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Portrait of Richard Yates, who was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the thirteenth Governor of Illinois, 1861-1865. Yates served as governor during most of the American Civil War.

Richard Yates II, the 22nd Governor of the state of Illinois (1901-1905), sits for a portrait outside a building. He was the son of Richard Yates, the 13th Governor of the state of Illinois (1861-1865).

Richings J. Shand, of Rockford, poses for a portrait. Shand served in the military for fifty-two years culminating in his position as Assistant Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard. Shandings reached the rank of Brigadier General.On verso:…

Richings J. Shand, of Rockford, poses for a portrait with his family, including his wife, Mary D., and his children: David, Mildred, Ida, Richings Jr., and Walter. Shand served as Assistant Adjutant General of Illinois.

A portrait drawing features Robert Anderson, an American Civil War Army officer who rose to the rank of brigadier general after his heroic actions in the battle at Fort Sumter, April, 1861. In addition to the portrait drawing which is draped in…

Illinois Supreme Court Justices Roy P. Klingbiel and Roy J. Solfisburg pose for a photograph in the court chambers while wearing their judge's robes.

Samuel C. Parks of Lincoln, Illinois, poses for a photograph wearing a bow tie. Parks was an attorney in Lincoln, Illinois, and a friend and political supporter of Abraham Lincoln.

Samuel D. Lockwood poses for a portrait. Lockwood served as Illinois' third Attorney General (1821-1822), second Secretary of State (1822-1823), and a justice on the Illinois Supreme Court (1824-1848). In 1824 President James Madison named Lockwood…

Portrait of two young women, Sarah Myers and Emily Crookshank.

Portrait of an unknown officer seated in a chair. On verso: "Stephens."

A large delegation of women standing in front of the Chicago & Alton train, "The Daylight Flyer," ready for a trip to Springfield for the formal seating of Florence Fifer Bohrer in the Senate. A Republican from Bloomington, Bohrer was Illinois's…

A horse-drawn wagon, a man, a woman, and two dogs stand outside the Shelby County Courthouse. Photo caption: "Old Shelbyville court house where the Lincoln-Thornton debate was held in 1856 (a painting by Robert Root)." On verso: "Shelby Co. C, House…

Portrait of Shelby Moore Cullom, a politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and as the seventeenth Governor of Illinois, 1877-1883.

Portrait of Shelby Moore Cullom, a politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and as the seventeenth Governor of Illinois, 1877-1883.

Production on small machines in the Shunt Magnet Department, possibly at Springfield's Sangamo Electric Company.

Football players from Shurtleff College pose for a team picture. Alton Seminary, founded in Alton in 1827, changed its name to Shurtleff College in 1836 to honor Dr. Brendon Shurtleff, of Boston.

Pedestrians walk across a snow-covered bridge in Chicago's Jefferson Park.

Carts carrying produce fill the South Water Street Produce Market in Chicago.

Storefronts lining the intersection of Washington and Geneseo Streets in Waukegan include the First National Bank on the corner.

Drawing or print from an unknown artist showing the "Poffenbarger Mill on Spring Creek."

An etching from James Swann, a Midwest printmaker.

Three people stand outside the ice-covered J. F. Amos residence in Springfield, Illinois. The weight of the ice on the trees in the yard forces them to bend downward,

An exterior view of the St. Francis Hospital in Blue Island as it appeared in the early 1900s shows a three story building with an additional level on the center tower surrounded by a picket fence and a cross on the top of the structure.

An artist's interpretation of St. Joseph's Hospital in Bloomington shows a large five-story red brick building.

The exterior stone walls of St. Paul's Universalist Church are all that remain after the church building was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.