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- Collection: UIS History Harvest 2018 - Being Illinoisan
Brick from Lincoln's HomeThis is an original brick segment from President Abraham Lincoln's only owned home in Springfield, IL. The renovations and brickwork completion was…
Better Homes and Gardens MagazineSeptember 1961 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. E.J. Antonacci, a World War II Veteran, designed a house included within this issue of the magazine.…
1946 NAACP ButtonA 1946 NAACP button given to a nurse at a hospital by an African American male in his 40's, who received treatment because of the riot in Chicago of…
Senator Dick Durbin's Letter About the Lithuanians in Springfield Historic MarkerSenator Dick Durbin's reply to the Illinois State Historical Society and to Sandy Baksys, declining the chance to speak at the Lithuanians in…
Eugene Taylor letterEugene Taylor sent this letter home to his mother, apologizing for joining the marines during WWII. The letter is in cursive on lined notebook paper.
Eugene Taylor postcardThis postcard was sent by Eugene Taylor to his parents in Pekin, IL, after joining the Marines in WWII. The postcard was sent from Chicago and…
Eugene Taylor letters homeThis multi-page letter was the last letter Eugene Taylor sent before being deployed during WWII. The letter was written over several days between…
Eugene Taylor photo journalThis is Eugene Taylor's photo journal from his time in the Pacific theater during WWII. The pictures are mainly of his friends and the people he knew.…
Eugene Taylor ScrapbookThis scrapbook contains letters and pictures from Eugene Taylor from before his deployment. Taylor served the marines in the Pacific theater in WWII.…
Paris Cleaners Softball ChampionsPhotograph of Springfield, IL city champion softball team of Paris Cleaners. Top third from left is Mary Martin.