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Harris_Kathry_A.jpg
This was a note card issued during Al Harris's Republican primary campaign for Precinct Committeeman #108 in March 1982. His campaign was successful, and he served for one term in office.

Amber_Owen_Scan_A_7A.pdf
Amber was visiting cathedral as part of engagement. Amber wanted to propose first to her now husband, Ken Owen, at his reading bench. She didn't get to propose first; Ken beat her to the punch. This was Amber's first trip to the UK. She went to a…

Wright_Tom_Scan_A_2F.pdf
The Booklet came from the John Powers Estate Auction in Jacksonville, Illinois 2020 when Tom Wright acquired it.

Wright_Tom_Scan_A_2E.pdf
The Booklet came from the John Powers Estate Auction in Jacksonville, Illinois 2020 when Tom Wright acquired it.

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A framed yearbook page of the "Observer Editorial and Business Staffs" for Woodruff High School's 1952 yearbook in Peoria, Illinois. The Observer was the school's biweekly newspaper.

To the right of the President is Vernon Copeland. He had attended Browns Business College and "could type like nobodies business" (100 words per minute on a typewriter). He was recruited by the Secret Service in the 1950s and retired around 1980.
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