The Clarkson &Mitchell Drugstore Onyx soda fountain, located at 5th and Monroe, Springfield. At the beginning of the twentieth century, it was common for drugstores like Clarkson &Mitchell to feature a soda fountain in their establishment to…
Miss Adele Gehrmann, daughter of prominent Springfield businessman Charles A. Gehrmann, sits outside the Gehrmann mansion located at 1021 N. 3rd St., Springfield.
Barney Oldfield, an automobile racing pioneer, sits in his race car at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. The dirt racetrack at the Illinois State Fair was considered to be one of the fastest in the world.