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A United States Mail parade float featuring two men in postal employee uniforms in front of a large mailbox appears in a parade in Chicago on behalf of the United States Postal Service.

Street view of cars driving along flooded United States Highway 45 in Harrisburg.

Jan Clayton, Vivian Dorsett, Lieutenant Governor John Chapman, and Judy Canon gather for a photo in front of the phone bank at the United Cerebral Palsy Telethon in Quincy. A person dressed as Santa Claus stands in the back of the photo.

Two United Airlines aircraft sit at the Las Vegas airport.

Governor Edward F. Dunne and his supporters wield swords while marching towards the Grim Reaper standing at a railroad crossing. Dunne and his supporters fought for the elimination of three crossing types: the hogback crossing, or those in which the…

Cover depicts Columbia, sword in hand, riding a war chariot pulled by four white horses.

Several cattle stand in pens in a large union stockyard in Chicago prior to being slaughtered, packaged, and shipped to destinations around the world.

An aerial view shows a man on horseback riding by several cattle pens in a large union stockyard in Chicago, where livestock is readied for slaughter, packaging, and shipping.

Close-up view of cemetery entrance gate

View from a distance of cemetery entrance gate

Photo of entrance gate for the cemetery

"As performed by the U. S. Marine Band at the inauguration of President Lincoln, March 4, 1861 Composed and dedicated to Mrs. Lincoln"

An 1861 souvenir sheet features portraits of the members of the Union Defense Committee of Chicago published by the Chicago Evening Post. Portrait sitters are identified as: "1. Judge Thomas Drummond, 2. Judge George Manierre, 3. Julian Rumsey, 4.…

Several bodies of Union soldiers lie dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg.On verso: "This group of dead was in 'the wheatfield.' The burial details found many such groups on that terrible field. The work of burying the thousands of dead was a…

The Union Band performing at the Leo Frey Funeral in Springfield. On verso: "This old picture by the late Guy Mathis is about the only one of its kind now extant showing the union band in such a turn-out. This great band, numbering about 150 players,…

Union and Central Pacific Pullman railroad car, "Pyramid." The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman in 1862, built luxury railroad cars to help improve the experience of its passengers.

Pro-Union two verse song and chorus.

An unidentified woman sits for a portrait