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Bottom Mine No.10 at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg.

Boiler Room Mine No.9 at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg, showing an employee shoving coal into one of the large boilers.

Picking Tables Dering No.2 at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg, showing several employees picking coal from conveyor belts.

Screen Shed Dering No.2 at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg, showing three men looking down on the production floor from an above railing.

Ogara Machine Shop at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg.

Several men, including workers and executives, gather for a group picture outside at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg.

Portrait of a John Charles Black in his earlier years. Black was a Union Army Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet-Brigadier General during the American Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, and a U.S. District Attorney at Chicago.

George Armstrong Custer, a graduate of West Point in 1861, fought in both the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He famously led all of his men to their deaths in "Custer's Last Stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876.

Helene Elizabeth Black, daughter of John Charles Black, a Union Army Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet-Brigadier General during the American Civil War, who later became a U.S. Congressman of Illinois, and a U.S. District Attorney at Chicago.

Stephen Abbot, a U.S. veteran, was the commanding officer of Utah State University's Student Army Training Corps, and professor of Military Science and Tactics at Utah Agricultural College, Utah University, Logan, UT.

Helene Elizabeth Black (third from the left) taking a team picture with her basketball teammates. They comprised "the first girls' Basketball team in the city of Chicago University School for girls," spring, 1900. Helene was the daughter of John…

Painting of John and William Black in Zouave uniforms of the American Civil War.

Portrait of the Griggs family, including Clark Robinson Griggs, his wife Leronia, his son Albert, and his daughter Adaline. Clark Robinson Griggs was a veteran of the American Civil War, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, and mayor of…

William C. Booth's "First Class Good Standing Conduct Card," which allowed him "to visit all towns in the American Area when not on duty." Booth served as corporal in Company G of the 131st Infantry during World War I. He was later promoted to staff…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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