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

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…

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.

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,…

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, 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.…

Several mill workers prepare sisal fiber for spinning.

A man poses with large bales of sisal fiber.

Three employees lay out individual pieces of sisal fiber.

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

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…

Illinois state legislators Katherine Hancock Goode, Florence Fifer Bohrer, Rena Elrod, and Lottie Holman O'Neill are pictured (right to left) in Springfield. Bohrer was the first woman to serve in the Illinois Senate. In 1921, O'Neill was the first…

A photograph of Carl Sandburg, poet and Lincoln biographer, signed to "Henry Horner with all good wishes." Henry Horner was the twenty-eighth Governor of Illinois (1933-1940).

A side by side portrait of James Bankhead and Jane Bankhead Beattie.

Portrait of Agnes Young Beattie.

Portrait of Reverend John G. Bergen, who became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield in 1835.

Portrait of Chloe Bishop and William Bishop, a veteran of the War of 1812.

Portrait of Mary Ann Coffey Depew Bishop and Harvey Bishop.

Portrait of Reverend F. J. Briggs, who came to Bloomington in 1851. He was the minister in charge at the Universalist Church on Front street.

Portrait of William Carson, an early settler of Sangamon County. He and his wife, Cynthia Broadwell Carson, had fifteen children and lived on a farm near Pleasant Plains.

Portrait of Rachel Clarke.

Portrait of William Marcus Cox, a veteran of the American Civil War and a successful farmer in Bloomington.

Portrait of Nancy Creel.

Portrait of Shelby Moore Cullom, a politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and as the seventeenth Governor of Illinois, 1877-1883.

Portrait of Esther Ridgway Diller and an infant named Emma.