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Portrait of University of Illinois Professor and Supervising architect J.M. White, one of two architects of Altgeld Hall along with UIUC Professor Nathan Ricker.

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.

Portrait of University of Illinois Professor Nathan Ricker, one of two architects of Altgeld Hall along with UIUC Professor J.M. White.

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.

This glass plate negative, along with 200+ others, was
discovered in Everett Block’s attic in 1946.

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…

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.

Everett Block believed this was a self-portrait of J.J. Fisher. Note that the individual is holding a camera.

One of the three original negatives developed by the University of Illinois photo lab.

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…