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Julia U. Lane poses with three children. On verso: "Julia U. Lane; Ralph-Eric-Frances July 1894."

Picture of the Condell family, likely including (back row, l-r) Moses B. Condell, Helen E. Condell, Alice E. Condell McCoy, Thomas Condell, Helen M. Condell, and Eliza B. Condell. The front row is likely Mary Condell Hudson and Ninian E. Condell. On…

Portrait of Helen Kissam Dodge Edwards and her granddaughter, Eliza B. Condell.

Picture of Eliza B. Condell, possibly with her sister, Alice E. McCoy.

Sketch of Benjamin F. Edwards. Edwards built a large fortune as a Maryland merchant and served a short stint in the U.S. House of Representatives (1795). He was the father to Illinois governor Ninian Edwards and grandfather to Benjamin Edwards, the…

William H. Wolfe stands for a portrait leaning on a chair.

Christmas card for Dr. Richard and Henrietta Herndon featuring their family home at 1328 Wiggins Ave. in Springfield.

Richard F. and Henrietta M. Herndon family Christmas card. Children pictured (l-r): Richard F. Herndon, Jr., Charles H. Herndon, Lewis L. Herndon, and Henrietta R. Herndon.

A girl leans against a tree as she looks towards the camera.

Portrait of a girl holding a book.

Children gather around the ponies at the county fair. Postcard sent by Christina and Benjamin McCoy to their grandmother Mrs. M. B. Condell (Helen Marie Edwards Condell).

Dressed in Mexican garb, a man, woman, and child gather for a photo before a bird cage.

A man in Western dress holding a parasol poses for a picture seated in a rickshaw, which is seemingly being pulled and pushed by two Asian men in Asian dress.

A group of men, women, and children gather on the porch of a house.

Men inspect the interior of the newly built Lake Springfield pumping station.

Springfield mayor John W. Kapp, Jr. and commissioners Joseph Figenria, John Van Horn, and Harry B. Luers wait in anticipation as Willis J. Spaulding starts the newly installed turbo generator at the lake station. The station was dedicated in July…

John W. Curren, Jr., Robert T. Curren, John W. Curren, Sr., and Commissioner of Public Property Willis J. Spaulding gather for a group photo at the old pump station of the Sangamon River. On verso: "Digging for more water from the lower sands at old…

An unidentified man stands atop a suspended subsection of sewer tunnel while others pose in the trench and along its banks.

Willis J. Spaulding sits upon a suspended subsection of sewer tunnel at the old pump station. Spaulding served as Superintendent of City Water Works (1909-1911) and as Commissioner of Public Property (1911-1944).

The original cornerstone of the Old Riverside Station inscribed with Willis J. Spaulding's quote, "Health Requires Pure Water, Civic Health Requires Faithful Public Service."

Landscape architect Jens Jensen sits against one of the trees in Lincoln Memorial Gardens.

Landscape architect Jens Jensen writes in a notebook along Lake Springfield.

Landscape architect Jens Jensen and Commissioner Willis J. Spaulding stand next to Lake Springfield.

The original crew of the water filtration system, probably located at the Lake Springfield Power Plant, take a group picture. On verso: "[Major] Bray, Ray Pearce, Charles Hartman, Roy Graves, Bill Madden?, Charles Spaulding, Ralfh Wheeler, Paul…

Willis J. Spaulding takes a bite of the apple offered up from his wife, Mary Spaulding.