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12_KuhnAdCartoon.jpg
1865 clothing advertisement showing clothes coming express to Kuhn’s in Champaign from New York City

11_EmporiumBuilding.jpg
Kuhn's first store, The Emporium, located at 33 Main St., Champaign

editorial_29April1937_CO_p1.tif
First of a series of articles on gambling establishments in Champaign.

Altgeld Hall Tower, University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.), 1967.jpg
Fred and Betty Turner's 1967 wood block print of Altgeld Hall for their annual Christmas card.

1858-59_Cattle Bank (Bowman Map).jpg
Image of the Cattle Bank from 1858 map of Urbana and West Urbana by Alexander Bowman.

1970s_Cattle Bank (Post Fire).jpg
The Cattle Bank (then Heimlich Sundries) after a 1971 fire that destroyed most of the building interior.

1977_Cattle Bank (Joan Severns).jpg
Champaign City Council member and future mayor (1979-1983) holds an artistic rendering of what the Cattle Bank building could look like if restored to its original historic appearance.

Altgeld Hall Card (Interior).jpg
Inside page of Fred and Betty Turner's 1967 Christmas Card that featured the University of Illinois University Hall (bottom) and the north clock tower of the Illini Union (top).
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