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German soldiers taken prisoner by American soldiers in the battle of Château-Thierry. The camp at Langres, France held about 5,000 prisoners.

German prisoners of war load box cars under the supervision of U.S. soldiers at Is-sur-Tille, France Q. M. Depot, post World War I.

Smoke pours from smokestacks throughout the German-American Portland Cement Workslocated in LaSalle. Producing Portland cement since 1897, the Portland Cement Works is today known as the Illinois Cement Company.

On verso: L. to R. Adolph Germer, Fullerton Fulton, Bill Mayo, Allen Haywood

Gertrude R. Hahn (left) and her husband, Charles R. Hahn, stand for a photo with their daughter, Neva Hahn Mowry (center).

In this portrait, Colonel Geza Mihalotzy of the 24th Illinois Infantry is standing in his Union military uniform with an officers belt and a hat. He is holding his sword with his left hand. He was mortally wounded at Buzzard's Roost, Georgia and died…

A political cartoon depicts Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States riding a hobby horse, whipping "White House stooges in Congress," Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas and House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn. The Democratic donkey…

Gideon Welles writes to his wife regarding messages from a U.S. naval vessel and its arrival in New York and Newport.

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

Gilbert Sheerer, Works Progress Administration foreman, looks through his home in Mound City after the flood. On verso: "This was general condition of each room in his home, the house was left in center of street from flood waters."