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Mrs. Bell wears a sack on her head to protect her hair from the rain.

A young family visits a large nativity scene in Wayne City.

A cut-out nativity scene and lights decorate a home for Christmas.

Three members of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) pose for a photograph sitting on a desk in uniform. WAVES was a program created in August 1942 to fill a void for additional Navy volunteers that existed during the Second…

Firefighters extinguish a fire at the Neva Harris residence.

A nun reaches for a card in a young male confirmand's hand.

A nurse with the American Red Cross checks on a blood donor lying on a table giving blood.

Nurses check on local residents donating blood.

A nurse uses an unidentified machine at Brokaw Hospital in Bloomington.

An American Red Cross nurse uses a stethoscope to check a man's blood pressure at a blood bank.

Nursing students look on as three people apply a plaster cast to a subject.

An Illinois State Police officer examines several bottles of liquor confiscated during a raid.

Two oil field workers man a drilling rig during the process of oil extraction near Fairfield.

A truck mounted oil drilling rig sits in a field near Fairfield.

A man stands next to a toppled oil rig.

Two young boys and a security officer pose for a picture with a vintage fire truck.

Two women walk in front of the Old State Capitol complex during restoration in the late 1960s.

1960 Illinois gubernatorial candidate Otto Kerner speaks to a gathered crowd of Wayne County residents during a Democratic campaign stop.

Illinois governor Otto Kerner (second from left) poses for a photo with Miss Illinois USA, Marite Ozers (third from left), and others. After winning the Illinois contest, Ozers went on to win the 1963 Miss USA crown.

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Otto Kerner speaks to the people of Wayne County during a Democratic campaign for the election of 1960.

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Otto Kerner waits to speak to the people of Wayne County during a Democratic campaign event for the election of 1960.

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Otto Kerner signs an autograph for a woman during a 1960 Democratic campaign stop in Wayne County.

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Otto Kerner engages in a conversation with two men sitting on a bench during a 1960 Democratic campaign stop.

Two paint store employees stand among shelves and aisles of paint supplies.

An Estel Barnard & Son employee serves pancakes as a part of the company's open house event.