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Portrait of Silas F. Shorey, relationship to the Strawn family unknown.

Illinois Governor Dan Walker signs Fair Employment Practices Commission legislation enacting investigatory powers in 1975. Front row (l-r): Charles Chew, William H. Robinson, Corneal Davis, Governor Walker, Cecil A. Partee, Harold Washington. Back…

Six signatures of various individuals involved with the Palatine Commercial Corporation, Chicago.

The small slip of paper contains the signatures of Edmund and Mary Kean who were famous English actors during the early 1800s.

President Abraham Lincoln places an order for J.T. Headley's two volume The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States. A salesman for Hartford publisher Hurlbut & Williams took this specimen volume -- contents,…

This signature of Sarah Siddons accompanies two prints of Ms. Siddons in costume elsewhere in the collection. The date of this signature is based on the years of her birth and death.

A portion cut from a letter contains the closing and accompanying signature of Agnes Booth, wife of Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., from 1867 until his death in 1883.

Instrumental music. Front cover depicts United States flag and portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and William Jennings Bryan.A perennial Democratic nominee, Bryan ran for the presidency and failed three times: 1896, 1900, and 1908.

Works Progress Administration men clean the sidewalk on North Main Street in Mound City.

Two women in period dress and a man show a dress to a potential customer outside a store during Sidewalk Days.

A group of men travel down a flooded street using a homemade boat during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.On verso: "Improvised homemade side-wheeler at Harrisburg."

An exterior view shows the side of the Lewis Ross Mansion as seen from Broadway.

Sid C. VanDusen of Warren, Illinois, poses for a portrait next to a column.

A large pile of broken machinery representing several political factions sits in front of the Illinois capitol building. A large banner waves from the top of the building proclaiming "Shurtleff Forever" while animals representing "Peace" and "The…

Football players from Shurtleff College pose for a team picture. Alton Seminary, founded in Alton in 1827, changed its name to Shurtleff College in 1836 to honor Dr. Brendon Shurtleff, of Boston.

Production on small machines in the Shunt Magnet Department, possibly at Springfield's Sangamo Electric Company.

City of Fairfield workers shovel ice and sludge from the side of the street.

Nine verse song and chorus praising Abraham Lincoln and and the Union cause. There is a handwritten verse on back of the song sheet.

Four men labeled "Deneen," "Busse," "Campbell," and "Pease" have their hands in a pie labeled "Political Patronage Pie" while a group of Native Americans, led by a woman holding a "Pro Bunco Publico" banner, shoot arrows at them. One arrow labeled…

Monticello College students visit a record store.

An aerial view shows several customers and store employees at Spurgeon's Department Store on opening day.

Large shop windows adorn the front of a Palatine Commercial Corporation store.