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Three young boys stand near several cars while holding their Easter baskets.

Three boys look at a magazine with a librarian in the local library.

Members of Boys' State, headed by Mr. Hovey, meet with Lieutenant Governor John Chapman in his office.

Works Progress Administration workers remove the roof of Bradley's Garage which floated to the center of North Market Street.

Illustrated four verse song sung to the tune of "On the Road to Brighton." Lyrics depict support for General George B. McClellan (Little Mac). Color cover depicts portrait of George McClellan.

Lyrics depict grief over the death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth. Cover image depicts portrait of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth with soldiers standing on either side, one waving a flag while standing above a grave. "Tribute to Ellsworth"

Campaign song for Ulysses S. Grant. Presidential election 1868. U. S. Grant was president from 1869-1877. Cover has ornamental border.

Several generations of the Bray family sit for a family portrait.

An aerial view shows the levee break in Shawneetown during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Ten verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."Lyrics depict campaign song for John C. Breckinridge in the 1860 presidential election.

On verso: "Brewery, near the Caserne. Bamberg, Ger. Mar. 46."

A young Brian Baber poses for a portrait with a teddy bear.

Robinson, Illinois, residents built several new buildings and brick-paved roads during the time of prosperity that accompanied the oil boom.

A curbside view shows a two-story family home.

An unidentified bride poses for a portrait in her wedding clothes.

Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago pose for a group photo on a bridge located at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport.

A truss bridge extends across the slightly filled Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A view from the bottom of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal shows two bridges on the day that water began to fill the canal.

A Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal bridge stands over a full waterway.

A truss bridge spans a section of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A truss bridge extends across the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near "The Great Two Mile Curve" at Romeoville.

A view of the Lockport Road Bridge taken from a car's viewpoint highlights the bridge's 645 foot and three inch length.

A train passes over a bridge that extends across the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.