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A child cries while a barber cuts their hair in a barbershop located in Bloomington.

A child smiles at a barber while getting a haircut.

Minstrel Song about African American soldiers. Cover depicts African American soldiers shooting at a Confederate soldier.

An advertisement from the American Library Association (ALA) encourages veterans to contact their hospital libraries for books on jobs.

Works Progress Administration men clean debris from the backyard of Murry Jennings in Junction.

The Richaldson children playing on their back yard tractor tire swing. On verso: "Keith Richaldson, Jay Richaldson, Dwayne Richaldson, Andy Van Awken: Youngest; 809 Rigdon Rd. Carbondale."

A view of the second floor of the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield shows a glass wall at the top of a staircase separating the mansion.

A man poses with large bales of sisal fiber.

A young ballerina displays pointe technique while holding the edges of her tutu.

Two women practice ballet at the barre in a Monticello College dance studio.

Young female ballet dancers pose for a photograph in a stairwell while taking part in the Jo-Carroll Energy Annual Meeting.

Several children release balloons at the Old State Capitol building during the Springfield Capitennial festivities.

A crowd looks on as balloons rise during the opening of Chicago's Outer Drive Bridge. Although construction began in 1929, the opening of the Outer Drive Bridge in Chicago did not occur until 1937, when President Franklin Roosevelt visited the city…

Two men sit on a fence on the bank of the Regnitz River in Bamberg, Germany.On verso: "Pat & Mouldy. Bamberg, Ger. Spring 1946."

A Greek vendor pushes a cart loaded with bananas down a city street.Photo caption: "Greek series - pushcart vendor."