Reprinted photographs from Illinois Capital Illustrated, "an art album of Springfield," published by the Illinois State Register newspaper in 1898. Includes shots of the Illinois Watch Factory, Franklin Life Insurance Association Building, City Hall, the Sangamo Club, Springfield High School, the post office, the Governor's Mansion, Myers Brothers Store, the German Methodist Episcopal Church Orchestra, Cokey's Mill, surgery at St. John's hospital, the agricultural museum in the Capitol building, and an electric trolley party.