Browse Items (22278 total)

Smokestacks emit smoke around the docks of the Illinois Dredging Company.

Dredging equipment fixed on Illinois Dredging Company ships stands in the business's docks.

An Illinois Dredging Company ship outfitted with dredging equipment sits in the middle of an unidentified waterway.

A blueprint created by Lindon W. Bates shows details of a hydraulic dredge used during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A man stands on a pipe and surveys the area during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Smoke billows from smokestacks on dredging equipment during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

An advertisement for the twenty-third annual Illinois Farmers' Institute and Department of Household Science in Bloomington.

The 1927 NCAA championship football team from the University of Illinois poses for a portrait. Lead by head coach Robert C. Zuppke, players include Lloyd Burdick, Russell J. Crane, Arthur L. D'Ambrosio, Keston J. Deimling, A. Blair French, Louis J.…

Members of the Illinois General Assembly march down the northeast walk of the statehouse on their way to the Illinois State Armory for Dwight H. Green's inauguration.

Instrumental music. Contains Illinois Grand March, Gray's Quickstep, and Mary's Waltz. "Composed and respectfully dedicated to Miss Emily Gallaher.

The Illinois Institution for the Deaf and Dumb opened in 1846 in Jacksonville, housing children across the state who were hard-of-hearing. It was later renamed the Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD), and is still in operation today.

The children and faculty of the school gather for a class photo. The Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb opened in 1846 in Jacksonville, housing children across the state who were hard-of-hearing. It was later renamed the…

Lyrics depict pride in Illinois and highlights the state's natural resources and weather. Color front cover depicts 11 historical buildings throughout Illinois with a diagram identifying each building on p. 5. Letter on page 6 under title "Holiday…

Officials of the League of Women Voters of Illinois pose for a group photograph. Florence Fifer Bohrer stands third from the left.

Members of the Illinois Metropolitan Local Governmental Services Commission stand outside of a Trans-Canada Airlines plane at Midway Airport in Chicago.

Several people pose for a group photo in front of the Benton Mine-Rescue Car during Governor Charles S. Deneen's visit. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to establish…

Charles S. Deneen and the Illinois Monument Commission pose in front of the Illinois Monument during the dedication ceremony at the Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Governor Deneen attended the ceremony with Adjutant General Frank S. Dickson and…

Members of the Illinois National Guard line up near a flagpole in Pana

Members of the Illinois National Guard pass time in Virden by tossing another member on a sheet.

Members of the Illinois National Guard pass time in Virden by tossing another member on a sheet.

Members of the Illinois National Guard stand guard at the railroad entrance to the coal mine in Virden.

Members of the Illinois National Guard stand near their camp with supplies.

Members of the Illinois National Guard stand outside their tent with their weapons.

Members of the Illinois National Guard rest their weapons while posing for a portrait outside a tent.

Two members of the Illinois National Guard stand at the entrance of their tent with their uniform jackets in their hands.