Abraham Lincoln, Springfield Illinois, 1860
Coal Miners
Threshing Near Freeburg and Smithton, Illinois, ca. 1920
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The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, established in 1908, is the scholarly publication of the Illinois State Historical Society.
Postcards from Andrew J. Theising Collection, Louisa H. Bowen Archives and Special Collections, Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
