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Cynthia Gilbert Hoffmann, the wife of Francis Hoffmann, sits for a portrait wearing a dark dress and necklace with a cross.

A man, two women, and two children walk among the rubble of buildings destroyed after a cyclone passed through Murphysboro. On verso: "The people are strangers - none of us."

Three members of the Rees family pose with their bicycles in the countryside.

A farmer cuts the alfalfa crops while riding on his John Deere #4 horse drawn enclosed gear mower.

Teenagers sit in a booth drinking soft drinks at Bowman's.

Major General Curtis J. Herrick, Commanding General, Military District of Washington, lays the Presidential Wreath at the grave of President John F. Kennedy during the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

Portrait of Curtis J. Herrick in uniform as a cadet at West Point.

Three men standing in front of Atlantic Ocean reading a newspaper

Lieutenant Governor John Chapman crowns Mrs. Illinois 1956.

Large crowds surround the airship America as it stands partially under its hangar.

A large group of people stand in the street in front of a church during an unidentified event posing for a photo.

A large crowd eats boxed lunches in a school gymnasium during the Jo-Carroll Electric Co-op Annual Meeting.

Local residents gather around the Wayne County Record newspaper window in downtown Fairfield to read about the McLin automobile accident and other news stories.

Two ladies enjoy a game of croquet on the lawn of a lavish home.

A group of individuals play a game of croquet.

A group of men stand before a large billboard filled with President Woodrow Wilson's proposals for big business and government regulation. The billboard reads: "The Great Insurance Companies Should be Curbed. The Inter-State Commerce Commission…

On verso: "Crematorium at Dachau Con. Camp. April '46." Sign in photograph reads "This area is being retained as a shrine to the 238,000 individuals who were cremated here. Please dont destroy."