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Governor Otto Kerner (right) meets with other Illinois state officials gathered in a room.

Students in a grade school band practice playing a number of instruments including trombones, tubas, and saxophones.

Children enjoy a meal in a grade school cafeteria.

Three members of the Grand Army of the Republic stand in front of the American Flag for a photograph.

Members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks grill hot dogs during a fall festival held in Fairfield.

A grocery store employee talks with a boy sitting in a shopping cart and a woman standing next to the store's dairy case.

Three people ride on a sled during the winter season.

Three uniformed military personnel guard the body of Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, as crowds file past in the United States Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.

Eastern Illinois University student athletes put on a gymnastics demonstration in the Fairfield school gymnasium.

A member of the Eastern Illinois University gymnastics team vaults over a vaulting horse during a gymnastics demonstration in Fairfield.

The Eastern Illinois University gymnastics team members perform a lift during a gymnastics demonstration in the Fairfield school gymnasium.

Several children and adults dress up in Halloween costumes including a bride and Peter Rabbit.

A woman hangs items from a clothesline in her backyard.On verso: "IL. Rural Electric-Special Section"

A man works in a loft above the front window of a hardware store.

The Harsha sisters display their Easter dresses.

A woman stands on the front porch of a home giving a man information on Heart Sunday, a heart health campaign from the American Heart Association.

A police officer assists an elderly motorist stranded on the side of a highway.

Born in 1900, Henry C. Madding was a farmer who lived near Mount Erie in Wayne County. Henry married elementary school teacher Veda L. Denny Madding on March 2, 1929, had several children, and passed away October 30, 1964.

The body of Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, lies in state in the United States Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.

An aerial view shows the highway system built for motorists to easily commute to and from Fairfield.

Maintenance workers prepare the foundation for a new highway at First Street in Fairfield.

Construction workers walk through a road construction site at First Streen in Fairfield.

A young boy wearing a butcher outfit stands behind a selection of meats.

A young boy wearing a butcher outfit pokes a piece of meat as part of a publicity campaign.

A young boy wearing a butcher outfit pretends to carve a piece of meat.