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- Date starts with "18"
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Glen Carbon 1893 Glass Insulator | This is a glass electrical insulator. It is made of thick, green glass. On one side of the insulator it reads "Patent/May 2 1893" and on the other it reads, "Hemingray/No. 12." It stands about 3.5 inches tall. Insulators like these are common near bike trails and creeks in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon which were part of the "Rails to Trails" conversion of lite rail corridors into community trails by the Madison County Transport starting in the 1990s. This insulator was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Abigail Stacy. |
1893-5-2 | March 4, 2020 |
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Burnett Company Glass Medicine Bottle | This glass bottle was made by the Joseph Burnett Company, a flavor extract company based in Boston. Listed on the bottle is "cocoaine," which was likely the company's "Cocoaine for the Hair" product. This bottle was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was brought to class by Aaliyah Robinson. |
Circa 1890s | May 21, 2019 |
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1800s to 1910s, Highland, Illinois; old silverware | This is a fork and knife that belonged to a woman named Eileen Kolnsberg. This cutlery set was used in the late 1800's and early 1910's by Kolnsberg's family when she was a little girl. The three-pronged fork was used to to flip meat was cooked for her family, and friends, while the knife was used to spread butter. The Kolnsberg family moved from Monticello, Illinois to Highland, Illinois in the early 1950s. Since the death of Eileen, the pair has not been in use. This set of cutlery was photographed as a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020. It was brought to class by Olivia Kolnsberg. |
1890 - 1930 | March 4, 2020 |
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Men in suits with a pinned star | A group of men posing for a photograph. All are wearing suits and they have a pinned star on their left breast. | 1890 - 1900 | September 17, 2017 |
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Central Stamping Co. Catalog | This catalog for the Central Stamping Company shows many of the company's products and gives other information about the company in 1889. The Central Stamping Company became the National Enameling & Stamping Company and moved its St. Louis factory to Granite City in the 1890s. | 1889 | May 1, 2017 |
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1887 Ordnance 39 allowing Elliot W. Mudge to build street lighting in Edwardsville, Illinois | This is a 1887 Ordnance 39 allowing Elliot W. Mudge to build street lighting in Edwardsville, Illinois. | 1887 | March 15, 2019 |
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1886 Certificate of Membership to the Cattle and Horse Growers Association of the United States | This is a certificate of membership to the Cattle and Horse Growers Association of the United States from 1886 for Elliot W. Mudge. | 1886 | March 15, 2019 |
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Photograph of the home of E.W. Mudge, Circa 1885 - 1932 | This is a photograph of the home of E.W. Mudge, 1885(?) – 1932 on Andrews Street, Edwardsville | Circa 1885 - 1932 | March 15, 2019 |
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19th Century Rifle of The Bank of Edwardsville's First Bank President | This rifle was used for protection from bank robbers at the Bank of Edwardsville in the late 19th century. It was manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. in October, 1884, and was passed down from the first bank president, E.M.(1868-1887) to each bank president until 2004, when the presiding president gave it to his son, Scott Wetzel. This image was collected as a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020. These images were contributed by Corbin Wetzel and his father, Scott Wetzel. |
October 14, 1884 | March 4, 2020 |
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1882 receipt for the sale of land from John C. Naffedit | This is a receipt for the sale of land from John C. Naffedit on June 17, 1882 for $8,464.00 | 1882 | March 15, 2019 |