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Portrait of Elizabeth Conklin, relationship to the Strawn family unknown. On verso: "Lindstry."

Benjamin H. Grierson, a cavalry general in the United States Army from 1861-1890, poses for a portrait. Grierson served as a commanding officer during the American Civil War and Indian Wars.

Richard Yates, Jr. sits for a portrait at age nineteen.

President Theodore Roosevelt sits at a desk holding papers while posing for a portrait. Roosevelt signed the image: "To H. H. Kohlsaat by with the affectionate regard of Theodore Roosevelt November 30th 1902."

An African American woman and three boys stand in a yard outside a slum building with a full clothesline hanging overhead.

This cartoon drawing of Adlai E. Stevenson II shows him wearing a bow tie and jacket.Photo label: "Buenos Aires - 1960"

"Quartette" " A Requiem to the memory of our late beloved President Abraham Lincoln"

Portrait of Thomas Sparks, brother of David Rhodes Sparks.

View of the Methodist Episcopal Church, now known as the Shiloh United Methodist Church, in Shiloh. On verso: "Shiloh Illinois M. E. Church, on whose grounds Morris/Deneens frequently worshipped."

The Keeley Institute was founded in Dwight in 1879 by Leslie Keeley, and, until it closed its doors in 1965, offered treatment to cure alcoholism. At the peak of the institute's popularity, there were more than 200 locations across the U.S. and in…

Dr. Alonzo Cressy poses for a portrait wearing a dark suit. During the Black Hawk War, Cressy attended to Native Americans sick with cholera in Chicago under General Scott. In 1936, he successfully ran for a seat in the Michigan House of…

J. Henderson, a captain during the American Civil War, poses for a portrait wearing his uniform.On verso: "My grandfather Thurman's captain, 14th Illinois Cavalry."

Fourteen verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Shady." The song ridicules the policies of President Andrew Johnson. Other copies of the song are alternatively entitled "Johnson On The Brain."