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The seven Illinois Supreme Court justices and the court reporter sit around a conference table in the Illinois Supreme Court's conference room in Springfield.

The Illinois Supreme Court's court room in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield featured ornate ceilings and large light fixtures. Prior to construction of a new Supreme Court Building in Chicago in 1908, the Illinois Supreme Court held its…

The Illinois Valley Blue Coats band marches in a Peoria parade. The band was a product of the Federal Music Project, a component of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal legislation that employed musicians during the Great Depression.

Lyrics depict singer's pride in the State of Illinois, noting the state's geography, industry, and soldiers who fought and died during World War I.

"Commemorating her centennial 1818-1918." Lyrics depict pride in Illinois and the actions of Illinois residents during war time.

Official Illinois state song with lyrics depicting pride in Illinois with emphasis on progress of the state. New verses by Win Stracke are included in this version. Cover includes a brief history of the song.

An editorial cartoon demonstrates the need for the Chicago Drainage Canal through illustrations of water issues in Chicago during the late nineteenth century. The comic strip reads, left to right, top to bottom: reads: "Grinding it for coffee; Some…

A side road runs through a rural landscape.Photo caption: "Improved side road, gravel and tar composition."

Song subtitled "A National Chant" depicts mourning of death of Abraham Lincoln and future of the United States. "To a Mourning World" "To whom sale permission was given by the author and publisher of the poem Messrs J & E Hoch, Boston" Four part…

Instrumental music. "Funeral March"

Memorial song expressing grief over the death of Abraham Lincoln. Four part harmony for mixed group.

Instrumental music. Contained within sheet music entitled "Three Songs without Words"

Illustrated three verse song. Lyrics depict mourning for death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth.

Two men walk through a cemetery adding names from the headstones to the Philadelphia voting list while an angry mob protests outside the cemetery wall.Republican machine politics drove the city of Philadelphia during the early twentieth century under…

In the top two panels, a man representing the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, also known as the Bonus Bill, sits in the waiting room of "Dr. Congress" for several years. In the bottom panel, a man rushes in carrying papers labeled "Tariff Bill"…

Governor and Mrs. William G. Stratton dance alongside Secretary of State Charles Carpentier and his wife at the 1953 Gubernatorial Inaugural Ball.

Members of the 1941 Inaugural Committee, composed of members of both the Illinois House and Senate, stand at the Governor's Mansion in Springfield prior to the start of the parade for Dwight H. Green.

A crowd gathers for pomp and circumstance at Henry Horner's inauguration ceremony. Horner was the twenty-eighth Governor of Illinois (1933-1940). Known as a reformer, Horner fought political patronage and oversaw the states troubled finances during…

Indenture of Abraham Lincoln to William Crow and others for three pounds. Lincoln signs as a witness. The document places Colonel Lincoln's death date past 1784.

A parade, including members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, takes place in Fairfield.

Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows parade through a gymnasium wearing ceremonial clothing during an unidentified event.

Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows line up in a local gymnasium during a ceremony.

India S. Bothwell poses for a portrait wearing a blouse with a large white collar.

A young Keller family child dresses in an Indian costume.