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A collage of individual player photos surround a team photo of the Bloomington Bloomers Three-I League baseball team. The Three-I league was a semi-professional baseball league that ran during the summer months.Top row (l-r): Craig, center field;…

Influential Illinois politicians Scott W. Lucas (left), James M. Slattery (middle), and Henry Horner (right), admire a pair of birds in Horner's office. Lucas was a lawyer and a politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives, the…

Lyndon Baines Johnson poses for a photograph in an ornately decorated room. Photograph signature: "To Scott Lucas from his devoted friend Lyndon B. Johnson."

The Illinois State Normal University baseball team poses for a team photo in front of the university's Fell Hall.

United States Senator Scott W. Lucas (3rd from right) poses with five members of a hunting party for a group photo at the Lakewood Duck Lodge in Bath, Illinois. Photo identification (l-r): "Bocher," "Friend," "B. Henderson," "Ed Long," and "[Hon…

Scott W. Lucas poses for a picture with his wife, Edith Biggs Lucas, and their son, Scott W. Lucas, Jr.

Illinois State Normal University's baseball team poses for a group photo in front of Cook Hall (left) and Edwards Hall (right) on the school's campus.

Several Illinois soldiers pose for a photograph at an army training camp in Georgia during World War I. Scott W. Lucas (first row, far left) served in the United States Army during World War I and rose to the rank of lieutenant.

Alben W. Barkley, who was Vice President of the United States under Harry S. Truman, 1949-1953, poses for a portrait in profile. Photo signature: "To my good friend Scott Lucas; William W. Barkley."

John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy smile as their photograph is taken. Photo signature: "With best wishes John Kennedy."

With the head of the Democratic mascot thrust against his face, Senator Scott W. Lucas waves to the crowd with hat in hand while standing before a "Roosevelt and Lucas" campaign sign.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. stands with Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly and a man identified as "Adams" during a campaign stop in Chicago as part of the 1940 presidential campaign.

Several Democratic senators attend a Senate luncheon for actress Greer Garson.Standing (l-r): Marion McIntyre, John H. Overton (Louisiana), Carl Hatch (New Mexico), James M. Mead (New York), Scott W. Lucas (Illinois), Walter F. George (Georgia), and…

Senator Scott Lucas (middle) stands with Walter Reuther (2nd from right), President of the United Auto Workers and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and four unidentified men at the UAW-CIO Fish Fry in East Peoria.

Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity members at Illinois Weslyan University pose for a group photo in front of their fraternity house.

A Washington Daily News political cartoon depicts Congress as a sleeping man surrounded by a bag of fertilizer and "legislation seeds" and a shovel with a cobweb hanging from it. A lit match burns in the man's shoe representing Senate Majority Leader…

A uniformed Scott W. Lucas, in his capacity as Commander of the Illinois Department of the American Legion, stands between representatives of the Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Commander of Confederate Veterans Union an American…

A political cartoon depicts Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas trying to carry the load of the Truman administration, while the Democratic Party leadership begins to lose patience. Image signature: "To Sen. Scott Lucas, from Joe Parrish."

A political cartoon depicts Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States riding a hobby horse, whipping "White House stooges in Congress," Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas and House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn. The Democratic donkey…

A political cartoon depicts Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas riding the Democratic Party horse backwards, as he endorses both the "Economy and Heavy Spending." Image signature: "To Sen. Scott W. Lucas, with my best wishes, Carey Orr."

Senator Scott W. Lucas meets with Edward Bradach, Louis Wargo, and Joseph Teyshak, three navy servicemen who survived the sinking of the U.S.S. Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea in World War II. The message on the front of the photograph…

American and British delegates, including (from left to right), G. H. Hall, Sol Bloom, Richard Law, Harold W. Dodds, [ ], and Scott W. Lucas, meet in Bermuda during the Second World War to discuss the issues involving Jewish refugees and the…

Scott W. Lucas smokes in his United States Senate office after his election in 1938.

United States Senator James William Fulbright of Arkansas poses for a portrait wearing a pin striped suit.Photo signature: "To Scott Lucas, a good friend, a fine Senator and a fair golfer, with warm regards; Bill Fulbright U.S.S. Arkansas."

Edward J. Barrett sits for a portrait. Barrett, a veteran of World War I and World War II, served as County Clerk of Cook County and as Illinois Secretary of State from 1945 until 1953. Image signature, "To my friend, Senator Scott W. Lucas; With…