![[Peru, Illinois; view of James Barton's polygon mill, patented Aug. 2, 1864]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjYvMDEvMDEvcGVydS1pbGxpbm9pcy12aWV3LW9mLWphbWVzLWJhcnRvbnMtcG9seWdvbi1taWxsLXBhdGVudGVkLWF1Zy0yLTE4NjQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Peru, Illinois; view of James Barton's polygon mill, patented Aug. 2, 1864]")
[Peru, Illinois; view of James Barton's polygon mill, patented Aug. 2,...
Photograph shows four men standing at front entrance of mill shaped like a polygon; signage on building: Polygon Mill patented James Barton's Aug. 2, 1864. Photo in D.W.S. Rawson, The Valley of the Illinois; a ... More
![[View of a brewery? in Peru, Ill., showing a wagon loaded with kegs and a railroad train]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjYvMDEvMDEvdmlldy1vZi1hLWJyZXdlcnktaW4tcGVydS1pbGwtc2hvd2luZy1hLXdhZ29uLWxvYWRlZC13aXRoLWtlZ3MtYW5kLWEtcmFpbHJvYWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[View of a brewery? in Peru, Ill., showing a wagon loaded with kegs and a railroad train]")
[View of a brewery? in Peru, Ill., showing a wagon loaded with kegs an...
Photograph shows railroad train stopped in front of building; men standing near wagon loaded with kegs. Photo in D.W.S. Rawson, The Valley of the Illinois; a series of Photographic Views, Peru, Ill. 1866.
![[View of Main Street, Peru, Illinois, showing Murray's Dry Goods, and several horses and wagons]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjYvMDEvMDEvdmlldy1vZi1tYWluLXN0cmVldC1wZXJ1LWlsbGlub2lzLXNob3dpbmctbXVycmF5cy1kcnktZ29vZHMtYW5kLXNldmVyYWwtaG9yc2VzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[View of Main Street, Peru, Illinois, showing Murray's Dry Goods, and several horses and wagons]")
[View of Main Street, Peru, Illinois, showing Murray's Dry Goods, and ...
Photograph shows the largest building Murray's Dry Goods and several other businesses extending the entire block; several horse and wagons are on hitching post or scattered along dirt street. Photo in D. W. S. ... More
Pivot bridge over Illinois River at Peru (Iron chords and iron turning...
Photograph shows a man standing on the banks of the Illinois River with the pivot bridge in the background. Boyington & Rust, Bridge Builders. Office, 157 La Salle Street, Chicago.
![[An orchard in the valley of the Illinois, near Peru.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMTIvMzEvYW4tb3JjaGFyZC1pbi10aGUtdmFsbGV5LW9mLXRoZS1pbGxpbm9pcy1uZWFyLXBlcnUtZjExN2NmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/20/webp "[An orchard in the valley of the Illinois, near Peru.]")
[An orchard in the valley of the Illinois, near Peru.]
Illinois stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More
![[An orchard in the valley of the Illinois, near Peru.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMTIvMzEvYW4tb3JjaGFyZC1pbi10aGUtdmFsbGV5LW9mLXRoZS1pbGxpbm9pcy1uZWFyLXBlcnUtNDkxYmNlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/20/webp "[An orchard in the valley of the Illinois, near Peru.]")
[An orchard in the valley of the Illinois, near Peru.]
Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
An orchard in the valley of the Illinois, near Peru.
Illinois stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More
An orchard in the valley of the Illinois, near Peru.
Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
![Union caucus! The electors of the Town of Peru, … to meet … in Peru Village, On Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. for the purpose of sending five delegates to the county convention …[Peru, IL, s. n.., 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdW5pb24tY2F1Y3VzLXRoZS1lbGVjdG9ycy1vZi10aGUtdG93bi1vZi1wZXJ1LXRvLW1lZXQtaW4tcGVydS12aWxsYWdlLW9uLXNhdHVyZGF5LWQ1NGI2YS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "Union caucus! The electors of the Town of Peru, … to meet … in Peru Village, On Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. for the purpose of sending five delegates to the county convention …[Peru, IL, s. n.., 1863]")
Union caucus! The electors of the Town of Peru, … to meet … in Peru Vi...
Illinois 1863.; Announcement of a political meeting in Peru [Ill.] on Sept. 12, 1863.; 1. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as f... More
![Union caucus! The electors of the Town of Peru, … to meet … in Peru Village, On Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. for the purpose of sending five delegates to the county convention …[Peru, IL, s. n.., 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdW5pb24tY2F1Y3VzLXRoZS1lbGVjdG9ycy1vZi10aGUtdG93bi1vZi1wZXJ1LXRvLW1lZXQtaW4tcGVydS12aWxsYWdlLW9uLXNhdHVyZGF5LTM3YjgzOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "Union caucus! The electors of the Town of Peru, … to meet … in Peru Village, On Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. for the purpose of sending five delegates to the county convention …[Peru, IL, s. n.., 1863]")
Union caucus! The electors of the Town of Peru, … to meet … in Peru Vi...
Illinois 1863.; Announcement of a political meeting in Peru [Ill.] on Sept. 12, 1863.; 1. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as f... More