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Lois Virginia Wilson wears two large hair ornaments while posing for a portrait.

Harry Boone Wilson poses for a class photo with his Amish students in front of a school building while working as a schoolteacher in Indiana. On verso: "Ada Pearl Wilson Condelos' Father."

Alta Wilson and Grace Wilson pose for a portrait.On verso: "Daughters of Guy Wilson. Guy a 1/2 brother of Harry Wilson."

George Wilson poses for a portrait showing a small beard under his chin.On verso: "Mazie's grandfather."

Lucille Pittenger sits in profile for a portrait. On verso: "Irene Lorraine (Pittinger) Lomax. 2nd marriage to: ---- Hayworth." Lucille Pittenger was first married to George Lomax. Lucille's second husband was named Clyde Hayworth.

Irene Filson Pittenger sits for a portrait wearing a feathered hat.

A young Lucille Pittenger Hayworth stands on a chair while posing for a portrait.

A young Jeanette Murphy sits for a portrait wearing a long pleated dress.

Leonora Hand Wilhoite Filson sits for a portrait wearing a dark dress.

Ada Pearl Filson Wilson sits for a portrait wearing a light dress.

A young Ada Pearl Filson folds her hands in front of her during a portrait session.

Wilson P. Chilturn sits for a portrait wearing a plaid tie and mustache.

Several generations of the Bray family sit for a family portrait.

Winfield Scott Boone poses for a portrait with his wife Mary Adeline Gressman Boone and their daughter Edith Dorothy Boone in Clio, Iowa.

John Samuel Boone sits for a portrait wearing a dark suit and a mustache.On verso: "Son of James T. Boone. James Thos. Boone b.-2-23-1829 Clark Co. Ill, d.-12-3-1904 Elton, La. John Samuel Boone b.-7-9-1857 Douglas Co. Ill. d.-3-27-1943 Greesnboro,…

Burdette Boone sits for a portrait wearing a dark suit and a mustache.On verso: "Son of James T. Boone."

Several hands wave laurel wreaths under a waving American flag in front of a monument resembling the top of the Lincoln Tomb. Writing on the flag's stripes states "The Lincoln League for the Constitution, American Institutions, and Historic…

Governor Edward F. Dunne ushers two girls named "Initiative" and "Referendum" to a second man depicting the Illinois State Senate. This man is holding an apple labeled "Approval," while a third man representing the Illinois House of Representatives…

A woman wearing a sash labeled "The Chicago Woman" hits a mallet on a carnival game labeled "Chicago Polls" illustrating quickly-rising voter registration while "The Chicago Man" cheers her on. A colonial figure representing New York waves his arms…

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…

A woman representing Chicago sits with papers listing scandals and graft schemes next to a scale with weights resembling several political officials. The lower portion of the cartoon shows an imbalance when she attempts to weigh "Kern" against…

Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr. stands next to a flag labeled "Police Department Reorganization" under a storm cloud labeled "Public Sentiment Against Commercialized and Protected Vice." The cartoon is in response to the resignation ofChicago…

An arm strikes a staff labeled "Action" against a rock representing "Senatorial Deadlock at Springfield" allowing water to pour forth with the label "Proper Representation of Illinois Interest at Washington." The United States Capitol building is…

The legislature returns to Springfield to discover the rebirth of former governor Charles S. Deneen's Water Power Bill in the form of a bride. Speaker of the Illinois House Charles Adkins (1911-1913) crouches, ready to smash the bill yet again.

Governor Edward F. Dunne and his supporters wield swords while marching towards the Grim Reaper standing at a railroad crossing. Dunne and his supporters fought for the elimination of three crossing types: the hogback crossing, or those in which the…