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Two standard oil rigs stand among trees and fields.

A pump in a wooded area runs from a power house.

Several towers and other buildings line the outskirts of a growing corn field.

A pumpjack operates near a farm.

Several derricks stand near a long unidentified building in an oil field.

An oil derrick and several small buildings stand in an oil field.

Snow-covered houses surround operational oil wells.

One of three new bank buildings erected in Bridgeport during the late 1800s due to the city's success in the oil industry.

Workers stand next to a train stopping along the tracks at a strip mine operated by the New Enterprise Coal Company in the Illinois-Iowa area.

Miners stand on a mass of granite supporting a large derrick at the J. K. Pirie Estate Quarry in Barre, Vermont.

Workers stand in front of a Model 250 belonging to the New Enterprise Coal Company in the Illinois-Iowa area.

A small group of men stand next to an oil derrick.

A Keller family member, possibly Kent E. Keller's father Philip Jacob Keller, sits for a portrait.On verso: "Father? of Kent Keller"

A postcard from Kent Keller's sister, Ida, features an elderly Keller family member with his fishing pole and catch of the day along the Coeur d'Alene Dam, Idaho.On verso: "All is well on the Coeur D'Alene dam, having lots of fun with our kinfolks…

A secretary takes notes at a businessman's desk. A map of Mexico hangs on the wall to their right.

Mamie G. Lansdeu of Cairo, Illinois, poses for a portrait.

A woman stands on railroad tracks as trains load rocks in Carlyle, Illinois.

Elizabeth "Aunt Lizzie" Washington poses for a portrait at age 90. She was a slave at Chinsegut Estate in Chinsegut, Florida, and remained at the estate after the Emancipation Proclamation. On verso: "She went over the Great Divide a few months ago."

Several men line drill with jackhammers while creating the foundations for Radio City Music Hall.

Lieutenant McGowan of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, poses in uniform in front of a tent.On verso: "Hello Rex- How is everything? I'm OK and hope you can push that appointment thru for me before June 1- Lt. McGowan,…

Kent Keller, aged 26 months, stands for a portrait in overalls and a hat.On verso: "I'm going to be Senator some day. Kent Keller about 26 mo. old."

Kent E. Keller looks over a book in front of a microphone in a recording booth. While Keller was serving in Congress in 1934 the Library of Congress expanded the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to include the…

Kent E. Keller sits for a portrait in Washington, D. C. just after losing his bid for reelection to the United States House of Representatives. Keller represented southern Illinois in the United States House of Representatives from 1931-1941.

A woman holds a Keller family child on a miniature horse in front a house and pergola.

Several members of the Keller family sit for a group portrait.