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A sheriff and other officials receive instructions while conducting a search for a missing boy in a wooded area.

An elaborate shoe display featuring a pair of heels is shown within a shoe factory.

An aerial view shows several customers and store employees at Spurgeon's Department Store on opening day.

City of Fairfield workers shovel ice and sludge from the side of the street.

Two women in period dress and a man show a dress to a potential customer outside a store during Sidewalk Days.

A woman plays the piano while four girls stand nearby and sing.On verso: "Templar Home"

Pedestrians cross at an intersection along Sixth Street in Springfield. The Strand movie theater near Sixth and Adams Streets is visible on the right side.

A sales clerk shows a customer a small electric appliance during the Christmas season.

A young man enjoys a large cigar at a party for the newspaper publisher located in Fairfield.

A snow-covered road leads to several houses in the rural countryside.

Cars navigate large amounts of plowed snow on Main Street in Fairfield.

Snow covers the roof and surrounding yard of a brick house as well as the fire hydrant to the side of the building.

Snow plows clear snow from the Fairfield streets.

Young boys enjoy sledding down a hill during the winter season.

Army reserve soldiers walk through a field at an armory located near Fairfield.

A woman looks into a prison solitary confinement unit.

Clowns ride on top of a gas truck as part of a large parade making its way through the streets of Ridgway during the Southeastern Popcorn Day.

A large parade, including a Southeastern Electric Co-op float featuring a train pulling a container of popcorn, makes its way through the Ridgway streets during the annual popcorn festival.

Several women browse the children's clothing section at Spurgeon's Department Store on opening day.

Two girls look at mannequins in the front window of Spurgeon's Department Store.

Two men and two women pose for a photograph in formal attire.

A man hands several packages of crackers to two Illinois State Police officers at a fireman's chili supper.

A steeplejack performs maintenance on the McLean County Courthouse dome located in downtown Bloomington.

A steeplejack performs maintenance on the McLean County Courthouse dome located in downtown Bloomington while another man stands on the roof below.

A person stokes a fire inside a machine shed.