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Image of portrait of Mr. S. Vaughan, oil painting, Sheldon Peck, ca. 1845
Sheldon Peck
(1797-1868, b. Cornwall VT, d. Lombard IL)
Portrait of Mr. S. Vaughan
ca. 1845
oil on canvas
framed and glazed 1967.68/106, Museum purchase
 Image of John Jones and his Wife Aid a Fugitive, oil painting, Alfred Jackson Tyler, 1963

Alfred Jackson Tyler

(1933-2011, b. Chicago IL, d. Chicago IL)

John Jones and his Wife Aid a Fugitive

1963

oil on canvas

1971.5/212, property transfer from the State Historical Library

 Image of John Jones Fights for the Repeal of the Black Code, oil painting, Alfred Jackson Tyler, 1963
Alfred Jackson Tyler
(1933-2011, b. Chicago IL, d. Chicago IL)
John Jones Fights for the Repeal of the Black Code
1963
oil on canvas
1971.5/208, property transfer from the State Historical Library
Image of Congressman Oscar de Priest, oil painting, Bernard Goss, 1963

Bernard Goss (1913-1966:  b. Sedalia, MS - d. Chicago, IL)

Congressman Oscar de Priest 1963

Oil on canvas

1971.005.211, Transfer from the Illinois State Historical Library

 Image of Barack Obama, photograph, Dawoud Bey, 2007
Dawoud Bey
(b. 1953, Queens, NY)
Barack Obama
2007
Archival pigment print
2016.021.003, Gift of Chuck Thurow
 Image of plate fragment recovered from excavations at New Philadelphia, an African-American settlement in western Illinois.
Image of plate fragment recovered from excavations at New Philadelphia, an African-American settlement in western Illinois. Image of porcelain doll head. Image of hand-colored "Frolics of Youth" plate.
Image of prie dieu, or prayer kneeler, ca. 1775 Image of Telephone made by Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company, 1906. Image of Mazon Creek plant fossils.
Image of Bressmer Pharmaceutical bottle.

Ca. 1889-1914

Embossed “THE John Bressmer/ Co./ SPRINGFIELD, ILL” and “C.L.G. CO”

Image of Broadwell Pharmaceutical bottle.

“Meet me at Broadwell’s.”

They said this in “Young Mr. Lincoln’s” time – and they say it today.

~“Young Mr. Lincoln” was a theater production advertised in 1939.

Image of Brown Pharmaceutical bottle, The Golden Lion.

Springfield, Illinois

1880-1897

Embossed “J.B. BROWN/DRUGGIST/&/BOOKSELLER/SPRINGFIELD/ILL”

Image of Clarkson Pharmaceutical bottles. (shows tall Clarkson bottle back left and small version front right)

Springfield, Illinois

Ca. 1906-1930

Embossed: “ROBERT CLARKSON/MODERN DRUGGIST/SPRINGFIELD, ILL” and on the base, “C.L.G. CO.”

Image of Dodds' Drug Store Pharmaceutical bottle.

Printed: “EXTRACT HAMAMELIS/DRUGGIST/5th AND MONROE, STS./

Springfield, Illinois

Ca. 1910-1921

Image of Dodds' Drug Store Pharmaceutical bottle.

Springfield, Illinois

Ca. 1894-1901

Embossed: “DODDS’ DRUG STORE/SPRINGFIELD ILL”

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