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An aerial view shows the Bear Trap Dam located at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport.

An aerial view shows the Bear Trap Dam in operation. Photo caption: "1586-15 1-20-1900 Bear Trap Dam in operation. Depth of water at crest of Dam 2 ft."

A side view shows the rapids passing over the Bear Trap Dam located at Lockport.

A young man with a dark beard smiles for a photograph.

A man with a beard poses for a photograph in front of a display of smoking pipes.

A man with a small beard stands outside near a street for a photograph.

Beardstown has a long history of flooding due to its close proximity to the Illinois River.

A boy in a cowboy outfit sings while a girl plays the accordian during the talent of the Wayne White County beauty contest held in Fairfield.

A beauty contestant with an accordian walks through other contestants gathered outside a tent during a beauty pageant sponsored by the Rural Electrification Administration (REA).

Beauty contestants sit outside a tent during a beauty pageant sponsored by the Rural Electrification Administration (REA).

Beauty contestants await their entry into the Wayne White County beauty contest held in Fairfield.

Beauty contestants take the stage and display their evening wear at the Wayne White County beauty contest held in Fairfield.

A woman gets a perm in an beauty shop.On verso: "Mrs. Logan Mitchell-Beauty Shop-Mrs. William Best & son Bobby Lee."

Several beauticians manipulate a perm machine at a beauty shop.

A view of the flooding at Bedford-Nugent Sand and Gravel Company looking west from the Ohio levee shows damaged equipment and buildings.

A chandelier hangs over a large bed in a bedroom int he Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield.

Students practice beginning algebra at their desks and on the chalkboards.

Snapshot of a large group taken in the Belgian Village at the World's Fair. On verso: "Taken in the Belgian Village at the World's Fair. July 13, 1934. Daisy Fae, Edna, Charlie."

An aerial view of flooding in Belknap during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A man rings a bell fixed on the front of a truck.

Members of the Belleville Baseball Team pose for a group photo with their managers.

Members of the Belleville Fire Department pose for a portrait in front of the fire station.

Members of the Belleville Football Team pose for a group photo with their managers and a dog.

Belleville Township High School students pose on a set of stairs for a school photo.