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Retro rooms: See these 12 themed vintage basement remodels, from the wacky to the wonderful (1948)

Kerner Commission: Racism confronted after months of soul-searching (1968)

Kerner Commission: Prejudice – A name for racism (1968)

Looking back at the history of Chicago (1977)

Racism in America: The Kerner Report (1968)

Cross the country with these vintage US road maps

Jefferson’s secret message to congress about Lewis & Clark (1803)

Ride the rails in style Train cars from the 1940s

Ride the rails in style: Train cars from the 1940s

Kerner Commission: Use of ‘overforce’ criticized (1968)

Kerner Report: President’s riot commission learned from the people (1968)

Kerner Commission: Racism has no simple cure (1968)

A view on birth control from 1915

fine farming land in illinois 1863

Illinois: Farm land from $8 to $12 an acre (1863)

The Great Chicago Fire, as the story unfolded (1871)

Ambrotype portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1860)

St Louis tornado blew 80 miles an hour (1896)

Two tornadoes meet in St Louis – 100s killed (1896)