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Three telephone company employees pose for a picture.

Maud Henry standing next to a switchboard operating station.

Mrs. Alkire and Miss Dora Carr seated at a switchboard operating station.

Four women switchboard operators busy at work.

Six men positioned around a Pike County Telephone Co. truck.

A religious song about doing good works.

No cover page. Music only no words. At top of sheet: "The Daintiest Musical Conceit of the Year." On reverse: Advertising musical incipit : "If money talks, it ain't on speaking terms with me." Words and music : J. Fred Helf.

Margery Adams poses in a pink kimono and holds a fan given to her by her brother, Roe R. Adams.On verso: "Pink kimono from Roe. Now Martha has kimono."

Army reserve soldiers engage in pistol target practice at an armory located near Fairfield.

A crane lowers a piece of cement piping into a ditch near Millers Motel while several workers stand nearby.

Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry members watch a trampoline demonstration while wearing straw hats during the annual Plae Dae Picnic sponsored by the Manufacturing Council.

Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry members eat at tables while enjoying the annual Plae Dae Picnic sponsored by the Manufacturing Council.

Ray Page (center) sits and eats with a group of Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry men enjoying the Plae Dae Picnic sponsored by the Manufacturing Council.

Three men survey the wreckage of a small plane lying upside down in an open field.

Several men, including two Illinois State Police officers, inspect a damaged plane after it crashed in a field.

Emily Jones, Jr. presents a plaque at the event. Margaret Smith is in the center with two men standing behind her.

Emil Jones speaks at the podium with Corneal A. Davis (far right). Several men holding certificates stand to Jones' right.

Portrait of the Plasman kids assisting an older woman with a saw.

A man rides a go kart on a dirt road.

Lincoln writes a description of the Bullock property and a legal petition that Josiah Francis signs on a Plat of Bullocks Addition to the City of Springfield drawn and Z.A. Enos, Sangamon County Surveyor, signs. In 1855, wishing to dispose of her…

Female students of the St. Mary's Academy play various roles during a school performance.Additional images from St. Mary's School on Chronicling Illinois are available in the St. Mary's School-Class of 1888 Collection located…

An aerial view of El Gran Hotel de Francia located in the Plaza de Armas, Santiago, Chile, highlights the courtyard outside the building.

Mary Ann Jacobus accuses Milden and Elizabeth Kitchell of calling her a whore. Lincoln writes a plea and demurrer for the Kitchells in the case of Mary Ann Jacobus v. Milden Kitchell et ux. Tazewell County Circuit Clerk John A. Jones files the…

As Philip Leonard's attorney, Lincoln gives legal notice that he intends to prove that George W. Taylor is indebted to Leonard for $389.50 in clothing, room and board.

Sackett Davis & Co. sues Reuben W. Burt to collect an $800 account. Lincoln argues in this plea that Burt was innocent of the charge in that the value of the jewelry he purchased from Sackett Davis & Co. was worth less than sued upon and…