The Kammin family lived in the farmhouse where the glass plate negatives were found from the 1920s-1930s. William Kammin (1902-1988) had removed thirteen glass plate
negatives from the attic and taken them with him when he moved. He loaned these…
Everett C. Block (1921-2000) was born in Champaign County to Hilbert and Ella Lehmkuler
Block. He was the great-grandson of August Block for whom Block Station was named. Besides collecting
and curating an extensive collection of glass plate…
After Everett Block printed and displayed the photographs in Sidney, Illinois and the surrounding areas, additional negatives or prints were given to him by other local families. This print is from the Taylor family.
On June 18, 1966, Block with the help of George Hawthorne displayed 210 prints of the glass plate negatives Hawthorne had finished developing only the night
before. Shown in the picture above is Mr. and Mrs. McElwee of St. Joseph, Illinois viewing…
Members of the Tuesday Morning Musical Club in 1962. Image from Tuesday Morning Musical Club Records, 1898-2014, series 1, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Portrait engraving of John Peter Altgeld, the former Governor of Illinois (1893-1897) and namesake of Altgeld Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.