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Several tractors line the Avery Company production floor. The Avery Company was established by Robert Hanneman Avery in Peoria in 1877.

Four African American children and their parents stand in the yard of their home. Two of the children sit on top of a horse pulling a farming tool.

Farm workers place oats into harvesting equipment.Photo caption: "Pitching sheaves of oats to the thrasher, showing automatic feeder and band cutter, Ill."

Workers pick strawberries from a field near Joppa, Illinois.

A woman works in a large rhubarb field in Massac County on the Ohio River.

A train waits at the railroad station across from several buildings in a street view of Whitehall Street in Atlanta, Georgia, during the Civil War.

Two men crouch on a pontoon bridge constructed by Union soldiers over the James River near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.

Union soldiers stand along the the Dutch Gap Canal on the James River, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The Dutch Gap Canal was a failed attempt by Union troops to bypass a bend in the river that was surrounded by Confederate forts. On verso:…

Several bodies of Union soldiers lie dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg.On verso: "This group of dead was in 'the wheatfield.' The burial details found many such groups on that terrible field. The work of burying the thousands of dead was a…

Ulysses S. Grant stands on the front porch of his Galena, Illinois, home with a small child.

The first wagon train filled with food for the residents of Petersburg, Virginia, enters the city after the nine-month Battle of Petersburg running from June 1864 through March 1865.On verso: "As soon as the Rebels were forced to evacuate Petersburg,…

A pavilion and fountain serve as architectural features in Chicago's Jefferson Park.

A large marble staircase leads to a large reception hall with a Tiffany glass ceiling. Originally dedicated as the main building of the Chicago Public Library in 1897, the building is now the Chicago Cultural Center.

Several cattle stand in pens in a large union stockyard in Chicago prior to being slaughtered, packaged, and shipped to destinations around the world.

A large building housing a restaurant in Chicago's Garfield Park stands on the waterfront.

Pedestrians walk across a snow-covered bridge in Chicago's Jefferson Park.

Trolleys, horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrians fill Randolph Street in downtown Chicago. The image shows Randolph Street looking east towards Lake Shore Drive.

A colorized photograph of an eastward view of Randolph Street in downtown Chicago shows several carriages and carts lining the street as traffic builds closer to Lake Shore Drive.

The ship the "Monitor" sails near Hampton Roads, Virginia, as part of the Jamestown Exposition, an event held to commemorate the three hundred year anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.

A tornado hitting Springfield on May 18, 1883, destroyed Mrs. F. VanNostrand's residence. The tornado formed two miles south of the city before making its way northeast striking several farms and homes along the way.

Several men stand among the remains of Boliver Turley's residence after a tornado struck Springfield on May 18, 1883. The tornado formed two miles south of the city before making its way northeast striking several farms and homes along the way.

A fountain stands in a landscaped lawn outside Illinois Governor Joel Matteson's home in Springfield, Illinois. Matteson was the tenth Governor of the state of Illinois, serving from 1853 until 1857.

An archway marks the entrance to Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.

Fence posts float in floodwaters while houses stand in the background with water reaching halfway to the second story in the aftermath of an 1898 flood resulting from a levee break near Shawneetown.

A large crowd gathers outside the entrance to the Quincy Fair.