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Princess Grace of Monaco and her daughter, Princess Caroline, tour the Illinois Pavilion at the New York World's Fair with a group of unidentified people.

Former President Dwight Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, visit the Illinois Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. Virginia Marmaduke, Special Events Director for the Illinois Commission to the World's Fair, stands next to them holding a Land of…

Two soldiers stand guard outside Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Several soldiers stand in front of the president's viewing platform. Following the conclusion of the American Civil War, military processions marched in a celebration that took place in Washington, D.C. On verso: "Very fine and excessively scarce.…

A landscape view shows the location where Ulysses S. Grant wrote his first military orders. On verso: "Grant's first camp when commanding the Twenty-first Illinois Inft, at New Salem in May 1861. The only regiment that left Springfield on foot, being…

Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and their guests gather at the site of the Ulysses S. Grant memorial near Riddle Hill. On verso: "Unveiling tablet Grant memorial. July 1, 1927 near Riddle Hill, by Springfield Chapter DAR.…

A stereoscopic image shows Ulysses S. Grant's horse, "Cincinnati," with its trainer. On verso: "This is one of General Grant's favorite horses; the photograph was taken at City Point, Va., in March, 1865."

Soldiers stand outside the cottage that Joseph William Drexel, a personal friend of Grant, loaned the ex-president. On verso: "Drexel Cottage, Mt. McGregor N.Y. Where General Grant died on July 23rd 1885. He used to sit on the porch while writing his…

An exterior view shows Ulysses S. Grant's log cabin located at Old Orchard Park near St. Louis. On verso: "General Grant's Famous Log Cabin. Built in 1854 of logs hewn-by General Ulysses S. Grant, the corner prominent in this picture having been…

Ulysses S. Grant (seated, middle) poses for a photo with his family at Mt. McGregor in Saratoga County, New York. This photo was taken just over one month before Grant's death.

A street view shows the Ulysses S. Grant funeral procession marching down Broadway opposite the Metropolitan Hotel in New York.

Large crowds line the streets as the Ulysses S. Grant funeral procession marches down an unidentifed New York street.

A painted portrait shows Ulysses S. Grant sitting in front of a pastoral scene in his military uniform holding a young girl while a dog looks on.

A sketch of General Ulysses S. Grant shows him in uniform sitting on a tree stump.

A double-sided advertisement for Joseph B. Purdy uses Ulysses S. Grant's likeness. The writing at the bottom of the advertisement reads, "'I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.' Joseph B. Purdy, Fire-Works, Flags, Lanterns,…

Ulysses S. Grant poses for a photograph in his military uniform standing next to a horse.

General Ulysses S. Grant poses in his military uniform standing alone next to a tree at Cold Harbor.

Ulysses S. Grant poses for a photograph in his military uniform.

Ulysses S. Grant poses for a portrait.

Former president Ulysses S. Grant sits for a portrait wearing a suit and bow tie.

Photo caption: "Washington D.C...The lady of the pictures is a seventeen-year-old Miss of Chicago, and Northwestern University, Miss Claudia Eckert, and she is demonstrating her natitorial accomplishment in the pool of the Showham Hotel here. Claudia…

Photo caption: "Wilmette, Ill...Ruth Winter, radio singer and holder of four beauty titles, pictured with her new husband, Paul Cummins, Northwestern University law student who was selected as the "Ideal Man" by co-eds. They were photographed…

Photo caption: "J. Ogden Armour, "beef baron", photographed upon his arrival in New York on Friday (Nov. 17) from Europe, where he spent the summer. Mr. Armour, it is said, is anxious to go over the whole ground of the anti-trust case against himself…

Photo caption: "Blaine (left) and Wayne Rideout, 16-year-old twins of Tuscola, Ill., who are rapidly coming into the spotlight of fame as running stars. High school juniors, they are in bed every night at nine o'clock, neither knows the taste of…

Mrs. Lillian Mitchell sits down while appearing in Chicago where she is being held for questioning in the murder of Lillian Klemz last November. Mrs. Mitchell is the sweetheart of Mr. Charles A. Klemz, Village Trustee of Elmwood Park, and husband of…