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Eleanor Sawyer sits for a portrait in profile looking to her right. On verso: "Later: Beerbohm - Tree's discovery, Prima 'Eleanor Perry,' Eleanor Sawyer over the childhood years my 'best friend' Chicago - Magnolia (Rosemere) Emmet Beach Mackinac.…

Clark Robinson Griggs and Lavinia Collar Griggs, maternal grandparents of Helene Black Abbot, pose for a portrait with their family. Griggs was a veteran of the American Civil War, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, and mayor of…

Members of the Vassar College 1900-1901 freshman basketball team pose for a team photo. Helene Black Abbot is pictured seated on the left.

Siblings Elise Abbot, Henry Abbot, and Stephen Abbot pose for a portait.

An advertisement for Casper J. Jacoby, Sr. details his progression in life and in business. Additional writing attached to this postcard reads, "This panorama is not given to exalt our success but to honor God for his blessings."

Casper J. Jacoby, Sr. and Anna D. Lippoldt Jacoby sit in a cart pulled by a pair of cattle while visiting the Rhine in Germany with William C. Jacoby.

Three girls stand under or next to an arch designating the entrance to C. J. Jacoby's College Heights real estate development in Vero Beach, Florida.

Fourteen men and women, and one child, pose for a photo in Chautauqua. Casper J. Jacoby, Sr. is pictured standing, fourth from the right.

A street view shows a bandstand dedicated to the city of Bunker Hill by Casper J. Jacoby, Sr. and Anna D. Lippoldt Jacoby in memory of their son, Oscar.

A large group of people stand in the street in front of a church during an unidentified event posing for a photo.

An exterior view shows a sandy area surrounding Casper J. Jacoby, Sr.'s winter home located in Vero Beach, Florida.

An exterior view shows a large porch on the front of Casper J. Jacoby, Sr.'s home in Alton.

An exterior view shows the C. J. Jacoby furniture store in Alton.

Judge Louis Bernreuter sits for a portrait with his wife, Wilhelmina, and children, Ruth and Edward.

Casper J. Jacoby, Sr. poses for a photo with his eleven grandchildren. The verso contains a full listing of four generations of Jacoby family members.On verso: "Great-Grandparents; Henry Jacoby, 1819-10-07 - 1885-12-09; Katherine Jacoby, 1824-03-06 -…

Members of the Jacoby family pose for a family portrait outside a home. Casper J. Jacoby, Sr. and his wife Anna D. Lippoldt Jacoby sit in the center of the photo.

Casper J. Jacoby, Sr. and family members enjoy the water on an unidentified beach.

Casper J. Jacoby, Sr. sits for a portrait with his three sons, Edwin, Casper, Jr., and Philip.

An unidentified Sara Lee employee fills aluminum pie tins on an assembly line with cinnamon roll dough.

Several men work on a construction project.

A contractor displays several warnings on his hard hat.

Employees work on bicycles in the assembly shop at the Schwinn Bicycle Factory in Chicago.

Photo caption: "Caskets move through Paint Room on conveyor for color and finish coat. Progress Industries, Inc., Arthur, Ill."

A man stands in front of a building pressing a button on a radiotelephone.Photo caption: "A product truly ahead of its time, the DYNA-T.A.C. portable radiotelephone system, first demonstrated by Motorola in 1973, is similar to a normal dial…

A United States Mail parade float featuring two men in postal employee uniforms in front of a large mailbox appears in a parade in Chicago on behalf of the United States Postal Service.