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A large crowd gathers as the Cold Storage building is engulfed in flames at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. The building, which was one of the fair's largest, stored perishable food used by fair vendors, and contained an ice skating…

Before moving on to work in the coal mining industry and the railroad, H. B. Blood had a prestigious military career during the American Civil War. On verso: "Keokuk."

Instrumental music. "To the memory of Col E. E. Ellsworth who fell at Alexandria, VA. May 24, 1861." Cover depicts portrait of Col. Ellsworth with images of him in battle and crowds at grave surrounded by flags and vines. Name Emily M. Bristol…

Coast Guard boats sit on the Ohio River looking north from 25th Street in Cairo. The Illinois Central Railroad bridge can be seen in the distance.

A Coast Guard boat leaves Cairo for Mound City.

Men are waiting with coal and wheelbarrows to fuel a Union fleet (visible in the Baton Rouge Harbor) before it leaves to participate in the Siege of Port Hudson. The Siege of Port Hudson took place between May 21 and July 9, 1863, corresponding with…

The coal yard at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg, with mine railroad tracks in the front and the smokestacks in the back.

A man stands with his back to the camera watching a co-worker on top of a full coal car outside a building at a coal mine.Photo caption: "Illinois coal mining, skeleton frame work hoist directly over shaft, cleaning and grading in structure, cars…

A large group of executives pose in front of two railroad cars full of coal at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg

A souvenir photograph from the Chicago nightclub, Club DeLisa, shows three men and one woman sitting at a table surrounded by other club-goers. Club DeLisa opened in 1934 and was owned by the four DeLisa brothers.

A Keller family child wears a clown costume while standing with their foot on a ride-on toy. On verso "R.O.W. Clown."

Political satire titled, "Public Sale! Closing Out Sale of the Grand Old Party," which includes several humorous references related to the 1932 Presidential Election.

Clinton Rosette was the editor of the Daily Chronicle, a newspaper in DeKalb.

Four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Wait for the Wagon." Lyrics depict devotion to preserving the Union. Cover image depicts border with battle scenes on land and sea.

Clifton Staab (left) and "Rob" pose for an outdoors photo.

Clifton Staab sits in a fishing boat with his fishing rod in the water.

Clifton H. Moore (center) poses for a portrait with his four brothers. Clifton was the first resident lawyer in Clinton. Clifton formed a profitable land speculating partnership with Bloomington Judge David Davis in 1848. Clifton became friends with…

Illinois State Treasurer William Stratton signs a check in the amount of $15,000,000.00 for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago while Clifford "Hap" Young, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Governor Dwight Green watch. The check…

Members of the Clerks' Baseball Club in Belleville pose for a team photo. The players identified on the front of the photo include (from top to bottom, left to right): "Mulconnery," "Sindel," "Carry," "Knisely," "Morrison," "Ricks," "Hemp,"…