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Private Leonard "Lennie" Scott (Company G, 4th Illinois Infantry) poses with rifle in hand at Camp Cuba Libre, Panama Park, Jacksonville, Florida, during the Spanish-American War.

The luxurious interior of the "Countess," a railroad car that Pullman built for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. On verso: "(assigned B&O); Ex - Santa Maria; 24-chair - 1 dr. rm."

The interior of a Pullman railroad car with decorative design and ornate lighting. The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman in 1862, built luxury railroad cars to help improve the experience of its passengers. On verso: "Membrino: Lot 346…

Union and Central Pacific Pullman railroad car, "Pyramid." The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman in 1862, built luxury railroad cars to help improve the experience of its passengers.

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,…

An advertisement from the American Red Cross seeks aid from the people of Sangamon County for "Our boys at the front" during World War I.

This book details the efforts made during World War I to send reading materials to soldiers, sailors, and marines fighting overseas. The author, Theodore Wesley Koch, a librarian in the Library of Congress during World War I, assisted in the efforts…

A World War I advertisement calls on those who are not serving their country to fulfill their duty by purchasing War Saving Stamps.

An advertisement from the U.S. government calls on women to preserve material and save money to help the country during World War I.

Two gentleman practice aeroplane instruction on models at an unknown location.

1st Illinois Cavalry, Troop L, in saber drill at Brownsville, Texas.

Soldiers onboard a transport ship.

Girls drum corps marches in formation while being reviewed by Navy personnel.

Sailors undergo diving training.

Navy recruits form to create a live version of their base insignia and to celebrate reaching 100,000 recruits trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station during World War I.

Navy recruits learn to tie knots.

A Navy recruit uses a jackknife to carve a piece for a model ship.

A prisoner takes a cigarette break amidst potted plants and caged birds.

Guards line up prisoners in the cell house in preparation for Sunday dinner.

A prisoner and an armed guard pose at the west gate entrance.

Menard contained one of the three electric chairs used for executions in Illinois. The other chairs were located at Stateville and the Cook County Jail in Chicago.

A prisoner operates a textile machine at the Stateville textile mill.

Prisoner manufactured license plates were just one of many products produced at Stateville, which included a furniture factory, textile mill, and sheet-metal plant.

Prisoners eat a meal in one of Stateville's roundhouses as guards observe them.

An officer draws blood from a prisoner. This image may depict part of an experimentation process. During World War II, Stateville was the scene of U.S. Army malaria experiments, during which physicians observed the disease's effects by deliberately…