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Francis A. Brokoski of Cook County sits for a portrait. Brokoski was a Republican Representative of the 3rd District in the 36th General Assembly of Illinois.

Francis "Frank" Brownell, a corporal of Company A, 1st Regiment of New York Fire Zouaves," appears in his military uniform holding a rifle.Image caption: "Lieut. Frank Brownell is a son of Charles Brownell, County Superintendent of the Poor of Troy,…

A young Frances Frazee Hamilton poses for a portrait next to a long curtain. Frances Frazee Hamilton was the sister of Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay and aunt of Vachel Lindsay.

Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, daughter of lawyer Oscar Folsom, and wife of Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. When they were married in 1886 at the White House, Frances was only 21 years old. To this day, she…

Frances Elizabeth Austen Frazee, of Rush County, Indiana, poses for a portrait wearing a dark dress. Frazee was the wife of preacher Ephraim S. Frazee, the mother of Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay, and grandmother of Nicholas Vachel Lindsay.

An artist's interpretation of the intersection of Fox Street and Broadway in Aurora features two street cars and several pedestrians.

Several ladies enjoy Fox River Park in Aurora, the "City of Lights."

The Fox Lake College building, later known as Main Hall, was located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school went through several renamings and mergers during the 19th and 20th centuries before finally consolidating with Lawrence University in 1964.

The five story Fowler Hall building takes its name from philanthropist Nettie Folwer McCormick's maiden name.

Illinois state legislators Katherine Hancock Goode, Florence Fifer Bohrer, Rena Elrod, and Lottie Holman O'Neill are pictured (right to left) in Springfield. Bohrer was the first woman to serve in the Illinois Senate. In 1921, O'Neill was the first…