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A young girl leans on the side of a chair as though deep in thought during a portrait session.

The Kewanee (Illinois) High School building sits in an open area with trees on the perimeter of the property.

A young man wearing a suit and top hat stands beside a fence post on Tremont Street.

Snow covers Tremont Street during the winter of 1893.

Two young girls stand in the front yard of a home on Tremont Street.

An exterior view of the W. E. Haxtun home highlights the building's Victorian architecture. Haxtun was the president of Haxtun Steam Heater Company in Kewanee, Illinois.

A bearded man and two young girls prepare a garden.

Horses travel down a dirt road through a heavily wooded area.

A horse stands tied to a windmill while a man looks over a drove of pigs.

Four unknown men stand atop a telephone pole, perhaps in Dixon.

William McMurtry poses for a portrait with a cane in his right hand. McMurtry was a resident of Knox County (1829-1875), a member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1836-1840) and the Illinois Senate (1842-1849), and the state's eleventh…

John J. Hardin, a prominent resident of Jacksonville, poses for a portrait wearing a military uniform. Hardin represented Morgan County in the General Assembly, fought in the Black Hawk War and Mormon War of Hancock County, served one term in the…

An unidentified man poses for a portrait wearing a dark suit and tie.On verso: "Think this is a man who started an agricultural publication some 30 or more years ago. I went from here to Cedar Rapids, Alexander Charles."

An engraving features Nathan Boone, son of the famous Daniel Boone of Missouri. Boone fought during the War of 1812 and served under General Henry Atkinson during the Black Hawk War. Image caption: "Bring out strong"On verso: "Col. Nathan Boone (son…

Brigadier General Henry Atkinson poses for a portrait wearing a military uniform. Atkinson fought during the War of 1812, led the Yellowstone Expeditions of 1819 and 1825, and served as commander of the United States forces during the Black Hawk War.

Agnes Campbell poses for a portrait wearing a white shirt. Agnes Campbell joined a Catholic convent as a young woman and was thereafter known as Sister Mary Gabriel.

View of a family home from across the street.

An unidentified boy poses with his violin.

Three unidentified children pose for a portrait next to a pedestal.

Mother Davidson tends to her sewing from the comforts of a rocking chair.

A woman identified as "Mary" stands next to her mother, seated in a wheelchair.

A woman identified as "Mary" escorts her mother in her wheelchair.

A young Reverend R. F. Stevens stands next to United States Army soldier Horace White.

Reverend R. F. Stevens poses for a photograph in his robes.

Reverend R. F. Stevens stands in a fenced garden. On verso: "Taken in door yard. The road to town, beyond the fence, leads to left. The pine tree is in the corner of the yard. The wind-mill is in the Sn[ ]s' yard, across the road."