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Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, speaks to the Twenty-Second Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C. On verso: "Scene in…

Baptism ceremony taking place with a large group of onlookers in Pana.

The United Sunday School Band poses for a group photo at a camp site that was visited by Abraham Lincoln in 1832. The camp site is located near Rock Island, opposite Black Hawk Village. On verso: "John Hanbug, 1923."

Portrait of Georgia Osborn. On verso: "Recd June 20 1927."

Printed poem by Edwin Markham, an American poet and Poet Laureate of Oregon, 1923-1931. On verso: "From Mrs. Descom D. Hoagland who gave you the Markham Stidger picture; R Dec 11 1939."

John R. King and James Jewel both held the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization of Union Civil War veterans founded in 1866 in Decatur by Benjamin F. Stephenson . On verso: "at Springfield."

Before moving on to work in the coal mining industry and the railroad, H. B. Blood had a prestigious military career during the American Civil War. On verso: "Keokuk."

Portrait of Herbert Wells Fay of DeKalb, a newspaper editor, collector of historic photographs and Abraham Lincoln material, and a custodian at the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield for twenty-eight years.

Portrait of Hardin Goodin and his wife, who were parents of Martha Eleanore and her five brothers and sisters.

Four women switchboard operators busy at work.

Three telephone company employees pose for a picture.

Maud Henry standing next to a switchboard operating station.

Mrs. Alkire and Miss Dora Carr seated at a switchboard operating station.

Martha Eleanore Glandon admiring her baby sister, Virginia, who is lying in the lap of nurse Blanche Gay.

The severe ice storm that brought nearly two inches of ice to the Petersburg and central Illinois area in 1924 was one of the worst in history.

The severe ice storm that brought nearly two inches of ice to the Petersburg and central Illinois area in 1924 was one of the worst in history.

The severe ice storm that brought nearly two inches of ice to the Petersburg and central Illinois area in 1924 was one of the worst in history.

The severe ice storm that brought nearly two inches of ice to the Petersburg and central Illinois area in 1924 was one of the worst in history.

Six men positioned around a Pike County Telephone Co. truck.

Portrait of Hettie Lukins Eckard, who married James P. Eckard on October 4, 1877 in Menard County, before relocating to Quiver in Mason County.

The Seal of Minnesota Flour is a high quality bakers flour that is currently being produced by ConAgra Mills.

Charles E. Becker, president of Franklin Life Insurance Co., speaks to a crowd at a ceremony dedicating the building of a new addition of the firm to be located on South Sixth Street in Springfield.

Ide's Engine Work, a firm founded by Albert E. Ide on Fifth and Madison streets in Springfield, was a manufacturer of many products, but was primarily known for their "Ideal" steam engines.

A retired fire marshal of the Springfield Fire Department at the time of his death, John H. Freeman's funeral procession includes several horse-drawn fire trucks and carriages with flowers and decorations.

A retired fire marshal of the Springfield Fire Department at the time of his death, John H. Freeman's funeral procession includes several horse-drawn fire trucks and carriages with flowers and decorations.