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Grace Smith sits on a porch with her children, Phillip, Homer, Malcom, Alice, Alfred, David, and Daniel.

Students in a grade school band practice playing a number of instruments including trombones, tubas, and saxophones.

Children enjoy a meal in a grade school cafeteria.

Photo caption: "Graded country road and typical Illinois landscape."

Graduates pose for a class picture wearing caps and gowns. On verso: "Back row, left to right: Garland Shoemaker, Leroy Sandnes, Charles Clowers, Leland Lowery, Robert Johnson, Leonard Maccarrone. Front row, left to right: Dorothy Jones, Pearle…

Alice Goodman, Edna Brumley, and Opal Stanner stand outside in their caps and gowns. The girls graduated from Champaign High School in 1925.

Monticello College students exit the school's main building wearing their caps and gowns.

Monticello College students and faculty line up prior to entering graduation ceremonies wearing their caps and gowns.

Illustrated three verse song and chorus depicting a mother's sadness over the drafting of her son into the Union army.

Lyrics depict mother singing about her son being drafted into the Union army. Cover image depicts woman holding a pair of torn men's pants captioned "And these are the pants he used to wear" above an image of a man in uniform in front of a camp…

Photo caption: "Wagon boy at grain spout loading wagon."

Members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization made up of Union Civil War veterans founded in 1866 in Decatur by Benjamin F. Stephenson. . On verso: "Nixon; Andrew (?)."

Members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) post in Moweaqua pose for a group photo. Benjamin F. Stephenson founded the Grand Army of the Republic in Decatur in 1866.

Three members of the Grand Army of the Republic stand in front of the American Flag for a photograph.

In 1877, former Union Army soldiers built the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall in Aurora to serve as a meeting space, library, and place of honor for war veterans.The octagonally-shaped buildingon the left is one and a half stories and…

A scenic view shows the Rock River at Grand Detour. On verso: "Green Rock at Grand Detour."

Instrumental song for Abraham Lincoln. "To the Memory of Abraham Lincoln." Cover depicts image of Lincoln with his signature to lower right.

Instrumental song for Lincoln's second presidential inauguration. "Performed by the Orchestra of the Milwaukee Musical Society at the Inauguration Ball."

Political campaign banner showing the 1864 Democratic Party candidate for President, George B. McClellan, of New Jersey, and Vice President, George H. Pendleton, of Ohio. The National Union Party, represented by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson,…

Instrumental song for Abraham Lincoln. Alternative Title: Rest Spirit Rest Grand Requiem March. "To the Memory of Abraham Lincoln." Cover depicts image of Lincoln with his signature to lower right.

Several soldiers stand in front of the president's viewing platform. Following the conclusion of the American Civil War, military processions marched in a celebration that took place in Washington, D.C. On verso: "Very fine and excessively scarce.…

A large marble staircase leads to a large reception hall with a Tiffany glass ceiling. Originally dedicated as the main building of the Chicago Public Library in 1897, the building is now the Chicago Cultural Center.

Instrumental music. "Partly Composed and Dededicated to Gen. Zachary Taylor." Cover depicts Zachary Taylor, who commanded one of two principal American armies in the War with Mexico and later served as president from 1849 to 1850. He died in office…

The exterior of Reverie, a Grand Trunk Railway car, likely Grand Trunk Western Railway, which operated out of Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Other major subsidiaries of Grand Trunk Railway included, Central Vermont Railway (Quebec, Vermont,…