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The family residing at 736 Irving Street stand in front of their home.

Charles E. Purcell poses for a portrait wearing a dark suit and bowtie.

Charles Purcell sits at his desk with a pen in his hand.

Charles E. Purcell punishes one of his children by spanking. Crumpled papers lie on the floor at his feet.

A young girl leans on the side of a chair as though deep in thought during a portrait session.

The Kewanee (Illinois) High School building sits in an open area with trees on the perimeter of the property.

A young man wearing a suit and top hat stands beside a fence post on Tremont Street.

Snow covers Tremont Street during the winter of 1893.

Two young girls stand in the front yard of a home on Tremont Street.

An exterior view of the W. E. Haxtun home highlights the building's Victorian architecture. Haxtun was the president of Haxtun Steam Heater Company in Kewanee, Illinois.

A bearded man and two young girls prepare a garden.

Horses travel down a dirt road through a heavily wooded area.

A horse stands tied to a windmill while a man looks over a drove of pigs.

A dog lies in front of a rural landscape setting in a photo studio.

A group of unknown people ride atop early motor carriages, the precursor to the automobile.

Four unknown men stand atop a telephone pole, perhaps in Dixon.

George E. Walker, the first sheriff of LaSalle County and an Indian interpreter during the Black Hawk War, poses for a portrait. On verso: "George E. Walker First Sheriff La Salle Co."

Lorenzo D. Thompson poses for a portrait wearing a dark suit. A celebrated wrestler, Thompson defeated a young Abraham Lincoln while serving together during the Black Hawk War.

Major Isaiah Stillman poses for a portrait wearing a large dark tie. Stillman commanded the Illinois militia in the first battle of the Black Hawk War, the Battle of Stillman's Run.

Chief Shabbona, a member of the Ottawa tribe and Chief of the Potawatomi in Illinois during the nineteenth century, poses for a portrait. Originally not friendly towards white expansion and Indian relocation, Shabbona fought alongside Tecumseh…

Walter Bennett Scates poses for a photograph which was later used as a memorial portrait. Scates moved to Illinois in 1831 and began practicing law. He served as States Attorney pro tem (1831-1834), Attorney General (1836), Judge of the Third…

Joseph Naper poses for a portrait wearing a dark suit. Naper was one of the founding members of Naperville, Illinois (est. 1831), a veteran of the Black Hawk and Mexican-American Wars, and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from…

William McMurtry poses for a portrait with a cane in his right hand. McMurtry was a resident of Knox County (1829-1875), a member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1836-1840) and the Illinois Senate (1842-1849), and the state's eleventh…

A photograph of an oil painting of Major Thomas James features James in a military uniform. On verso: "Maj. Thomas James, from oil painting owned by his son Dr. Lewis James of Racola, Mo."

John J. Hardin, a prominent resident of Jacksonville, poses for a portrait wearing a military uniform. Hardin represented Morgan County in the General Assembly, fought in the Black Hawk War and Mormon War of Hancock County, served one term in the…