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Adlai Stevenson II parades before the cheering Democratic governors on the boadwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Cartoon dedication: "Very best of luck to Adlai Stevenson in '56- Regards, Bill Cranford"

Democratic candidates gather at New Salem State Park for a photograph. On Verso: HORNER, Gov. Henry. 1932 Campaign, Democratic candidates at New Salem. State Park. Left to right: V. Y. Dallman, ed. Ill. State Register; Henry Horner, James A. Farley,…

Delie shares her anti-Lincoln sentiments with her father.

Group photo of delegates

Del Hooker allows her two boxer puppies to play outside her home.

A body of water runs through Deer Park.On verso: "Deer Park is a gorge worn by the action of water through the soft sandstone. Its length is over a quarter of a mile, depth nearly 100 feet, width from 30 to 100 feet, and is nearly five miles from La…

Stephen A. Douglass deeds lots in Meredosia to Charles R. Millson.

Ninian Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, deed sixty acres in Logan County to Constant R. Oglesby for $600. Elizabeth Edwards is the sister of Mary Lincoln. Sangamon County Clerk Noah W. Matheny witnesses the signatures of Edwards and his wife.

Justice of the Peace Thomas Moffett witnesses the signature of Nicholas Garland on a deed of land from Garland to Jefferson Phillips.

James and Harriet Adams deed eighty acres to Ezekiel Bowman for $78.75.

Reuben and Caroline Radford sell their interest in corner Lot 1 of Block 20 located on Adams Street in Springfield to Archibald Trayler for $200. County Recorder Mitchell notes on the back of the deed that the transaction is entered in Book E, page…

Dedication of the Henry Horner Collection at the Centennial Building Auditorium. Horner was the twenty-eighth Governor of Illinois (1933-1940). Known as a reformer, Horner fought political patronage and oversaw the states troubled finances during the…

Mary Ann Jacobus accused the Kitchells of calling her a whore. The defendants testify that they never made a charge against the chastity of Mary Ann Jacobus or her two sisters. Lincoln makdes a copy of the decree dismissing the suit with each party…

Abraham Lincoln produces a copy of the decree in Bullock v. Viney. Maria L. Bullock received judgement by default against Viney. In order for Bullock to collect the judgement of $108.395 awarded her, the court ordered a foreclosure of Viney's…

Abraham Lincoln on behalf of Logan and Lincoln, writes the declaration in the case of Zacheus McComas v. Edward D. Baker. Lincoln states that Baker gave McComas a promissory note for $156.50 plus interest, but failed to pay. Baker's promissory note…

The Decatur Public Library Board of Trustees poses for a group photograph during a meeting. On verso: "Clockwise: Norman Gore, Maxine Ridgely, Karl Schroeder, Edna Moothart, Roy Rollins, Mary T. Howe, Laura Bailey, Dean Madden, and David Felts.…

Members of the Decatur Community Lecture Council stand for a group photograph. From left to right, Attorney Horace Garman, Donald Kissinger, John Mason Brown, and David Felts.

Eugene V. Debs with Seymour Stedman and supporters

A view looking west shows Works Progress Administration men cleaning debris from south 5th Street in Mound City.

Deborah Corbeil, a student at Monticello College, poses for a portrait looking to her right.

Illustrated three verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Mother, Is the Battle Over?" Lyrics depict soldier returning home from war. Color cover image depicts soldier in woods with open book next to him.

Lyrics describe memory of life in Illinois. Sheet includes letter from Senator Charles Percy

Several men stand near several dead soldiers and horses in a field in Corinth, Mississippi.