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Governor William G. Stratton poses for a portrait with his daughters, Sandra and Diana, and second wife, Shirley Stratton.

Lieutenant Thomas G. W. Settle, U.S.N. (center) stands in front of stratosphere balloon, A Century of Progress, while reporters and military members ask questions. Settle and Army Major Chester L. Fordney set a world altitude record during their…

Several young girls holding dolls sit with a woman on a couch during story hour.

A woman reads a story to a group of young children sitting inside a small library room.

Two Wayne City children pose for a photo in front of a damaged patio roof resulting from a storm.

A streetview of storefronts in downtown Danville features signage for several businesses, including Baldwin & King Caf, Doctor Poland, Oculist and Aurist, Danville Building Association, Jas. H. Phillips Insurance, Home Building Association, A.…

A storefront window lists several different products using petroleum.

Student soldiers of Shrivenham American University visit Stonehenge as a part of a class field trip. On verso: "Arch. Mr. Brennen next to me! Jim Warren ("Yakima") in shadow!"

A person stokes a fire inside a machine shed.

The Republican elephant hangs his Christmas stocking on a fireplace mantle labeled "'60 Hopes". The Democratic donkey sits nearby debating which of his six ragged stockings labeled "Symington", "Johnson", "Kennedy", "Stevenson", "Humphrey", and…

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

Adlai Stevenson II speaks from the podium. The drawing is signed "To Governor Stevenson-with admiration and best wishes. James Stevenson" On bottom: "I am not the kind of man who indulges in lavish promises about the future, but I make so bold as to…

John F. Kennedy appears as a Tudor-era queen standing next to advisor Adlai E. Stevenson II. Kennedy wears a necklace with the United States presidential seal while Stevenson's necklace bears the logo of the United Nations. After Kennedy's election…

Chandeliers hang above several chairs and small tables filling the lounge of the Stevens Hotel in Chicago. Located at 720 S. Michigan Avenue and overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan, the Stevens Hotel was the largest hotel in the world when it…

Eight illuminated chandeliers hang above an empty ballroom at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago. Located at 720 S. Michigan Avenue and overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan, the Stevens Hotel was the largest hotel in the world when it opened in 1927.…

Steve Herbert, a member of the United States Marine Corps, poses for a photograph wearing his military uniform.

Steve Carr, a photographer for "On the Job in Illinois", uses his Nikon camera to photograph himself the mirror of a vehicle.

Portrait of Sterling Tucker, Field Secretary of the Industrial Department of the National Urban League, and Reverend G. B. Winston, Executive Secretary of the Springfield Urban League, meeting with Governor Adlai Stevenson II at the Executive…

Stephen T. Logan writes to Gustave Koerner regarding the Snyder estate debt.

Stephen T. Logan writes to Gustave Koerner regarding the Snyder estate debt.