro-Confederate songs of the Civil War. "Maryland, My Maryland, became the state song of Maryland in 1938.