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An interior view of an unknown building shows several tables and chairs set up around a large room. On verso: "Library?"

A group of men and two young girls stand outside the Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company at 119 East Chicago Avenue. Jonas Engberg and Charles Peter Holmberg founded the Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company in 1884.

A streetview shows the old downtown financial district and trading center in Chicago.

Completed in 1964, Marina City consists of an entire Chicago city block, including residential and commercial buildings along the Chicago River.

A. Vernon Jannotta receives the Navy Cross during a ceremony held at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago. Jannotta received the Navy Cross for picking up the survivrs and saving the fuel and munitions when the Orestes Navy tanker was…

After Mary Frances Coffin Skiff's death in 1918, her husband, Vernon William Skiff, founder of the Jewel Tea Company, donated $100,000 for the contstruction of a hospital in Newton, Iowa. The building was dedicated and named her memory in 1921. The…

Francis Skiff Janotta poses for a portrait with his arms crossed.

An unidentified Jannotta family member's old class in Newton, Iowa, poses for a school photo. On verso: "Some of my old class in Newton; Standing, left to right: Herman Clark, Cora Mel Patton, Paul Adamson, Bloom Ryan, Eva Blackwood, Horace Campbell.…

Stella Skiff Jannotta sits for a portrait at age sixteen. Jannotta becam an author, suffragist, and one of the founding members of the Jewel Tea Company, Inc.On verso: "Given back to me by Lacy Vaughn. My picture taken in Newton, Iowa, when about…

The four members of the singing group, the "Jannotta Ladies' Quartette" pose for a portrait. The group was named for their vocal teacher, Alfredo A. Jannotta. Stella Skiff Jannotta is on the left.

Members of the Jannotta family gather for a group photo. Pictured seated in the center of the photo is Mary Frances Coffin Skiff and her husband Vernon William Skiff, the parents of Stella Skiff Jannotta.

Mary Frances Coffin Skiff poses for a portrait wearing a white dress.

Saxophonists from an unknown college pose for a group photo.

Members of the Jewel Tea Company Board of Directors pose for a group phtograph. The Jewel Tea Company originated in 1889 when Frank V. Skiff began using a horse and wagon to sell tea and other items door-to-door in Chicago. On verso: "Standing -…

Frank Jannotta, Jr., poses for a portrait.

Margaret Coffin sits for a portrait wearing a large white bow in her hair.On verso: "Mrs. A. Jannotta; 170 N. Ridgeland Ave; Oak Park."

Members of the 4x400 relay team Alvin Golankiewicz, Edward Ratkoski, Ted Kaczmarski, and Paul Klinkowski pose in the start position for a group photo with their award from Poland's Athletic Games in Warsaw.

Members of the Polish-American team pose for a group photo with their awards at Poland's 1934 Athletic Games in Warsaw. Controversial women's track and field athlete Stanizlawa Walasiewicz, also known as Stella Walsh, is fifth from the right in the…

Members of the team pose for a group photo with their ship's captain en route to Poland's Athletic Games in Warsaw.

An unidentified woman wearing beaded jewelry poses for a portrait.

William Seth Jayne and his wife, Margaret E. Palmer Jayne, pose for a portrait.

Benaiah Gustin Jayne poses for a portrait.

William A. Jayne sits for a portrait. Jayne was Abraham Lincoln's personal physician in Springfield. He served as the mayor of Springfield in 1859, in the Illinois Senate in 1860, and was the appointed the first governor of the Dakota Territory in…

Several men wearing military uniforms ride down a city street during a parade.

Six children play with a small boat in a creek.