William E. Gaylord (left) of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Lawrence Wilgert (right) of the Fish Management Service in the Wisconsin Department of Conservation stand at a sea lamprey trap. Members of the Lake Michigan Fish Protection…
A group of men and women, including state Representative A. B. McConnell and state Senator Robert McClory, stand in front of several campaign posters.Seated from left: Mrs. A. B. McConnell and Mrs. Cletus Stewart Mayer, chairman of the committee in…
John Basil Turchin, controversial Union Civil War officer, was born Ivan Vasilyevich Turchaninov in Russia in 1822, and Americanized his name after he immigrated to the United States in 1856.Serving as a regimental, division, and brigade commander in…
The letter, labeled "War Bulletin 75,000" and written on "Head-Quarters Armies of the United States" letterhead, briefs the reader on the Union's positions in Richmond and Petersburg, as well as the threat of the Confederate Army to Northern cities,…
Republican Senator Wallace Thompson, President Pro-tem of Illinois Senate; Mayor Martin H. Kennelly of Chicago; and Governor Adlai E. Stevenson endorse the Gateway Amendment.
Samuel Witwer (left), chairman of the Gateway Amendment Campaign, stands with William N. Erickson, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, as he signs his support during the Gateway Amendment Campaign.
William N. Erickson, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and Barnet Hodes, former Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago, show their support during the Gateway Amendment Campaign.