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Darlene Poland Gustafson poses with her fourth grade class at Haley School in Stickney.

Darlene Poland Gustafson and her fourth grade students pose for a class photo in their classroom at Haley School in Stickney. On verso: "1956-1957 February - Larry Brashears, Catherine L, David Pace, Penny Thunburg, Diane Soukup, Billy Nemanick, Carl…

Darlene Poland Gustafson and her fourth grade students pose for a class portrait at the Haley School in Stickney.

Darlene Poland Gustafson poses for a portrait with her third and fourth grade class in their classroom at St. Francis School in Ottawa.

A depiction of Ta-Tan-Ka-Nuzhe, or Standing Buffalo, shows him wearing traditional Dakota Indian clothing.

An infant lies in a cradle in a post-mortem portrait.

An unidentified military officer sits for a portrait with his hand in his uniform jacket during the Civil War.

An unidentified military officer stands for a portrait in his military uniform during the Civil War.

Civil War portrait of Union Army Captain J. R. Muhleman, staff member of Major General John McCauley Palmer.

A military officer poses for a portrait in uniform during the Civil War.

Frederick C. Jones taken poses for a portrait during his time as a member of the 24th Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. Jones died during the Battle of Stones River while in command of the 10th Brigade.

Members of the Iliinois Parole Board pose for a photograph at a banquet.First row seated (left to right): Joseph E. Ragen, Director, Department of Public Safety; Charles F. Kinney, Chairman, Pardon and Parole Board; Wilson M. Meeks, Chairman,…

Joseph E. Ragen, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Safety, sits in his office.

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."

An exterior view features Fell Hall at Illinois State University in Normal. Originally build as a residence hall in 1918, the university closed the building in 1989 for renovations, reopening it in 1992 as an academic and administrative building.On…

A view shows the church-like building of the Garrett Biblical Institute at Northwestern University in Evanston. The school, founded in 1853, was the first Methodist seminary in the Midwest.

Nola Boomer Leonard, sister of Helen Boomer Goforth, sits for a portrait wearing a dark dress and glasses. On verso: "A teacher in Vienna, Illinois."

James Gill Goforth, husband of Helen Boomer Goforth, poses for a portrait.

Two portraits of a female student taken in Whittier, California, represent a student in their junior and senior years. The person featured in the photographs is likely one of Helen Boomer Goforth's daughters.

Freshman and sophomore portraits of a female student at Greenville College. The woman photographed is likely one of Helen Boomer Goforth's daughters.

Helen Boomer Goforth sits in the depot at West Vienna, Illinois.

George Bollman Boomer, Martha Jane "Mattie" Boomer, Nola Boomer Leonard, Simeon "Sim" Boomer, and George Leonard sit on the porch of the Boomer family home in Buncombe.

The Whitaker Family in Vienna, Illinois, poses for an outdoor portrait. On verso: "Only 2 left Martha and Geneva."

Cincinnatus "Nat" Boomer of Buncombe, Johnson County, sits for a portrait. Cincinnatus is the brother of Helen Boomer Goforth. On verso: "Zetetic."

Takeda Yasuha poses for a portrait wearing a light colored suit and bow tie. On verso: "Flash light with portrait attachment. Takeda Yasuha, Japanese boy brought from Hawaii by Rita G. Estep and raised by Mary Jane Garrison, my grandma and myself - 4…