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Portrait of Pierre Menard

Seal of Illinois, adopted March 7, 1867. Center image extracted from Illinois flag.

Portrait of Sequoyah painted by Henry Inman.

Portrait painting by Henry Inman of Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa, brother of Shawnee chief Tecumseh. During the War of 1812, the brothers allied with the British. After Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, Tenskwatawa fled to…

Photograph of Stephen Bostick in the Patron’s Directory of the 1907 Jackson County Atlas.

Color photograph of the statue of Francis Vigo on the waterfront in Vincennes, Indiana.

Painting by Charles William Jefferys (1869–1951) depicting the arrival of filles du roi in Quebec in 1667.

A Ride for Liberty -- The Fugitive Slaves, painted by Eastman Johnson circa 1860s, depicting an African American family fleeing across country on horseback.

Color photograph of a French colonial house in Prairie du Rocher, Illinois.

Angled view of the front of the Pierre Menard House.