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Harriet Milstead Atterberry poses for a portrait wearing a white top and a necklace.

Lyrics depict singer's faith in God. Cover image depicts church and home in a rural setting. Handwritten note on cover: "Not much good". Back cover lists first bars of seven songs available for purchase. Part of collection entitled "Beautiful Sacred…

Sewell L. Avery was a businessman in Chicago, president of the United States Gypsum Company, 1905-1936, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Montgomery Ward & Co. Avery's refusal to settle a labor dispute during World War II led to the federal…

Francesco Raffaele Nitti was one of Al Capone's top henchmen. After a short prison stint in 1931, Nitti succeeded Capone as the head of the Chicago Outfit in 1932. On verso: "Frank Nitti, Al Capone's "treasurer" and considered a power in the Capone…

Photo caption: "James Hamilton Lewis reading messages of congratulation at his campaign headquarters in Chicago after early returns showed him leading Ruth Hanna McCormick; Republican, three to one for United States Senator from Illinois."

Photo caption: "Mattoon, Ill., Matoon business men fry an egg on the sidewalk as the temperature hits 112 degrees in the shade for the third successive day, L to R, Lawrence Gordon, H. Ray Monson, Helen Walters, Melvin Faller and George Taylor."

Photo caption: "Mme. Ganna Walska McCormick, who has not been in the U.S. for the past five years, shown on her arrival in New York Oct. 31 aboard the Ile de France. She is here to rejuvenate and repair her Park Avenue home. She denied coming to be a…

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…

John W. Lewis, Jr. poses for a photo with dozens of letters in his hands. Photo caption: "Springfield, Ill. - Seeks to Repeal Tax Law - Rep. John W. Lewis, (r.), Marshall, introduced a bill to repeal a newly revised state inheritance tax law, which…

Senator Scott W. Lucas poses for a portrait at his desk.

Ephraim S. Frazee, a preacher from Rush County, Indiana, poses for a portrait in a dark suit. Frazee was the husband of Frances Elizabeth Austen Frazee and the father of Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay.

Instrumental music. Cover depicts photograph of Lincoln Tomb.

Sisters Hattie (right) and Una (left) Vickery pose for a portrait.

James Bachelder signs a letter written on Office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings stationery to B.B. French requesting French to call for a sitting as early as convenient. Bachelder has placed his painting "The last hours of Lincoln" in room…

United States Representative Joseph Cannon poses for a portrait with his arms folded in front.

Members of the Jewel Tea Company Board of Directors pose for a group phtograph. The Jewel Tea Company originated in 1889 when Frank V. Skiff began using a horse and wagon to sell tea and other items door-to-door in Chicago. On verso: "Standing -…

Spencer T. Olin, executive of the Olin Corporation, a manufacturing firm and chairman of the board of trustees at Monticello College, poses for a portrait weearing a dark suit.

Portrait of an unknown Hutchinson man. The Hutchinson Family Singers were a popular American singing group that toured the United States and Great Britain during the 1840s.

Preston Bailhache writes a short autobiographical sketch that includes information on his Civil War service, meetings with Lincoln in Springfield in 1857, and a ball game of "fives" at which Lincoln was an expert. A note in the upper left hand…

Due to his advanced age, Preston Bailhache declines an invitation by John E. Boos of Albany, New York, to attend a Lincoln observance. Instead, Bailhache promises to send a few words about Lincoln as he knew him.

Several men participate in the laying of a new cement road in Astoria.

Workers contribute to the laying of a new cement road in Astoria.