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Photo caption: "Sandburg, Carl. In Lincoln Room where Horner Lincoln collection is housed. Dedication February 12, 1941."

Downtown Anna with a number of parked Model T Fords and other 1920s era automobiles.

View of the grounds at St. Viator's College, a Roman Catholic institution founded in Bourbonnais by the Viatorians as an academy for boys in 1865.

The Foley family relocated to Canton in 1902, and established "Foley's Shaft" on the Shepley farm, a very successful coal mining company.

The Langenfeld hotel, established in 1912 by John Langenfeld in Centralia, became the premier hotel in the area.

The Haley Eye Infirmary was a well known optometry treatment center in Centralia.

The Prayer for Rain statue sits atop a limestone base in the middle of Johnson Fountain at West Side Park in Champaign. Dedicated in 1899, the statue depicts a Native American with raised arms and head tilted skyward.

Edmund J. James was president of the University of Illinois from 1904 to 1920.

Several buggies line the street across from the Exchange Hotel and clock tower in Chicago.

Saint Paul's Universalist Church was the first Universalist church in Chicago. Organized in 1836, the first church building was built in 1844. The image is a photograph of the fourth church building erected in 1888 on Prairie Avenue and 30th Street.

View from the street of the Palace Store Co. in Edwardsville.

View of old downtown, with a large fountain being the focal point.

The Pure Food Grocery store located in the Monmouth shopping district.

Home of an unknown Monmouth College president.

The Mt. Vernon Hotel, established in 1926, was later renamed "Hotel Emmerson" to honor Illinois Governor Louis Emmerson. The hotel stood until 1983 when it was demolished to make room for a parking lot.

The Mt. Vernon Hotel, established in 1926, was later renamed "Hotel Emmerson" to honor Illinois Governor Louis Emmerson. The hotel stood until 1983 when it was demolished to make room for a parking lot.

Designated a state park when it was acquired by the State of Illinois in 1911, the park includes many canyons and more than 2,600 acres of land near Oglesby.

Designated a state park when it was acquired by the State of Illinois in 1911, the park includes many canyons and more than 2,600 acres of land near Oglesby.

Funeral march in honor of Abraham Lincoln. "In Memory of a Country's Martyred Father" on cover. Op.7

G.T. Wood and James A. Dawson understand that Congress will soon pass the house bill to reorganize the district court of Kentucky. They recommend to President Abraham Lincoln the name of Asher W. Graham of Bowling Green, Kentucky, as judge of the…

Adlai Stevenson II learns what being a governor in Illinois entails.Cartoon dedication: "To Adlai Stevenson from a grateful spectator. Harry Wood"

Four verse song. "Written by Henry Wood, Esq. and sung by Wood's Minstrels, with the most enthusiastic applause." Written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Lyrics depict fight between the Union and Confederacy over slavery and…

A patriotic song about becoming a naturalized citizen and declaring devotion to the United States. Cover depicts people in a room, one of which is "Uncle Sam", surrounded by American Flags and portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Back…

Also entitled, "Sing Hallelujah," the song celebrates Union victory over the South and proclaims the martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln.

Song honoring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln's wartime leadership and devotion to the United States.