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A large delegation of women standing in front of the Chicago & Alton train, "The Daylight Flyer," ready for a trip to Springfield for the formal seating of Florence Fifer Bohrer in the Senate. A Republican from Bloomington, Bohrer was Illinois's…

A women's suffrage cabinet card that was distributed at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. It depicts Frances E. Willard, national president (1879-1898) of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, surrounded by her "Political Peers,"…

Portrait of a young woman in full dress.

George William Helmle, a German woodcarver, took up residence and began a woodcarving business in Springfield in 1851.

Two men wind spools of sisal fiber using small spinning machines.

Three employees lay out individual pieces of sisal fiber.

A man poses with large bales of sisal fiber.

Several mill workers prepare sisal fiber for spinning.

William C. Booth, along with several of his fellow soldiers, pose for a picture in front of a building at Camp Logan.The legible names from left to right beginning with the back row: Paulsen, Jos. M. Whitfield, W. C. Booth, J. E. Buckbee, Harvey B.…

William C. Booth addresses fellow soldiers of the 1st Illinois Infantry standing at attention. Booth served in both the Spanish-American War and World War I.

William C. Booth, and several of his fellow soldiers from the 1st Infantry, Illinois National Guard, pose for a picture in front of their camp. The legible names on the photo read from left to right: Parker, Roth, Roth, Cop. Little, Bert Little,…

Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Augustus Ernest, "The German Crown Prince," was the eldest son of German Emperor Wilhelm II. He commanded Germany's 5th Army during World War I.

Company G barber Sam Scaletti cuts the hair of Arlie J. Wheaton in front of a coffee shop in Madernach, Luxembourg. Following the armistice on November 11, 1918, the U.S. Army moved through formerly German-occupied Luxembourg on its way to occupy a…

A young girl proudly displays her World War I nurse's uniform on Christmas day, 1918.

Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, speaks to a crowd from a railroad car at an unknown location.

Corporal Walter B. Bridgestock pictured with a caption that reads, "Wounded, Chipilly Aug. 9. 18." Chipilly was a strategic point defended by the Germans against the Allies in the Battle of Amiens in August 1918. Bridgestock served in Company G,…

Private Ralph Villano of Company G, 131st Infantry Regiment, standing with rifle outside a house in Luxembourg. The caption reads: "Wounded Oct 9-18 and Captured Oct-10-18 over the Muse [sic]River." Villano was wounded and captured during the…

Ernest Talmage Ball, a private in Company G of the 131st Infantry during World War I, standing on a street in Luxembourg. The caption at the top of the photograph reads, "Captured Oct.9.18 at Consonvoy wounded same date." Originally from Milton, West…

E. H. Switzer, William C. Booth's captain in the First Infantry Regiment, Illinois National Guard, from 1894-1900. The photograph contains the personalized message, "Yours in sunshine and in clouds E. H. Switzer." Booth later served as corporal in…

A large ship at Port Tampa, Florida "embarking for Cuba" during the Spanish-American War.

William C. Booth shares a meal at Camp Meade, Washington, D.C. Booth was a corporal who served in Company G of the 131st Infantry Regiment during World War I. He was later promoted to staff sergeant and served in that capacity during the Allied…

William C. Booth stands with Horace Vanygriff, a fellow soldier, in the Koblenz-Lzel region of Germany. Booth was a corporal who served in Company G of the 131st Infantry Regiment during World War I. He was later promoted to staff sergeant and served…

William C. Booth's landlord in the Koblenz-Lzel region of Germany. Booth served as a corporal in Company G of the 131st Infantry Regiment during World War I. He was later promoted to staff sergeant and served in the Allied occupation of the Rhineland…

Portrait of William C. Booth posing in his military uniform with pipe and gloves in hands. Booth was a corporal in Company G of the 131st Infantry Regiment during World War I. He was later promoted to staff sergeant and served in that capacity during…

Portrait of William C. Booth posing in his military uniform. Booth was a corporal who served in Company G of the 131st Infantry Regiment during World War I. He was later promoted to staff sergeant and served in that capaicity during the Allied…