Captions: "Under one: Giant killers at play. Under two: Rushin' leather." Under three: Alone with his conscience."]]>
Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon satirizes Senator Albert Hopkins's defeat for a second term in the U. S. Senate. His defeat led to a prolonged deadlock in the Illinois House of Representatives over the 1909 Senate election, which lasted from January 19, 1909 through May 26, 1909. The deadlock eventually led to the Lorimer Scandal in which Democrats in the Illinois General assembly accepted bribes in exchange for votes for Charles Lorimer.]]>
Captions: "Under one: Yes, sir-ee! I know this car matter from A to Z. I'll tell you whats the best kind of a car for Chicago. I've made a careful study of the whole subject! Under two: What this town needs is a car with more speed! (applause) More room! (applause) We want a good ordinance! Keep the street car question out of politics! Under three- Chorus of Listeners: Aw, we thought you were talking about motor cars. We're not interested in street cars!"]]>
Captions: "Under one: The Daylight Wasting Movement. Under two: Getting the skids ready for another monarch. Under three: Trouble in the Big Show."]]>
Captions: "Under one: Before the Bill goes into effect. Under two: A session of Congress after the bill goes into effect. Under three: Why not also introduce a Time Clock."]]>
Captions: "Under 1: The old fashioned Detective we read about in books. Under: The modern Chicago Detective we read about in the newspapers. (P.S. The heroic are to be seen at left of picture.)]]>
On verso: "Under panel one: What the hotel Clerks used to say. Under panel two: What they now say."]]> The Republican elephant walks across the 1928 Republican Convention floor on a plank labeled "Platform plank opposing debt cancellation" while holding a newspaper declaring "$535,000,000 in Gold has left the U.S. for foreign shores in the last eight months; Pound sterling now at premium in U. S.- Dollar at discount in London." A lone supporter of debt cancellation stands on one side of the floor while a large vocal group of tax payers and small liberty bond holders stands on the other.

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On verso: "At the Delegates' Entrance 1896 Convention July 1896."]]> Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea in World War II.

The message on the front of the photograph states, "Three Streator Heroes who survived the sinking of the Air Craft Carrier 'Lexington' in the battle of the 'Coral Sea.' Photograph taken at 4th of July celebration in Streator - while boys were on furlough."]]>
On verso: "My Dear Daughter; Gov Cleavland sent this to you by your mother Sept /84 with his autograph written in our presence. LBP It is an excellent likeness"]]>
On verso: "Bryant's Poem. 'An Indian at the Burial place of his Fathers in Stockbridge.'" The full text of the poem by William Cullen Bryant is included on the verso.]]>