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Illustrated three verse song commemorating the death of Union colonel Elmer Ellsworth.

State's Attorney John E. W. Wayman walks through the streets of Chicago shining the light of investigation. Additional people search the city with binoculars and telescopes from the roof of the City Hall building while a person peeks through…

This song is about U. S. troops going to Berlin ( WWW 1) and victory over the Kaiser. Cover shows picture of a soldier with bayonet with tents in background.

Also known as "The Prisoner Free and a sequel to "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," the song takes the perspective of Union prisoners of war waiting in expectation for their liberation.

Illustrated three verse song subtitled "The Prisoner Free," and a sequel to "Tramp, 'Tramp' Tramp."

This was the "Official State Fair Sesquicentennial Theme Song, (Our Illinois, Our Land of Lincoln). " Cover depicts Illinois State Fair Grounds. At bottom right picture of Earl Oyler. Illinois Sesquicentennial 1818-1968. The second stanza was added…

Opal Stanner wears a dress with a large lace collar.

Several politicians gather at the opening of Route 66 in Lincoln, including Lieutenant Governor John Chapman (4th from left), Governor William G. Stratton (5th from left), Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier (3rd from right), State Treasurer…

Governor William G. Stratton (3rd from right) stands with several other state officials during the ribbon cutting ceremony at the opening of Route 66 in Lincoln. From left to right: Elmer J. Hoffman, State Treasurer; Unidentified; John W. Chapman,…

Mrs. Oral K. Wing, a member of the board of trustees at Monticello College, sits in a winged chair for a portrait.

An apiary (bee yard) is filled with dozens of beehives used for housing honey bees.Photo caption: "An orchard apiary."

A patriotic song in support of soldiers in World War 2. No cover.

Justice of the Peace James T. Duncan orders Mrs. Frances Lincoln to settle with F.L. Barris for taking up his cow on November 26, 1838.