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1948 Photograph of Girls' Basketball Team This is a black and white photo of nine girls from the 1948-1949 girls' basketball team posing for a picture inside a gymnasium. Pictured in the front: Marian Ritter, Bernice Bosich, Emma Crum, Mildred Perica. Pictured in the back: Esther Johnson, Helen Emerick, Rose Manar, Mary Carpenter, Evelyn Skundrich. Vi Johnson was absent from the photograph. April 1948 November 15, 2018
1948 Standard Oil Main Office Building This is an image of the "1948 front of main office" building which was "...completed 1908" as labeled on the back of the image. 1948 November 12, 2018
1948 Two men standing outside of Car This is a black and white photograph of men standing next to a car. On the back written, "Remember when," "Walter Blakely, Managers Secretary" & " Harold Cartwright, Chauffeur." The back of the image is also dated, "Jan 1949." January 1949 October 25, 2018
1948-1949 Dwain Sloat in Brooklyn Dodgers Uniform This is a black and white photograph of Dwain Sloat. Sloat was a Major Leage Baseball Pitcher, and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in the 1948 and 1949 seasons. He previously played for the Maryville Red Sox, a team part of the Southwestern Illinois Inter-City Baseball League. 1948 - 1949 November 13, 2019
1949 Argo Flex Camera This is a camera made in 1949, which was purchased in Sweden. The camera is a rectangualar black box with two lenses, one to indicate when a picture is ready to be taken and another for the photographer to look through. On the back of the camera there is a red dot that is transluscent and tells the photographer how much unused film is left in in the reel until. To spin the film the photographer turns the small knob on the right side of the camera that you turn after each picture is taken.

This camera was brought in by Sarabeth Breder as a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020.
1949 March 4, 2020
1949 Collinsville Indians Scorebook Simplified Baseball Score Book No. 1 made by C.S. Peterson's Scoremaster. the book is spiralized with a dark maroon colored board cover. The book was used during the 1949 Collinsville Indians Baseball season for record keeping. A.G. Spalding & Bros. advertisments occur throughout the book. Size .25" x 9.62" x 13.5." 1949 October 2, 2019
1949 Man on Moped in Refinery Yard This is a black and white photo of a man on a moped in the holding tank yard. The back of the image reads, "1949 Ferdinand Schueler" and "remember when." His last name is stenciled over rear tire of moped. 1949 October 25, 2018
1949 Photograph Standard Employees Help Bunker Hill Family Rebuild This is a black and white photograph of group of Standard Oil employees volunteering to rebuild a Bunker Hill, Illinois family's home. 1949 November 13, 2018
1950 Standard Oil Employees Group Photograph of Bowlers This is a black and white photograph of seven man in middle holding bowling ball labeled "Champs 49/50," on back, "1950" in ink with names "Front Row- Palmer, Carter, Bethards. Back row - Blakely, Koch, Durham, Metzler." 1950 November 8, 2018
1950s Exterior Photograph of P2 Units This is a black and white photograph of the exterior of the P2 units at the Wood River refinery. This picture was taken of the P2 Units view of the crude processing unit and shows the condensing bones for condensing overhead streams from the bubble towers. Unknown November 13, 2018