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- Collection: Southern Illinois History
A Ride for Liberty, painted by Eastman JohnsonA Ride for Liberty -- The Fugitive Slaves, painted by Eastman Johnson circa 1860s, depicting an African American family fleeing across country on…
Macroneuropteris hair structureFossil plant Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri from Grundy County, Illinois. Macroneuropteris is a genus of Carboniferous seed plants best known for the…
Straparollus planodorsatus fossil snailStraparollus planodorsatus (Meek & Worthen, 1860) - fossil snail from the Mississippian of Ohio, USA. (apical view; ~2.0 centimeters across at its…
Triceratops illustration by Charles R. Knight, 1904Triceratops illustration by Charles R. Knight, 1904.
Tullimonstrum gregariumFossil of Tullimonstrum gregarium from the Chicago Field Museum, studied in 2015 under x-ray at Argonne National Laboratory.
A Map of the United States of N. America in Bailey's Pocket AlmanacCopyprint of an engraving of H. D. Pursell's A Map of the United States of N. America in Bailey's Pocket Almanac, published in Philadelphia, 1786,…
Advertisement for a publication of French law pertaining to enslaved Black peopleAdvertisement for a publication of French law pertaining to enslaved Black people, reading: "Code Noir ou Recueil d'Edits, Déclarations et Arrêts…
Ammonoid illustration by Heinrich HarderIllustration of ammonoids by Heinrich Harder.
Archaeopteryx carving by Fred Myers"Archaeopteryx", by Frederick Eric Myers, Black Walnut, White Oak, Southern Illinois University Museum.
Battle of Fort DonelsonColor illustration of Union soldiers in the foreground, some wounded and some fighting the Confederate soldiers in the background. "BATTLE OF FORT…