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Lieutenant Thomas G. W. Settle, U.S.N. (center) stands in front of stratosphere balloon, A Century of Progress, while reporters and military members ask questions. Settle and Army Major Chester L. Fordney set a world altitude record during their…

Governor William G. Stratton poses for a portrait with his daughters, Sandra and Diana, and second wife, Shirley Stratton.

Governor William G. Stratton poses for a family portrait with his daughters, Sandra and Diana, second wife Shirley Stratton, and Major.

Diana and Sandra Stratton, daughters of Governor William G. Stratton, help their grandmother, Zula Van Wormer Stratton, and step-mother, Shirley Stratton, perpare a meal and wash dishes in the family home in Morris.

An unidentified woman speaks with sisters Diana and Sandra Stratton as they sit on a couch with their grandmother, Jennie Hook, and uncle, Melvin Hook, during the inauguration of their father, William G. Stratton, as State Treasurer.

Workers pick strawberries from a field near Joppa, Illinois.

A double decker street car in the streets of Paris, France

A group of men view the street cave in at 15th Street and Poplar Street caused by the undercurrent on a broken water pipe in Cairo.

Maintenance workers use a crane to make changes to Fairfield streets near the Uptown Motel including the installation of new roads, sidewalks, power lines, water lines, and updated landscaping.

Works Progress Administration men remove mine gob from West Raymond Street in Harrisburg. On verso: "This was the temporary roadway that was being built during flood."

Works Progress Administration men clean the streets in Shawneetown.

A stranded automobile sits submerged on a flooded street in Mounds.

Houses sit submerged along a flooded street in Mounds.

A horse-drawn carriage drives down a street lined with businesses in downtown Moweaqua.

Automobiles and horse-drawn carriages line the street of a commercial district.

People and automobiles line the street in front of a department store. On verso: "March 31, 1983; A scene from the past, the exterior of the third in what is today a 14-unit department store group, as it appeared in 1925. Known as 'the Midwest…

Lyrics depict push to elect Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin during 1860 presidential election. "To Honest Abe Lincoln." "Sung with rapturous applause at the Fanueil Hall Ratification Meeting."

A Republican Campaign song, support for the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamilin. Election of 1860. No Cover page.

Labor union members and union leadership debate the merits of a strike before a vote.

Labor union members and union leadership listen to a speaker discuss the merits of a strike before a vote.

Labor union members and union leadership stand and say a prayer before a meeting held to debate the merits of a strike.

A donkey and several men work along the tracks at a strip mine run by the New Enterprise Coal Company in the Illinois-Iowa area.

Students laugh at a performance during a polio research fundraiser held in Fairfield, Illinois.

A female Illinois Wesleyan University student curls her eyelashes in her dorm room.