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Several wagons travel the streets in front of the Macon County Courthouse in Decatur, Illinois.

Two small groups of people stand outside the Vermilion County Courthouse which is surrounded by images along the building's first floor. Photo caption: "Court House at Danville, Illinois where Mr. Lincoln practiced law.

On verso: "John Jones came to Alton, Illinois, in 1841 and moved to Chicago in 1845. He was active in the black convention movement at the national level where he met and became a friend to Frederick Douglass. He actively promoted state conventions…

Judge Joseph O. Cunningham of Urbana poses for a portrait in profile

On verso: "William Donegan, a retired Springfield cobbler, was one of the victims of Springfield's 1908 race riot, the first of three serious riots in Illinois during the first two decates of the Twentieth Century. This photograph is from Mary M.…

On verso: "Given me by Rev. J. M. Peck D. D.; M. Brayman: Signature from letter to E. Rodgers. Jany 1, 1843"

Myra Bradley poses with her head in her hand during a portrait sitting.

On verso: "Printing press used in printing the Missouri Gazette in 1819. (See Ill in 1818)"

Several men stand near several dead soldiers and horses in a field in Corinth, Mississippi.

Three men, including Elias Kent Kane, pose for individual portraits in a collage. Kane served as the first Illinois Secretary of State and was one of Illinois' first United States Senators.

Daniel P. Cook poses for a portrait wearing a dark suit. Caption: "Daniel P. Cook, editor of the Illinois Intelligencer in 1816, published at Kaskaskia. An early congressman from Illinois, for whom Cook County Illinois was named." On verso: "Attorney…

John S. Snedeker, brother of Monticello Female Seminary alumnae Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, sits for a portrait. John, a farmer from Jerseyville, fought in the American Civil War, Company B Regiment, 144 IL U.S. Infantry.

Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, an alumnae of the Monticello Female Seminary, sits for a portrait wearing a long necklace. Catharine was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1844 to Samuel Snedeker and Harriet Sunderland Snedeker. The family then moved…

Thirteen members of the Monticello Female Seminary Class of 1904 pose for a class picture while holding a trophy and a shovel used in a tree planting ceremony with principal Harriet Haskell.

Two senior Monticello Female Seminary students perform in a play. One student is in blackface makeup.

Monticello Female Seminary students Laura Jenks and Flora Merrill sit together on a bench.

Minstrel show performers pose for a group photo at the Monticello Female Seminary.

Minstrel show performers wearing blackface pose for a group photo at the Monticello Female Seminary.

Monticello Female Seminary principal Harriet Haskell stands with a shovel in hand at a tree planting ceremony.

Monticello Female Seminary principal Harriet Haskell (left) gathers with students at a tree planting ceremony.

Flora Merrill, a member of the 1906 Monticello Female Seminary graduating class, poses for a portrait.

The Monticello Female Seminary Class of 1873 pose for a group photograph with school principal Harriet Haskell (seated far left).

Several Monticello Female Seminary alumnae pose for a photograph holding trays with large bowls and ladles. One girl holds a sign that reads, "Influenza Here, House Quarantined, Keep Out" above a girl lying on the ground.

Prudence Winterraud Douglas, an member of the Monticello Female Seminary's class of 1906, poses for a photograph at the bottom of a staircase.

Several Monticello College students sit on two horses pulling a wagon filled with additional students.