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Robert Todd Lincoln writes and signs a check for $5000 to Riggs Bank.

Robert Todd Lincoln writes and signs a check crediting Mary Harlan Lincoln's account with $1000.

Abraham Lincoln receives a check signed by Illinois State Auditor W.L.D. Ewing and endorsed by State Treasurer M. Carpenter for services "as bearer of the presidential polls from Lawrence County to the seat of government." Lincoln's signature is on…

Robert Irwin makes out bank check number 11059 payable to Eli Virgen for $500.

Illustrated two verse song. Lyrics depict moral support for soldiers preparing to go into battle. Color cover image depicts soldiers toasting around a punch bowl.

Illustrated two verse song. Lyrics depict moral support for soldiers preparing to go into battle. Color cover image depicts Union cavalry charging Confederates.

Although construction began in 1929, the opening of the Outer Drive Bridge in Chicago did not occur until 1937, when President Franklin Roosevelt visited the city to dedicate the bridge. The Public Works Administration, one of Roosevelt's many New…

An employee scoops dry ice into a container on top of a piece of unidentified machinery at Chemetron in Chicago.

A Monticello College student takes notes while sitting at a lab station equipped with chemistry equipment.

A view of a large neighborhood in Chicago shows a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. Col. Wood's Museum is recognizable on the far right by the flags waving from the building's roof.

Instrumental music played for the World's Columbian Exposition.

A map shows Chicago in 1812, including Lake Michigan, Wolf's Point Tavern at the west end of the Chicago River, and the southern and northern branches of the "Canoe Route to the Interior."

Chicago, holding a Chicago Police Department shield dripping with liquid and labeled "Bank of Montreal Robbery," shrinks back from "Father Knickerbocker" (New York) holding a New York Police Department shield dripping with liquid and labeled…

Three members of the Chicago Light Guard stand wearing their uniforms. Organized by Captain J. B. Wyman in 1854, the militia served as guardsmen while training at the old Armory Light Guard Hall.

Members of the Chicago Operetta Company pose for a group photograph. The company, led by director Harry Minturn, was a product of the Federal Music Project, a component of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal legislation that employed musicians…

Class members and staff from an unidentified Chicago public school gather for a group photo for remembrance of the 1883 school year.

Children and their teacher from Central Park School, Class #13, a Chicago public school, gather for a group photo for remembrance of the 1883 school year.

The Chicago skyline rises to the left of Lake Shore Drive when looking north from the front steps of the Field Museum.Photo caption: "Chicago - skyline from Field Museum north."

Group of men sitting on the back of an automobile

German composer and conductor Frederick Stock leads the orchestra during a rehearsal at Orchestra Hall in Chicago. The description on the image notes that Hans Lange is the associate conductor.

A woman walks her dog past several staircases on the snow and ice covered sidewalks in Chicago.Photo caption: "Chicago - surviving architecture of the post-fire period - snow on railings."

A woman and children stand outside of a chicken coop.