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The presidential motorcade for Chicago's Outer Bridge dedication passes by crowds of onlookers and numerous Chicago policemen.

Crowds look on as the presidential motorcade for Outer Drive Bridge dedication proceeds along Michigan Avenue, passing by one the Art Institute of Chicago's famous lion statues.

An unknown woman twirls a baton before a marching band.

Seated in the rear of a limousine, President Franklin Roosevelt (left), Illinois Governor Henry Horner (center), Chicago Mayor Edward Kelly (right rear), and Illinois U.S. Senator William H. Dieterich (front right) ride together on the day of the…

Franklin D. Roosevelt waves to the crowd as his motorcade passes by. Part of the day long celebration of the dedication of Chicago's Outer Drive Bridge, this image from the motorcade shows Roosevelt seated next to a Catholic priest. Roosevelt, the…

A State Fair crowd gathers around an Iron Lung ventilator, or "negative pressure ventilator," a medical device used to assist patients breathing. On verso: State Fair Exhibit Dept. of Public Welfare 1939.

Henry Horner poses with three dogs. Horner was the twenty-eighth Governor of Illinois (1933-1940). Known as a reformer, Horner fought political patronage and oversaw the states troubled finances during the Great Depression. Additionally, Horner's…

A crowd gathers for pomp and circumstance at Henry Horner's inauguration ceremony. Horner was the twenty-eighth Governor of Illinois (1933-1940). Known as a reformer, Horner fought political patronage and oversaw the states troubled finances during…

Democratic candidates gather at New Salem State Park for a photograph. On Verso: HORNER, Gov. Henry. 1932 Campaign, Democratic candidates at New Salem. State Park. Left to right: V. Y. Dallman, ed. Ill. State Register; Henry Horner, James A. Farley,…

Henry Horner rides to an unknown destination, possibly campaigning during the election of 1936. Springfield Bishop John C. White, United States Senators James H. Lewis and James A. Slattery, and a future Illinois Supreme Court Justice, Harry B.…

There is no harm to public morals when the human body is exposed, argues this state fair poster supporting the show Visions dArt."

Governor Henry Horner endorses the state fair show Visions dArt and draws distinctions between indecent exposure and nudity. Horner was the twenty-eighth Governor of Illinois (1933-1940). Known as a reformer, Horner fought political patronage and…

Portrait of Jane Addams, who was a leader in the women's suffrage movement, founder of Chicago's famous settlement house, Hull House, and recipient of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.

The Villa Kathrine in Quincy was built by George Metz in 1900 and was modeled after the Villa ben Ahben in Morocco. The castle, which overlooks the Mississippi River, was acquired by the Quincy Parks Department in 1955.

Warfboat docked at Golconda on the Ohio River.

Beardstown has a long history of flooding due to its close proximity to the Illinois River.

Dozens of young men pose for a group photo with the marching band forming up in front. The Boys Military Club was organized by Earl A. MacLennan in July, 1916.

Several firemen pose for a group photo in front of the fire station.

Several Sandwich Township firemen pose for a group photo with their helmets and gear lying in front of them.

Several employees, three of which are seated on empty milk cans, pose for a group photo.

An employee driving a large dairy cart pulled by two draft mules rides down a street.

Two employees on a large cart pulled by two horses, likely a dairy cart, ride down a street in an unknown location.

Photograph of an unknown restaurant with employees, E. C., B. M., F. H., and F. P. identified at the bottom.

Adlai Stevenson III, who was a U.S. Senator from Illinois, was the son of Adlai Stevenson II, the 31st Governor of Illinois, 1949-1953, and the great-grandson of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd Vice President of the United States and a U.S. Congressman…

Portrait of Alexander H. Stephens, who was the Vice President of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, and the fiftieth Governor of Georgia, 1882-1883.