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This button depicts the four Presidents of the United States-Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama-that have roots in the State of Illinois.

VP, Walter Mondale, visits Loami to address farm issues and campaign for Jimmy Carters second term.

Chicago Cubs viewing party at the Old State Capitol.

The New Berlin Historical Society loaned these vinyl records. They were a source of entertainment in the mid twentieth century. They were used for dances and in clubs.

Joe Pecoraro and his sibling visiting the Bozo the Clown Show in April of 1979.

Picture of U.S. Marshall Robert Moore and Vice President Dick Cheney at the White House.

A magazine article talking about the changes in the growth of minorities in the Illinois State Police force in the 1970s.

Cloth overlaid and defined with charcoal to replicate the headstone of a Civil War Soldiers headstone located in Camp Butler Illinois. Veteran's headstone belongs to a Joseph Maxwell and was a member of the 29th United States Coloured Infantry. Piece…

Multiple public records as well as a family bible entry that prove the Snow family lived across the street from Abraham Lincoln.

The photo is accompanied by a short excerpt explaining the founding and expansion of the Springfield Hospital and Training School. This hospital would later become Memorial Medical Center.