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Snow covers Tremont Street during the winter of 1893.

Instrumental music. Cover image depicts a building and street scene. "Respectfully dedicated to Messrs Gage, Bro, and Drake"

Several cut up tree trunks and branches lie on the ground in front of a house.

President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and British Prime Minister Lloyd George leave the Palace of Versailles after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Three unidentified men tour the man-made landform known as Treasure Island in San Francisco.

Several individuals pose on a rock formation during a visit to Sadorus, Illinois.

Members of the 129th Infantry American Expeditionary Force Company H travel to target practice at the rifle range range.

Four female trapeze artists pose for a group photo.

A member of the Flying Valentino's Circus Act reaches for a trapeze while midair.

A man transports supplies by horse-drawn cart through an oil field.

The domed Transfer House, located on Lincoln Square in downtown Decatur, was built in 1895. The structure served as a shelter for passengers waiting to board street cars as they made their way through the city.

Several men crouch under a walkway as part of a drill inside a mine rescue school. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to establish and maintain mine fire fighting and…

Illustrated three verse song and chorus about prisoners of war longing for liberation.

Illiustrated three verse song and chorus about prisoners of war longing for liberation.

Illiustrated three verse song and chorus about prisoners of war longing for liberation.

Illustrated three verse song and chorus about prisoners of war longing for liberation.

"As sung by Edwin Kelley, of Arlington, Kelley & Leon's Minstrels." Lyrics depict prisoner of war singing about his experiences on the battlefield, being captured, and held in a POW camp.

Also known as "The Prisoner's Hope," a song from the perspective of a Union soldier in a Confederate prisoner of war camp. Cover depicts a small picture entitled "The Vacant Chair," showing a family seated around a dinner table with one empty chair.…

Illustrated four verse pro-Union song sung to the tune of "Woodman spare that tree."

Illustrated four verse pro-Union song sung to the tune of "Woodman spare that tree."

Illustrated four verse pro-Union song sung to the tune of "Woodman spare that tree."

Several men stand at the end of a corridor wearing gas masks as part of a drill inside a mine rescue school. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to establish and…

Teachers and students look at a poster in a mine rescue classroom during instruction. Illinois Mine Rescue began when Bill No. 42 was approved in the Illinois Senate on March 4, 1910. The law was written to establish and maintain mine fire fighting…

Floodwaters surround a train 100 feet before the station in Harrisburg during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.