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The son of Edward D. Baker writes to President Lincoln requesting his transfer from the 4th U.S. Cavalry regiment to a regiment of volunteers being raised in Oregon. On the reverse side of the letter is Lincoln's note dated November 13, 1861,…

E.H. Hasgard sends Edwina Booth Grossman a copy of his book written by his niece so that when he is "gone" he will be "kindly remembered by a grandchild of that most gifted & distinguished man whom I knew so well."

The ear operating room at the Chicago Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary features several medical instruments and hospital bed. Edward L. Holmes founded the Chicago Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1852. The organization became an Illinois…

Clerk of the Supreme Court Earle Benjamin Searcy and Mrs. Earle Benjamin Searcy pose for a photo at the State Treasurer's Christmas party.

A traditional East Asian painting depicting eight men, several of whom are holding different objects such as books and fans, appearing in a landscape setting with a small dragon. Traditional writing appears on verso.

A streetscape captures several buildings of vary sizes and uses including houses, an office building, and a church.Photo caption: "(Enlargement) Chicago - architectural variety showing four types of usage in rising scale. (scene on East Chestnut…

An artist-signed pen and ink sketch shows the east doorway of the Old Main building at Knox College in Galesburg. On verso: "East doorway Old Main, Knox College. From these steps Lincoln and Douglas debated October 1, 1858. 'Old Main' was designated…

Members of the Springfield Urban League discuss plans for a new ball diamond. Funded with the help of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Comer Cox Park was established in 1976 and named after the former director of the league.

Ladies of the club participate in a banquet.

Pedestrians walk along the East Fox Street Bridge in Aurora, the "City of Lights."

A prisoner takes a cigarette break amidst potted plants and caged birds.

Businesses line East Main Street in Bushnell.

Members of the police department pose for a group photo. On verso: "Seated - Thomas J. Schaefer - Chief; Dr. G. T. Johnson - Mayor; Standing - J. Frank Maberry; Cartright; Cartright; Charlie Rhodes; E. J. Maberry."

An aerial view of Moweaqua provides a view of the residential and industrial section of the small town. A billboard advertising the Decatur Brewing Company is in the lower right corner.

Men stand on a dry road east of Equality during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A view of flooding looking east on Route 37 from Mound City.