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Roe R. Adams stands at attention wearing his Navy uniform.

Four men receive certificates of recognition from the Springfield Urban League. From left to right: Negil McPherson, pastor Zion Baptist Church; Will Briggs, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, District 186; Roger Bridges; and Gus Stevents, Sangamon…

Roger D. Bridges (far left) stands with (l-r) Illinois Governor Jim Thompson, an unknown man, Tom Schwartz, and Ralph Newman for a group photo.Photo dedication "For Roger Bridges from Jim Thompson '85."

Philip Wagner, Sr. (left) and an unidentified man stand on either side of a round table while an unidentified woman sitting in a chair looks on.

Philip Wagner, Sr. (center) looks at a spoon collection display with two members of the Rogers family.

Roland Jehu Marshall (1892-1944) stares off into the distance. Marshall was the son of Jennie Ewing and her first husband Charles E. Marshall.

Five verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Rosin The Bow." This campaign song suports the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket in the 1860 presidential election.

Rollo Rogers Stevens of Ohio, a, 1893 graduate of Heidelburg University, sits for a portrait.

A woman sits and practices with a Romaine Proctor puppet.

Romaine Proctor, a well known innovator in the puppetry field, manipulates the strings of a skeleton marionette with several moving parts.

A ground-level view shows a sculpture under the Roofless Church. Architect Philip Johnson designed the non-denominational church dome was designed by architect Philip Johnson in New Harmony, Indiana, in 1960.

Metal frames stand among the ruins of a building destroyed by fire.

Song in support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that he will see the nation through the Great Depression. Cover shows picture of F.D.R. along with a hand written note: "To Henry Horner, governor state of Illinois, Best Wishes. Allen Summers." Dated…

Navy recruits learn to tie knots.

Trees stand outside the two story historic Rose Hotel in Elizabethtown.

An aerial view shows flooding in Rosiclare during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A small group of people stand on the sidewalk in front of the Rosiclare Hospital as several automobiles line the street.

Rosine Stehle, the Monticello Seminary French teacher, poses for a portrait.On verso: "Miss Rosine Stehle, my French teacher at Monticello Sem. Who, next to my dear good mother, and my dear dear sister did more for me than any other women or friend…

Portrait of General Curtis J. Herrick (right) and his wife Alice Reasoner Herrick attending the ROTC Ball with another couple.

Ranchers round up cattle near Fort Davis, Texas.

View of the flood backwaters along Illinois Route 13, east of Carrier Mills Road.

A man in a boat travels the flooded streets as the camera focuses west on Route 13 from the suburbs of Shawneetown.

The view of flooding looking west from Main Street on Route 13 near Shawneetown shows several small buildings turned on their sides in the center of the intersection.