Diana and Sandra Stratton, daughters of Governor William G. Stratton, help their grandmother, Zula Van Wormer Stratton, and step-mother, Shirley Stratton, perpare a meal and wash dishes in the family home in Morris.
St. Peter's Episcopal Church features a stone facade with two arched entryways. The church congregation laid the cornerstone for the building located at 621 W. Belmont Avenue in Chicago's East Lakeview neighborhood, on October 21, 1894. The church…
Cover depicts a picture of Stephen A. Douglas. U.S. senator from Illinois, 1860 Democratic presidential nominee, and opponent of Abraham Lincoln in their famous series of 1858 debates, Douglas defended the Union cause and died on June 3, 1861, only a…
The Yankee Booth Groupe sits in front of a monument at the Albany, New York, Army Relief Fair of 1864. With the Civil War sapping the country of young men, resources, and money, citizens around the country raised funds to support the Union cause by…