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	1895 Photograph of Edwardsville's Main Street From Street Level	This 1895 photograph shows Main Street in Edwardsville, Illinois. Main Street is a dirt road lined with buildings and utility lines on both sides. A courtyard with benches and trees appears on the left side on the corner of the cross street. Many buggies, horses, and people are depicted in the photo.	1895	October 2, 2025
	1907 Photograph of Children Holding a Chalkboard with "Carpenter School" On It	A 1907 photograph of children standing for a school picture. A little girl is in the front holding a chalkboard with "Carpenter School 1907" written on it. This may have been from a school in Carpenter, Illinois, located in Madison County's Hamel Township.	1907	October 2, 2025
	Photograph of James McNeill Grocer From the Street	Photograph of a two-story building with a storefront labeled James McNeill Grocer with people outside. The first window on the second level has a woman and two children looking out. On the ground outside the storefront from left to right there is a woman with two kids, a man and woman standing in the door way of the store, a woman wearing a black dress, another woman wearing a black dress with a long white apron, and a horse and buggy with a man and woman leaning on it with a child in the buggy.	Unknown	October 2, 2025
	1898 Photograph of Long & Flynn Tenet at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, Illinois	1898 photograph of Long & Flynn tent at a free street fair held in Edwardsville, Illinois. The booth is decorated with American flags. Inside the booth stands a woman in front of lamps and a variety of other goods.	1898-10-12 - 1898-10-15	October 2, 2025
	Photograph of Cadets Standing at Attention Outside Barracks of the Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois	Photograph of several lines cadets outside the barracks at the Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois. Cadets stand at attention with some holding flags. Behind them sit three Tudor Revival-style buildings adorned with American flags.	Unknown	October 2, 2025
	Painting of portrait of an unknown woman in black with a white bonnet	A mounted portrait painting of an older woman wearing a lace-edged bonnet with a small white scarf with lace ends crossed around her neck. The woman wears a large black dress. The painting seems to have been done in the shape of an oval.	Unknown	October 2, 2025
	1892 Photograph of Woman with Birds and Potatoes Holding "Ambrosius & Sons" Sign	This photograph shows a woman wearing a dress with many food items attached, including a belt made of potatoes. She also appears to have a bird sitting on each shoulder and a hat decorated with eggs. She is standing outside holding up a sign for Ambrosius & Sons, a business in Collinsville, Illinois. The 1892 on her dress may have referred to the 1892 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.	1892	October 2, 2025
	1898 Photograph of Tuxhorn's Tent at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, IL	1898 photograph of Tuxhorn's Tent at a free street fair, in Edwardsville, Illinois. A man stands in front of the merchandise dressed in a suit and a hat. The tent covers an assortment of wheeled products.	1898-10-12 - 1898-10-15	October 2, 2025
	1898 Photograph of E. A. Keller Co. Tent at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, Illinois	1898 photograph of E. A. Keller Co. Tent at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, Illinois. Four men in suits and hats stand in front of the tent which is covering buggies, chairs, and more. The tent sits atop a dirt road beside a larger building.	1898-10-12 - 1898-10-15	October 2, 2025
	Photograph of Administration Building of the Alton-Western Military Academy	Photograph of the Administration Building at the Western Military Academy in Upper Alton, Illinois. Also visible is a building far in the distance on the bottom right.	Unknown	October 2, 2025