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A portrait shows William Rayburn with a long beard.

A woodcut shows a woman walking in front of the Monticello Female Seminary as it appeared when the school opened in 1838.

Harry Woods, the then-nominee for Illinois Secretary of State, poses for a portrait. Woods served as Secretary of State from 1913-1914.

Visiting Chicago for the dedication of the Outer Drive Bridge, President Roosevelt used the opportunity to deliver a speech on foreign policy. Known as the "Quarantine Speech," he called on all peace loving nations to condemn and isolate the…

A large group of African American women attend a luncheon.

James and Harriet Adams deed eighty acres to Ezekiel Bowman for $78.75.

Campaign song and chorus for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson

Julia Maria Jayne Trumbull, Lyman Trumbull's first wife, stands next to a chair during a portrait session. On verso: "If the negative can be found, I should like 1 doz. copies twice the size of this. L. Trumbull."

Instrumental music. "Composed & most respectfully dedicated to Col. J. C. Fremont" Cover depicts image of Fremont, who was the first Republican nominee for president. He was defeated by James Buchanan in the presidential election of 1856.

Illinois Governor Otto Kerner and Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission Chairman Ralph G. Newman look at a folder during a meeting of the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission in Champaign.

Edgar Henshaw sits for a portrait wearing his ministerial clothing,Image signature: "Sincerely, Edgar Henshaw."

John F. Kennedy appears as a Tudor-era queen standing next to advisor Adlai E. Stevenson II. Kennedy wears a necklace with the United States presidential seal while Stevenson's necklace bears the logo of the United Nations. After Kennedy's election…

A toga-clad Dwight D. Eisenhower carries a banner for the United States from a ship bearing the Republican elephant on its mast while Adlai E. Stevenson II rides the Democratic donkey in the form of Pegasus above. A smaller Lyndon B. Johnson stands…

Adlai Stevenson II appears as "The Thinker" while contemplating South American laborers as represented by a man carrying large bag of coffee beans on his back.In April 1960, Stevenson returned from South America and criticized the Eisenhower…

Adlai Stevenson II makes a comment to an unidentifed man while watching a bull and matador during a bull fight.

Adlai Stevenson II fuels up a bus from a gas pump resembling John F. Kennedy for a trek through South America.

Group of delegates to the constitutional convention On verso: Adolph Germer (second from right, back row)

On Front: Members, United Steel Workers of America attending 7th Constitutional Convention Congress of Industrial Organizations Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Ill., Nov. 20-25, 1944 On verso: Adolph Germer (4th from right, back row)

Illustrated two verse song and chorus about a homesick soldier.

William Joshua Allen writes to his mother about a visit he and two southern "fire-eaters" had with President-elect Lincoln. Allen mentions attempts of other southerners to assassinate Lincoln by sending him poisoned fruit.

Louis Armstrong and Edith Armstrong lean on the arm of a couch while posing for a portrait.

An unidentified man poses for a portrait wearing a dark jacket.