Elgin: a home with trees in the yard in bloom.

Elgin: a home with trees in the yard in bloom.

Elgin: a street view showing covered wagon.

Elgin: a street view showing covered wagon.

Elgin: a street view showing covered wagon.

Man pointing over field surrounded by split rail fence that another man is plowing near Elgin.

Ottawa Township High School. Erected 1879.

Ottawa: 6 "young lady Sunday school teachers" on bank of river, one with parasol.

Ottawa: group of men on steps of building.

Ottawa: large group of men on steps of building.

Crowd gathered for unknown event on the street in Morris.

Illinois Central R.R. bridge, La Salle, Ill.

Jacksonville: a furniture store.

Jacksonville: a covered bridge.

Jacksonville: Cassell & Loar Groceries, showing their delivery wagons out front.

Elgin: general view showing churches, river, homes, a home with trees in the yard in bloom, a street view showing covered wagon.

Views of rock formations in Deer Park near La Salle.

Views of rock formations in Deer Park near La Salle.

Views of rock formations in Deer Park near La Salle.

Clinton: carriages on Washington street and icy trees, after sleet storm, 1883.

Clinton: group of young men and women posing on steps of a school (?)

Twenty-eighth Street, Cairo, Illinois.

Bloomington: view of the town after a sleet storm, Jan. 1871

Bloomington: view of the town after a sleet storm, Jan. 1871

Bloomington: the Normal School building.

General view of W. Aurora showing homes, the river, train yards.

Aurora: interior of the German Catholic church.

An orchard in the valley of the Illinois, near Peru.

Memorial building erected by the Soldiers' Monument Ass'n of Aurora, Ill., A.D. 1877-78.

Pearl's stripping coal bank. Paris & Danville R.R.