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Emeline Castle Graves sits with a book in her lap during a portrait session. On verso: "Mrs. Willard Graves, Mendota, Ills."

Emeline Castle Graves sits at a table during a portrait session. On verso: "Mendota, Ills - Emeline was a sister of J. B. Castle. She had a twin sister Caroline. She married Willard Graves. Her children."

A large ship at Port Tampa, Florida "embarking for Cuba" during the Spanish-American War.

This "Song and Chorus dedicated to all Lovers of Freedom"celebrates Emancipation and the fight to end slavery.

The letter, labeled "War Bulletin 75,000" and written on "Head-Quarters Armies of the United States" letterhead, briefs the reader on the Union's positions in Richmond and Petersburg, as well as the threat of the Confederate Army to Northern cities,…

Springfield High School teachers Elru Logan and Ellen Rourke and Dean of Boys Roy "Daddy" Wintz pose with clocks given to them upon their retirement. On verso: "Year of retirement from S. H. S. Gifts to them, clocks."

A little girl dressed in a coat and bonnet stands next to a park bench.On verso: "Eloise, niece of Kent E. Keller."

Elnora Thurman Reed poses for a portrait at age 16.

Members of the Elmwood Park Electric Department stand outside of their truck. On verso: "1960 Elmwood Park Electrical Department - left to right Bingle & taken on Diversey near Sunset Drive on the north side of town."

Ivy-covered trellises adorn the first floor of a two-story home at Elmwood Farm in Flora.On verso: "Parsons, Lewis Baldwin (Maj. Gen., U.S.A.); Return to Elmwood Farm; Flora, Illinois"

Elmira Vandora Lillibridge Kidd, of Buckheart Township, Fulton County, wears a lace collar in a portrait drawing. Kidd was an ordained minister of a Methodist Protestant Church, wife of Jeremiah Wesley Kidd, and a mother to seven children.

State Treasurer Elmer J. Hoffman speaks at the event.

State Treasurer Elmer J. Hoffman stands with a guest for a photo.

State Treasurer Elmer J. Hoffman stands with a guest.

State Treasurer Elmer J. Hoffman stands with his administrative official, Conrad F. Becker, and Lula Fae Isenberg Searcy.

Several politicians gather in the office of the Secretary of State for a photo opportunity. From left to right: State Treasurer Elmer J. Hoffman; Attorney General Latham Castle; Secretary of State Charles Carpentier; Judge Ray Klingbiel; Lieutenant…

State Treasurer Elmer J. Hoffman (far left) poses for a photo with several party guests, including Clerk of the Supreme Court Earle Benjamin Searcy (center) and Lula Fae Isenberg Searcy (seated, center).

Elmer David Gallagher of Iowa, an 1893 graduate of Findlay College, sits for a portrait.

Toddlers Elma Bohart (left) and Velma Bohart (right), sit for a portrait. On verso: "Twin daughters of Henry A. and Annie Walgrove Bohart. Born on July 4 1908 at Annawan, Illinois."