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Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, an alumnae of the Monticello Female Seminary, sits for a portrait wearing a long necklace. Catharine was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1844 to Samuel Snedeker and Harriet Sunderland Snedeker. The family then moved…

Catherine Ross sits for a portrait wearing a fur garment.

Floodwaters partially submerge a Catholic church in Mound City.

Several men stand in the doorways of two stores in the first floor of a commercial building in Danville. Businesses in the building include Geo. H. Segner, Merchant, Tailor, Famous Clothing House, Geo. R. Tilton Law Office, Samuel Stansbury, and an…

Emil Jones (2nd from right) and Cecil Partee (2nd from left) stand with other attendees.

Members of the "Celebrated Lazy Nine" baseball team baseball team from Harvard, Illinois, pose for a group photograph. Photo caption: "Celebrated Lazy Nine; J. McGahan, S.S.; C. M. Johnson, F.B.; Frank Elwood, L.F.; C. Hanna, R.F.: G. Goodell, 2.B.;…

Several men, maybe newly released prisoners, celebrate with warden Joseph E. Ragen. Ragan served as warden for twenty-five years (1936-1961). His administration was known for its strict order and the productivity of its prison industries.

Poet and author Celia Thaxter writes to "My dear children" thanking the family of Edwina Booth Grossman for some gift which is "perfectly lovely," a "delightful thing," "exquisitely beautiful," etc. but never named.

Guards line up prisoners in the cell house in preparation for Sunday dinner.

Census workers examine a large amount of paperwork.

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."

An exterior view of the Centennial Building, in Springfield, highlights the columns on the side of the structure. The building was originally named to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Illinois' statehood and was later renamedthe Michael J. Howlett…

A woman leads a girl dressed in a white dress to a bowing man while a child carries the girl's train during a centennial celebration event.

A teacher holds up a picture while her students color at their tables.

Female students cook in a home economics classroom.

An unidentified girl writes on her paper with a crayon.

Ben DeBar and Thomas Noxon are signators to a membership certificate for Thomas Noxon in the American Dramatic Fund Association.