Great River Road, 2016

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Members of the Italian-American Alpina Dogali Society in Collinsville This photograph shows members of Alpina Dogali Society, an organization for Italian Americans. The group is holding up two flags: an American and Italian flag. The men are wearing ribbons, with many of them holding bottles, and some are drinking them. The back of the photo describes it as a Catholic organization. Circa 1900 - 1910 September 17, 2017
Members of the Italian-American Alpina Dogali Society in Collinsville This is is a photograph of members of the Alpina Dogali Society, an organization for Italian Americans. The men are wearing sashes and ribbons. Circa 1900 - 1910 September 17, 2017
Members of the Italian-American Alpina Dogali Society with their families in Collinsville This is is a photograph of members of the Alpina Dogali Society, an organization for Italian Americans. Men, women, and children are seated in the photo, with the men wearing sashes and ribbons. Circa 1900 - 1910 September 17, 2017
Memo and List of Schools in Madison County in 1907 This memo highlights a request from a resident of Highland Illinois to gain more information about what schools were in the area in 1907. The typed page is the response from the school district. July 27, 1970 February 28, 2017
Memorandum on Illinois School District Organization from the Superintendent of Public Instruction This 1968 memorandum was sent from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to county superintendents and school administrators in Illinois. It discusses the creation of the Department of School District Organization. It further expresses the ability for school districts to consolidate based on county resident popular vote. It speaks to the amount of state aid that funds consolidated schools and discusses the importance of working together to maintain the integrity of education. March 4, 1968 February 28, 2017
Memorials in the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 after Mine Subsidence This photograph shows memorials in the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002. They are dedicated to the memory of numerous individuals, presumably late residents of the nursing home. The building was torn down a few years after the photo was taken. December 20, 2002 August 13, 2018
Men and Women Drinking Soda Outdoors This is a black and white Photograph of about fifteen people standing around a table. Some people are drinking and opening sodas. The man with the Standard Oil/Amoco Logo Badge on his suit jacket and stands on the far right is labeled Carl Ullman. The man in front of Carl Ullman is labeld Gev Nauyok. The three people shown in the center drinking sodas are labeled left to right as Jimmy Earl, Harold Gihring, and Dorothy Gihring. Mary Hufker is shown on the far left in a polka dot dress. Unknown October 25, 2018
Men and women inside the Glen Carbon coal mines Friends and family were allowed to come visit miners inside the mine. This groups of sight seers are inside the mines in Glen Carbon, Illinois. November 19, 1910 December 8, 2016
Men and women looking out of a window on the top floor of a building  Men and women looking out of a window on the top floor of a building Unknown December 8, 2016
Men and women sight seeing inside coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois. Men and women visiting coal miners and getting a tour of the inside of coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois. November 19, 1910 December 8, 2016