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An apiary (bee yard) is filled with dozens of beehives used for housing honey bees.Photo caption: "An orchard apiary."

Photo caption: "Honey at the window in a roadside farm booth."

A state route overpass crosses over a four lane U. S. highway with recently upgraded landscaping.Photo caption: "An improved, landscaped. 4-lane U. S. highway with state route overpass."

A macadamized road runs through a rural landscape.Macadamized roads were named for John Loudon McAdam, a Scottish engineer who pioneered the method of mixing small stones with a binder to form roadways, ca. 1820.Photo caption: "Macadamized connecting…

A side road runs through a rural landscape.Photo caption: "Improved side road, gravel and tar composition."

Photo caption: "Graded country road and typical Illinois landscape."

A rural landscape image shows a rural town and the surrounding area.Photo caption: "The cleanliness of the approach to the borders of a country town."

Photo caption: "Ottawa Harbor on the Illinois River at Ottawa, and bridge, looking in the direction of Starved Rock Park."

Several boats dock near a truss bridge on the Illinois River near Ottawa Harbor. A man stands on the bow of the boat on the left side while two women sit on the dock.Photo caption: "Scene at Ottawa Harbor, Ottawa, boats for the Ottawa Boat Club."

A sulphur spring runs under a stone archway.Photo caption: "Sulphur Spring, a natural wonder, near Wedron, Ill."

Photo caption: "Close-up of sulphur spring, near Wedron, Ill."

Photo caption: "Car window view of approach to a village on a state highway."

The freight yard, located in the northwest Chicago suburbs, was one of the largest switch yards in the world in the early and mid-twentieth century.Photo caption: "Proviso freight yards, largest switch yards in the world."

Photo caption: "Historic Fullersburg dam as restored at Hinsdale, Ill. On the plank road."

An angled view of the front of the Old State Capitol in Springfield shows a ribbed dome and striped window canopies next to the building's main entrance. Construction of the building began in 1837 after a caucus of Illinois lawmakers, including…

An angled camera shot looking up towards the roofline shows the columns above the doors of the Springfield Old State Capitol building.Photo caption: "Columns of the old state capitol, Springfield."

The Madonna of the Trail statue in Vandalia is the seventh of twelve Madonna of the Trail statues along the National Old Trails Road running from Cumberland, Maryland to Upland, California. The National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution…

Rows of planted trees help with reforestation efforts at an unidentified location.Photo caption: "Reforestation"

Lotus flowers float in Grass Lake in Lake County. A warning sign among the lotus plants reads "Notice, Do Not Pick Lotus Flowers. A reward will be paid for the information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person doing so. By order of…

The Bloom High School building, erected in 1931, features an Art Deco architectural design.The building also contains 6 WPA frescoes Edgar Britton.Photo caption: "The modern community high school. Bloom Twp. H. S., Chicago Heights."

The main entrance to the 1931 Bloom Township High School building features Art Deco design elements including geometric columns and an ornate doorway.Photo caption: "Architectural design of tower, Blook Twp. H. S., Chicago Heights.

Large crowds swim at Centennial Beach in Naperville, a public swimming facility constructed out of a former stone quarry.Photo caption: "Recreation - pool built from an old stone quarry, Naperville, Ill."

People watch a diver jump from a diving board while waiting for their turn at Centennial Beach in Naperville.Photo caption: "Recreation - landscaped quarry pool, Naperville, Ill."

A boater in a canoe moves along the right side of a small island on the Du Page River near Hinsdale.Photo caption: "Recreation - island in DuPage River, forest preserve district, near Hinsdale, Ill."

A double line of riders on horseback cross a polo field with flags in front of a large crowd.Photo caption: "Recreation - a country riding club plays polo."