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An advertisement promoting Dr. Miller's Hog Nose-Cutter, on sale for $1.00 at 1926 Fifth Ave., Rock Island.

Dr. William Fithian poses in profile for a portrait sitting. Fithian served in the Illinois House of Representatives (1834-1836) and the Illinois Senate (1838-1846).

Union soldiers stand along the the Dutch Gap Canal on the James River, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The Dutch Gap Canal was a failed attempt by Union troops to bypass a bend in the river that was surrounded by Confederate forts. On verso:…

Pedestrians walk along the East Fox Street Bridge in Aurora, the "City of Lights."

Businesses line East Main Street in Bushnell.

Illinois Secretary of State Edward Barrett stands at his desk for a portrait.

Edward Beecher, the first president of Illinois College in Jacksonville, sits for a portrait.

An engraving of Edward Coles, second Governor of Illinois, features the political figure in a dark suit. J. Henry Brown painted the image in 1852 and Samuel Sartain later engraved it.

An 1860 campaign poster titled, "Edward Everett, Our Next Vice President," features a portrait of the Constitutional Union Party candidate. Everett, a distinguished politician from Massachusetts, lost the election.

Edwin Markham, an American poet and Poet Laureate of Oregon (1923-1931), poses for a portrait. The personalized message and signature at the bottom of the photograph reads, "My dear Carl Vrooman: Here I am - yours with the secret word and the…

Three men, including Elias Kent Kane, pose for individual portraits in a collage. Kane served as the first Illinois Secretary of State and was one of Illinois' first United States Senators.

Elizabeth A. Babcock, of Canton, poses for a portrait wearing a brooch with a cross hanging from it. Babcock was the wife of William Babcock, Sr. The reverse side of the photograph includes the left half of a group photo of many unidentified men. The…

Portrait of Elizabeth Ridgeway.

Elmira Vandora Lillibridge Kidd, of Buckheart Township, Fulton County, wears a lace collar in a portrait drawing. Kidd was an ordained minister of a Methodist Protestant Church, wife of Jeremiah Wesley Kidd, and a mother to seven children.

Portrait of Enoch Rawalt, a veteran of the American Civil War.

Portrait of Esther Ridgway Diller and an infant named Emma.

Portrait of Reverend Evan J. Thomas.

Portrait of Reverend F. J. Briggs, who came to Bloomington in 1851. He was the minister in charge at the Universalist Church on Front street.

Four African American children and their parents stand in the yard of their home. Two of the children sit on top of a horse pulling a farming tool.

Several firemen pose for a group photo in front of the fire station.

Several Sandwich Township firemen pose for a group photo with their helmets and gear lying in front of them.

Men of Stephenson Post No. 30, Grand Army of the Republic, stand ready as a "Guard of Honor" at the Lincoln Monument in Springfield on the first Lincoln Centennial Day, February 12th, 1909.

The First Methodist Church building in Abingdon, Illinois, features an arched stained glass window on either side of the bell tower.

Ella Park Lawrence, of Galesburg, proudly displays the First State Flag of Illinois. Elected Illinois State Regent in 1911, Lawrence was instrumental in her campaign to have the "First State Flag" adopted. In 1914, she offered twenty-five dollars for…

The first wagon train filled with food for the residents of Petersburg, Virginia, enters the city after the nine-month Battle of Petersburg running from June 1864 through March 1865.On verso: "As soon as the Rebels were forced to evacuate Petersburg,…