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In this portrait, Ben Robertson of the 63rd Illinois Infantry is wearing a Union military jacket and vest. The top and bottom buttons of his jacket are buttoned and only one button of his vest is visibly buttoned. Therefore, the jacket and vest bulge…

Benaiah Gustin Jayne poses for a portrait.

Benjamin "Bub" Edwards, the brother of Emma Edwards Hewitt and uncle of Eva H. Stricklin, stands next to a fake wall during a portrait session.

Benjamin Alvord, a veteran of the American Civil War, a mathematician, and a botanist, poses for a portrait wearing his Army uniform jacket.

B.B. French sends a copy of his address, a funeral program and a card of admission to Andrew Boyd. French closes with: "If ever I loved a man that man was Abraham Lincoln, & there is scarcely anything I would not do to honor his memory." French…

Benjamin Britten sits at a piano with sheet music in hand. Born in England in 1913, Britten was a successful pianist and composer during the mid-twentieth century.

Benjamin Franklin Affleck, of Belleville, was a businessman in Chicago, and president of the Universal Portland Cement Company. On verso: "March 30 1927 A.M.; When the United States Steel Corporation's newest and finest 600-foot steel freighter slips…

Sketch of Benjamin F. Edwards. Edwards built a large fortune as a Maryland merchant and served a short stint in the U.S. House of Representatives (1795). He was the father to Illinois governor Ninian Edwards and grandfather to Benjamin Edwards, the…

Benjamin H. Grierson and an unidentified man pose for a portrait. On verso: "Possibly Robert Grierson, father of Gen. B. H. Grierson?".