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The top panel shows soldiers on the battlefield firing cannons in rapid succession. The bottom panel shows business men celebrating a business boom in front of an operational factory and mill. A sign on the left side of the lower panel shows a…

This seven-panel cartoon shows a cheaper gas pump followed by a drawing of a city filled with automobiles. The third panel shows a man asleep under a sign labeled "Electrify the Terminals. Smoke Costs Chicago Millions Annually." The following panel…

The Lincoln League positions a recruiting station in front of a statue of Abraham Lincoln next to the Illinois State House while members of the public hurry away. President William Taft attempts to stop one man from leaving by grabbing his…

The Halsted Street entrances of (l-r) McCormick Hall, built in 1883; Ewing Hall, built in 1863; and the seminary chapel, built in 1875, face a tree-lined street.

The 23-acre Lincoln Park campus of the McCormick Theological Seminary included (l-r) McCormick Hall, Ewing Hall, and the chapel.

The back of the McCormick Theological Seminary Chapel overlooks a grassy courtyard and additional campus buildings.

The 1883 McCormick Hall building takes its name from the school's primary funder from 1859 through the mid-twentieth century, Cyrus McCormick, Sr. and his family.

The five story Fowler Hall building takes its name from philanthropist Nettie Folwer McCormick's maiden name.

The Virginia Library, constructed in 1896, is named for school funders Cyrus Hall and Nettie Fowler McCormick's daughter, Mary Virginia. The library, an example of Ionic Greek architecture, held 85,000 volumes.

Thomas Robert White of Ireland, a former student of Knox College in Toronto, sits for a portrait.

Ralph Rollo Ward of Illinois, a graduate of Park College (1893), sits for a portrait.

Floyd Thomas Voris of Iowa, an 1892 graduate of Highland Park College, sits for a portrait.

John Marinus Vander Meulen of Wisconsin, an 1891 graduate of Hope College, sits for a portrait.

Judson Leolin Underwood of Minnesota, an 1890 graduate of Macalester College, sits for a portrait.

Stanley Grant Tyndall of New York, an 1893 graduate of Lake Forest University, sits for a portrait.

Frederick Julius Tower of Illinois, an 1893 graduate of Park College, sits for a portrait.

Robert William Taylor of Pennsylvania, an 1893 graduate of Parsons College, sits for a portrait.

Portrait of John Thomas Sullivan of Canada, a, 1883 graduate of La Grange High School, sits for a portrait.

Rollo Rogers Stevens of Ohio, a, 1893 graduate of Heidelburg University, sits for a portrait.

James Henry Speer of Pennsylvania, an 1893 graduate of Park College, sits for a portrait.

Jacob Frederick Slagle of Ohio, an 1890 graduate of the University of Wooster sits for a portrait.

Warren Eugene Shirey of Indiana, an 1893 graduate of Hanover College, sits for a portrait. Warren is the older brother of William Bertram Shirey and the younger brother of Norman Clifford Shirey, who are also students at McCormick Theological…

William Bertram Shirey of Indiana, an 1893 graduate of Hanover College, sits for a portrait. William is the younger brother of Norman Clifford Shirey and Warren Eugene Shirey, who are also students at McCormick Theological Seminary.

Norman Clifford Shirey of Missouri, an 1893 graduate of Hanover College, sits for a portrait. Norman was the older brother of William Bertram Shirey and Warren Eugene Shirey, who are also students at McCormick Theological Seminary.

Gilbert David Sherman of Indiana, an 1893 graduate of the University of Wooster, sits for a portrait.