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A Cisne high school student practices on gymnastic rings in the school gymnasium.

A girl hand washes a Buick automobile near Bloomington.

A member of a woman's club stands next to an Indian woman wearing a sari.

John S. Snedeker, brother of Monticello Female Seminary alumnae Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, sits for a portrait. John, a farmer from Jerseyville, fought in the American Civil War, Company B Regiment, 144 IL U.S. Infantry.

Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, an alumnae of the Monticello Female Seminary, sits for a portrait wearing a long necklace. Catharine was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1844 to Samuel Snedeker and Harriet Sunderland Snedeker. The family then moved…

Thirteen members of the Monticello Female Seminary Class of 1904 pose for a class picture while holding a trophy and a shovel used in a tree planting ceremony with principal Harriet Haskell.

Two senior Monticello Female Seminary students perform in a play. One student is in blackface makeup.

Monticello Female Seminary students Laura Jenks and Flora Merrill sit together on a bench.

Minstrel show performers pose for a group photo at the Monticello Female Seminary.

Minstrel show performers wearing blackface pose for a group photo at the Monticello Female Seminary.

Monticello Female Seminary principal Harriet Haskell stands with a shovel in hand at a tree planting ceremony.

Monticello Female Seminary principal Harriet Haskell (left) gathers with students at a tree planting ceremony.

Flora Merrill, a member of the 1906 Monticello Female Seminary graduating class, poses for a portrait.

A woodcut shows the Harriet Haskell House at Monticello Female Seminary.

A woodcut shows a cabin located on the Monticello College grounds.

A woodcut shows two women walking away from the entrance to Fobes Hall on the Monticello Female Seminary campus.

A woodcut shows an arch over the Haskell Memorial Entrance at Monticello Female Seminary. The entrance is in memory of longtime school principal Harriet Haskell.

A woodcut shows a tree standing in front of the Entertainment Hall at the Monticello Female Seminary.

A woodcut shows the senior stairway and conservatory complete with its glass roof.

A woodcut shows a bell tower at the top of one of the Monticello Female Seminary buildings.

A woodcut shows a fountain on the Monticello Female Seminary grounds.

A woodcut shows Reid Chapel, built in honor of William H. Reid's wife, Eleanor Irwin Reid. The Reid's donated large sums of money requested by principal Harriet Haskell to help rebuild the Monticello Female Seminary after the November 4, 1888 fire.…

A woodcut shows a residence hall at the Monticello Female Seminary.

A woodcut shows the November 4, 1888, fire as it destroys the main Monticello Female Seminary building.

A woodcut shows the Godfrey Congregational Church featuring a columned entrance and steeple.