Caption: Dedication - Altgeld Murals Guide (1899) This is a reduced-resolution page image for fast online browsing.
![](https://uihistories.library.illinois.edu/REPOSITORYCACHE/146/rV0XRS1JEyMMbqArWLZKYpj7zf2iyHyfBDPogkIAXdEVf8n4H63OoYZKugD31Orr96EP8GFhrf05glBcSGbs2CSLegeRcO6VT82h49xU23_27806-7.jpg)
EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:
WOOD OF THf: HV5E5 V w a d 1* » * oma at; rit was i Mil I I * arded the exhibli n p « f Mil : i • won; nts, and since then they >ut le-ftfth of th al number In atl •. In 1^77 the 1 laturi tip ithorltj in 1885, upon .0 alumni, Ity, 1 tru the Legislature . 1 thme of th itution to ti •• University of 1111 is." At thissesm of the General A ml am ire was pa ti Ting the 5 te Lai y of Ni I HI tor m the 111 ir a B te Non 1 CJnlv ty to the i ty of 11li La. This la the pur] kingtural 1 ry survey of 1 s st.i r wh ro] re n r • ERVA m time time. By an act of < of M • 1887 the tional gov e m m $15,000 per um to < h Si te pur. se of stablisb ami maintaining, I ion with the Ilo-j L upon the Contl i i' 1862, rrlcultural ex rlment stat to aid in i iuli and the p pie of ited S: u ul and p: 1 In* on ubjec 1 with grlculti 3 to promo Inv eriment r< ting the princip tiona of rrlcultural i • this provlfl i the ii w Illinois v d ui ler 1 a of the tru the unlv turf v • Ul " BU letli in d as of rvo I r the moi Si • is. I : i i»> a I si»o. mad I in ill IM f anuuitit i>:
|