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Charles R. Matheny along with his sureties William Butler, Abner Ellis, and Abraham Lincoln sign his official bond guaranteeing that he will fulfill his duty as Clerk of the Sangamon County Commissioners Court.

By signing this bond, Hananiah Lincoln agrees to pay Edward Rawlings twenty-two pounds relating to a suit for damages in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Henry Sinco and his surety Charles Maltby are parties to an offical bond to guarantee that Sinco will faithfully discharge his duties as Constable of New Salem Precinct.

Isaac Bush and his surety Christopher Bush promise to pay $500, payable in money or tobacco, to the State of Kentucky if Isaac does not fulfill his duties as constable. Christopher Bush is the father of Abraham Lincoln's step-mother Sarah and Isaac…

Indenture of Isaac Lincoln to Stephen Huges by which Lincoln and another individual agree to pay 960 pounds in settlement of a legal case.

This bond is signed by Jacob Lincoln and Rebecah Lincoln's mark. Jacob borrows $100 from his mother Rebacah. Jacob Lincoln is one of Colonel Abraham Lincoln's four brothers.

Abraham Lincoln and several others serve as sureties to this $1000 bond to guarantee that John M. Cabaniss will faithfully discharge his duties as Constable for the Springfield District.

Marvelous Eastham and his sureties, Stephen A. Douglass and John Taylor, sign Eastham's official bond as a guarantee that Eastham will fulfill his duties as a Justice of the Peace in Sangamon County.

Mordecai Lincoln affixes his signature to this surety bond assuring that Lincoln will duly pay the constables under his jurisdiction.

A Bonnett's Turkey Hatchery employee works at a desk in the company's offices in Havana.

A man holds a turkey while surrounded by several turkeys in a pen at Bonnett's Turkey Hatchery.

This book details the efforts made during World War I to send reading materials to soldiers, sailors, and marines fighting overseas. The author, Theodore Wesley Koch, a librarian in the Library of Congress during World War I, assisted in the efforts…

George Bollman Boomer, Martha Jane "Mattie" Boomer, Nola Boomer Leonard, Simeon "Sim" Boomer, and George Leonard sit on the porch of the Boomer family home in Buncombe.

Bottom Mine No.10 at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg.

Workers perform maintenance on a bowling pin setter in a bowling alley.

Six members of a bowling team, wearing bow ties and shirts that say, "McDonald Shirts," pose for a team photo.

Employees prepare orders at a soda fountain and ice cream parlor.

An unidentified boy seated at a table and a girl holding a book pose in profile for a portrait.

A young boy and girl ride a tricycle down the sidewalk near the street. On verso: "P. Langford; C 'dole."

A boy stricken with polio reads a book as a girl sitting next to him turns the page.

A woman sits next to a boy lying in bed with a ventriloquist dummy sitting next to him and a book open on his lap.

A young boy stricken with polio looks to the camera while receiving a breathing treatment from an iron lung.

An unidentified woman moves a boy stricken with polio in an iron lung.

A young boy stricken with polio receives a breathing treatment from an iron lung as a nurse and an unidentified woman stand next to him.