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Lyrics depict sinking of the USS Maine and the United States' response. Dedication: "Dedicated to Miss Allena Grafton of Rock Island, Ill." Cover image depicts the USS Maine (ACR-1) above two American flags.

Charles C. Scott, alias Frank Rande, sits for a portrait holding a firearm. Scott was a criminal tried in Knox County for the murder of Charles Belden in Gilson. Scott had these carte de visites printed and sold in order to pay for his trial.On…

Illustrated seven verse song about two young men fighting for the love of a woman.

Portrait of John Currier, whose relation to the Hutchinson family is unknown. The Hutchinson Family Singers were a popular American singing group that toured the United States and Great Britain in the 1840s. On verso: "John Currier, "good by John;"…

The Hutchinson Family was one of the most popular American singing groups of the nineteeth century. By the 1860s, the singers split into separate groups or "tribes" headed by two of the original four brothers. This song praises the victory of the…

Members of the Springfield Urban League discuss plans for a new ball diamond. Funded with the help of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Comer Cox Park was established in 1976 and named after the former director of the league.

Illinois Soldiers' College and Military Academy in Chicago advertising its first session, September 15, 1866. Initially opened as a military academy in 1861, the Illinois Soldiers' College was organized in 1866 to help disabled Illinois veterans…

Five part oral history interview of American track and field athlete, Jesse Owens. Interview was conducted by Illinois State Historical Library staff member, Barbara Moro. Interviewees include Jesse Owens and his wife, Minnie Ruth Solomon.

Clarissa Hagler Jorgensen, of Springfield, recounts stories of Vachel Lindsay who she knew as a child to Nicholas Cave Lindsay and an unidentified woman. In a separate oral history interview done with Jo Saner of Sangamon State University on March…

Richard P. Graebel, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield, speaks to a group of unidentified people while holding the book, "The West-Going Heart: A Life of Vachel Lindsay."

Two boys and two girls dig a hole while planting a dogwood.On verso: "Basil [Contralson's] children plant dogwood."

Key Club members perform landscaping work outside the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield. On verso: "Please leave at Board Monday for Elizabeth Graham."

Tom Robertson seeds an area in front of the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield, Illinois, while other unidentified Key Club members perform landscaping work.On verso: "Tom Robertson with seeder; Please leave at Switch Board Monday for Elizabeth…

Portrait of Martin Luther King, Sr., Baptist pastor, civil rights leader, and father to Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking from a podium.

Portrait of Martin Luther King, Sr., Baptist pastor, civil rights leader, and father to Martin Luther King, Jr., reading as he stands behind a podium.

A severely damaged car sits on Sixth Street with a dummy passenger lying partially ejected through the windshield. The display served as a caution about dangerous driving practices. A sign on the side of the car reads "Who's next?"

Ray Page (center) sits and eats with a group of Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry men enjoying the Plae Dae Picnic sponsored by the Manufacturing Council.

Elizabeth Conner Lindsay watches her children, Susan and Nicholas, examine a Christmas tree.

Members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization made up of Union Civil War veterans founded in 1866 in Decatur by Benjamin F. Stephenson. . On verso: "Nixon; Andrew (?)."

A body of water runs through Deer Park.On verso: "Deer Park is a gorge worn by the action of water through the soft sandstone. Its length is over a quarter of a mile, depth nearly 100 feet, width from 30 to 100 feet, and is nearly five miles from La…

Illustrated eight verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Wait For The Wagon"

Illustrated six verse song sung to the tune of "My Normandy." A pro-Union version of the pro-Confederate anthem, "Maryland, My Maryland." The original "Maryland, My Maryland," became the state song of Maryland.