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A set of tipis and a canoe stand on the river's edge opposite a large building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

As Sangamon County States Attorney, Stephen A. Douglass files the grand jury indictment in People vs. Jonas Houston, Charles Smith, and George Corc for larceny.

States Attorney Stephen A. Douglass writes and files this grand jury indictment in People vs. Benjamin Turpin for perjury in Greene County Circuit Court.

Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, attends an Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Host of the ceremony is Major General Curtis J. Herrick, Commanding General, Military…

An individual stands outside wearing horseback riding clothes.

A group of men and women converse following an event.

Two women sit on top of two donkeys while two men stand on either side of them. The man on the left is on crutches.

A young child sits on a railing while several adults converse.

An aerial view shows an industrial area including a track located near Fairfield.

An aerial view shows a watertower and smokestack in an industrial area located in Fairfield.

Patients of the Kankakee State Hospital work in the fields as a part of their therapy.

An unidentified infant lies on a floral blanket.

A doctor listens to an infant's heartbeat during an examination.

Portrait of an infant girl.

Portrait of an unknown child sitting propped in a baby carriage.

An infant lies in a cradle in a post-mortem portrait.

A small headstone stands in a cemetery for the infant son of W. H. and A. B. Rutledge, and grandson of John Rutledge, who died Aug 25, 1893.

Several Monticello Female Seminary alumnae pose for a photograph holding trays with large bowls and ladles. One girl holds a sign that reads, "Influenza Here, House Quarantined, Keep Out" above a girl lying on the ground.

Ingersoll Islands, Yukon River, was acquired with the Ingersoll Papers in 1947. Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," was a colonel during the American Civil War, a politician, an attorney, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought.

The students, including a young William G. Stratton, of Ingleside School in Lake County, Illinois, pose for a school photo in 1922. Back row (l-r): Eddie Langbein, Norman Tweed, Russell Hewitt, Francis, Don Graham, Bud Lumber, Jennie Willett, Emilie…