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Details of Al Capone on his way to federal prison, when he told newspaper reporters that he is, "a wet." The producer of this article, Signal Press, is located in Evanston.

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…

H. M. Vandeveer poses for a portrait. Vandeveer served in the Illinois House of Representatives and as a judge in the Christian County Court.On verso: Biographical information clipped from publication "History of Christian County, 1880."

Former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois John Stelle stands at his desk shortly after taking the office of Governor. On verso: "Day Stelle took office after Horner death - Shows him issuing proclamation for 10 day observance of mourning for Horner."

John Stelle sits on a white mule while surrounded by veterans.On verso: "Stelle rides mule presented by Sam Plant, Murphysboro who allegedly stole a mule from Stelle in France in first world war. Plant is holding mule."

An artist's depiction of the banks of the Ohio River at the levee in Cairo shows a line of cars parked above the water front. On verso: "Cairo levee and water front looking south from Sixth Street. Automobile tourists are lined up on levee road…

An etching from James Swann, a Midwest printmaker.

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,…

Several bodies of Union soldiers lie dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg.On verso: "This group of dead was in 'the wheatfield.' The burial details found many such groups on that terrible field. The work of burying the thousands of dead was a…

An article titled, "Extra," from "The Journal" in Springfield, announces with "great pleasure" that Gen. John A. Logan was elected to the U.S. Senate. Logan was a veteran of the Mexican-American War, a general in the American Civil War, a member of…

Men work in the glazing room at the Western Stoneware Company in Macomb.

Female employees drill holes in watch plates at the National Watch Company factory in Elgin.

A man washes a cattle carcass at a meat packing plant in Chicago.

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

A network of railroad tracks run through the relay depot in East St. Louis.

Smoke pours from smokestacks throughout the German-American Portland Cement Workslocated in LaSalle. Producing Portland cement since 1897, the Portland Cement Works is today known as the Illinois Cement Company.

The seven Illinois Supreme Court justices and the court reporter sit around a conference table in the Illinois Supreme Court's conference room in Springfield.

The St. Nicholas Hotel provides a good vantage point for an aerial photograph of downtown Decatur, Illinois, including the city's Transfer House.

Fence posts float in floodwaters while houses stand in the background with water reaching halfway to the second story in the aftermath of an 1898 flood resulting from a levee break near Shawneetown.

The ship the "Monitor" sails near Hampton Roads, Virginia, as part of the Jamestown Exposition, an event held to commemorate the three hundred year anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.

A large marble staircase leads to a large reception hall with a Tiffany glass ceiling. Originally dedicated as the main building of the Chicago Public Library in 1897, the building is now the Chicago Cultural Center.

A woman works in a large rhubarb field in Massac County on the Ohio River.

Workers pick strawberries from a field near Joppa, Illinois.

Farm workers place oats into harvesting equipment.Photo caption: "Pitching sheaves of oats to the thrasher, showing automatic feeder and band cutter, Ill."

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.