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- Date starts with "18"
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Menu for the “Banquet of the Madison County Board of Supervisors,” 1895 | This is the menu for the “Banquet of the Madison County Board of Supervisors and their guests, the convention of Supervisors County Commissioners of the Citizens of Edwardsville.” This event happened on Thursday evening, January 17, 1895, at the Tuxhorn Opera House. | January 17, 1895 | March 15, 2019 | |
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 | |
Madison County 1873 Microfilm Worden Residences and Bird Eye View | The document is a part of a book called Madison County 1873 Microfilm by Brink, McCormick. It reads under the top image, "Residence and Premises of John C. Worden", the founder of the new city. In the middle of the document is a bird's eye view of Worden. The caption says "Birds-eye view from the South-east of a portion of the new city of Worden, Founded 1870 Madison Co, Illinois." At the bottom of the document is another image it reads at the bottom "View of the first depot of the Toledo Wabash and western R.R at Worden erected 1870 John C Worden station Agent. Postmaster General Storekeeper." This document was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Kelsey Renth. |
1873 | March 4, 2020 | |
Louis Spengel’s Store in Highland in 1896 | This photo of Louis Spengel’s store in Highland was taken in 1896. The signs on the store indicate that Spengel sold stoves, tinware, and umbrellas. This photograph was digitized by Darren Latham as part of History 400: Community-Engaged Digital History. |
1896 | September 15, 2018 | |
Letter to Elliot W. Mudge from his mother | This is a letter to E.W. Mudge from his mother. In it, she reprimands him for his poor spelling and corrects errors from a previous letter, states she will leave St. Louis on November 14th and will see him later in the month. | 1860 | April 5, 2019 | |
Letter to E.W. Mudge from his brother H.R. Mudge, February 12th, 1862 | This is a letter to E.W. Mudge from his brother H.W. Mudge from Camp Cardonelet. Mudge details wanting to fight as well as informing his brother that the woman he was interested in is a supporter of Abraham Lincoln. | February 12, 1862 | April 5, 2019 | |
Letter from one of the Mudge brothers to E.W. Mudge, October 13th, 1859 | This is a letter from one of the Mudge brothers to E.W. Mudge. In it, he reminices about childhood memories. Fragments of this letter are missing. | October 13, 1859 | April 5, 2019 | |
Letter from one of E.W. Mudge's younger brothers | This is a letter written to E.W. Mudge by one of his younger brothers. In it, he specifies he is eight years old and asks about Mudge's boat journey to New Orleans. | circa 1850 | April 5, 2019 | |
Letter from H. Mudge to E.W. Mudge, January 31st, 1860 | This is a letter to E.W. Mudge from his brother H. Mudge. In it he writes about dancing with girls while at boarding school. | January 31, 1860 | April 5, 2019 | |
Letter from E.W. Mudge to his sisters, July 23, 1863 | This is a letter written by E.W. Mudge to his sisters while at Camp Moore during the Civil War. In it, Mudge details difficulty in writing and delivering letters and missing friends and family back home. | July 23, 1863 | April 5, 2019 |