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Joseph O. Cunningham Portrait
Portrait of local judge and historian Joseph O. Cunningham
Portrait of H. M. Russell
H. M. Russell owned a horse-bus (omnibus) company with John Gere that people used to travel from Urbana to West Urbana before the Urbana Railroad Line was installed.
Champaign County Courthouse, 1859-1900.
This was the fourth Champaign County Courthouse and was in use from 1859 until 1900 when the building was redesigned by Urbana architect Joseph Royer.
Urbana Railroad Company Streetcar in front of the Champaign County Courthouse
The Champaign County Courthouse acted as the Urbana depot for the Urbana Railroad Company line from 1863-1890.
Fred H. Turner WWI Draft Card
Fred H. Turner's 1918 World War I draft card that showed his occupation as a bank clerk.
Woodblock printing tools
Woodblock printing tools: woodblock, carving tools, brayers, baren (for pressing), brush, and paper.
ICRR Advertisement from the St. Louis Pictorial Advertiser, 1858-59
This Illinois Central Railroad advertisement is similar to the one the Turner's mentioned in their history of the Silver Creek bridge from the 1856 edition of the St. Louis Pictorial Advertiser.
The Doane House in Champaign
The Doane house was Champaign's major depot for the Illinois Central Railroad and an Inn from 1856 to 1898.