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United States Senator Scott W. Lucas (3rd from right) poses with five members of a hunting party for a group photo at the Lakewood Duck Lodge in Bath, Illinois. Photo identification (l-r): "Bocher," "Friend," "B. Henderson," "Ed Long," and "[Hon…

A group of politicians pose for a portrait. Individuals in the portrait include Everett Dirksen (1st row, far left), Jessie Sumner (1st row, second from left), Leo E. Allen (1st row, center), Leslie C. Arends (1st row, second from right), George Evan…

Several prominent individuals sit in the front row during an event including Sandra and Diana Stratton (1st and 2nd from left), daughters of Governor William G. Stratton; Lieutenant Governor John W. Chapman (3rd from left); Secretary of State Charles…

Locals visit Shawneetown to listen to campaign speeches from Democratic politicians, including United States Senator Paul H. Douglas, future Governor of the state of Illinois, Otto Kerner and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Paul…

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.

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.

A boy cringes while receiving his polio vaccination as other boys wait their turn.

A policeman in riot gear confronts civil rights protestors in Cairo, Illinois on a picket line during race protests in the late 1960s and 1970s.

Illinois State Police officers and two men congregate around the entrance to a small building with several cases of liquor outside.

Christmas decorations, including a Christmas tree, gift baskets, and streamers, adorn a room in an unidentified city's police headquarters.

An Illinois State Police officer examines the wreckage of an airplane which crashed in a field.

A police car sits outside a small building during a raid.

An Illinois State Police officer inspects a young boy's bicycle as several other boys watch.

John Wilkes Booth writes a poem for Miss Mary C. White of Richmond, Virginia. Booth's poem of two four-line stanzas is an acrostic spelling of "Mary & John". White's Forget-Me-Not Album is made of hand-painted and gilt-decorated boards, with…

A hand-written poem from Elizabeth Raynor devised in 1939 when she was 93 years old. The poem reads as follows: "I'm old and gray and wrinkled too - But many things I still can do - I have some friends who say I'm swell - But they don't know me very…

Mary Devlin onced owned this autograph album titled "Album of Pearls" bound in decorative tooled leather. The album includes a poem of three stanzas written to her by her future husband, Edwin Booth. Booth and Devlin were married on July 17, 1860.

Edgar Lee Masters writes, signs, and dates his twelve line poem "Anne Rutledge".

Several men use livestock to plow a large ditch.

Sangamon County Commissioners William Jayne, Joseph K. Lewis; and Moses K. Anderson endorse the plat of a state road from the western terminus of Jefferson Street in Springfield to the bridge across Spring Creek on the Beardstown Road and assess the…

Religious hymn for funeral. Lyrics depict happiness and anticipation of going to heaven. Note included in folder stating "Pleyel's Hymn sung at Abraham Lincoln's funeral. This sheet of music was used on that occasion by a member of the choir under…

Floodwaters surround the Pleasant Valley Church in Ridgway during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.