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C.P. 6.JPG
This Main Street Half Day, Illinois Postcard shows the businesses along the main throughfare. A car is parked at a business next to the general store. A sign for gasoline and oil is in front of the general store. They might have sold it there. Past…

C.P. 7.JPG
This picture of Plank Road approaching Half Day, Illinois shows a person riding a horse-drawn carriage preparing to cross the Des Plaines River near the bridge and the mail box for Jos. F. Gunther of the Pink Poodle. The power lines keep going beyond…

Prairie View, IL.JPG
A person stands on the side of Indian Creek where the Mason Blacksmith Shop once stood. In the background, a prairie, trees and a bridge line the creek.

Gen. Store Half Day, Illinois.JPG
This is a photo of a general store in Half Day. It may have been taken on present-day Milwaukee Ave (IL Route 21) south of Old Half Day Rd (U.S. Route 45). On the walkway of the general store, two people pose for the photographer. To the left, a…

Burgess, Edward Sandford.JPG
This is a bookplate for Edward Sandford Burgess, designed by M.L.C. The Latin phrase 'Inter asteres, inter astra' translates into 'between stars, between the star'. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.

Carver, Clifford.JPG
This is a bookplate for Clifford Nickels Carver, by Arthur N, MacDonald. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection. There are two copies of this bookplate in this collection.

Hovey, Sallie W.JPG
This is a bookplate for Sallie W. Hovey, engraved by Arthur N. MacDonald. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.

Landauer, Bella C.JPG
This is a bookplate for Bella C. Landaur, engraved by Arthur N. MacDonald. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.

MacDonald, Horace E.JPG
This is a bookplate for Horace E. MacDonald engraved, by Arthur N. MacDonald. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.

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