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Portrait of Martin B. Rowan, husband to Mary Ann Baker Rowan, both of whom died from cholera in Bloomington in July, 1855.

Portrait of Adam Wilson Snyder, who was a member of the Illinois Senate, the 25th U.S. Congress, and a captain in the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War. A lock of Snyder's hair is contained within an encasement on the reverse side of the…

Portrait of Virginia Lockwood Stuart.

Portrait of Reverend Evan J. Thomas.

Portrait of a member of the Wide Awakes, a paramilitary political organization that was affiliated with the Republican Party during the 1860 presidential election.

Portrait of Richard Yates, who was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the thirteenth Governor of Illinois, 1861-1865. Yates served as governor during most of the American Civil War.

Political satire titled, "Public Sale! Closing Out Sale of the Grand Old Party," which includes several humorous references related to the 1932 Presidential Election.

Announcement from the Little Sower Recruiting Commission of Schuyler County that Perry Hobbs has been appointed recruiting officer in the "Sunday School Army."

Chicago regional office, Congress of Industrial Organizations, issues the statement, "Support Organized Labor: Don't Read the Unfair Herald-American." This came in response to Sears, Roebuck & Co. advertising in the Herald-American newspaper,…

Stock certificate for $100,000, or 10,000 shares of $10 each, for the Ocean Wave Silver Mining Company in Chicago.

Anti-racist response from minority groups directed towards racist groups and their hateful propaganda.

An advertisement promoting Dr. Miller's Hog Nose-Cutter, on sale for $1.00 at 1926 Fifth Ave., Rock Island.

A Waukegan Centennial Pioneer Belles certificate marking the celebration of the one hundredth birthday of Waukegan. The certificate, which includes details of duties surrounding the celebration, is to be signed by new members of the Pioneer Belles.

A Second Presbyterian Church concert programme, including details of an event held "at the residence of A. J. Dunning, Wednesday evening, June 30th, 1880" in Springfield.

An invitation from the Rhode Island Veteran Association to surviving 10th Regiment and 10th Battery members to attend an anniversary dinner at Boyden Heights.

W. T. & E. A. Rogers Company, manufacturers of wagons, is advertising their products and shops in Quincy, on the corner of Fourth and Oak streets.