Browse Items (68 total)
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Rita Bonds Oral History Interview | Rita Bonds describes her experiences living in different states with her husband, who was in the Air Force. She also describes working for Owens-Illinois Glass Company in Alton, Illinois. She briefly discusses her work as secretary for the NAACP in Alton. | October 16, 2016 | January 27, 2017 |
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Roland Harris Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Roland Harris describes growing up in Alhambra and Highland in the 1930s. He then discusses his service during World War II. Next, Harris describes his funeral home business in Highland. The interview ends with a description of his work with the Highland Historical Society and the Highland News Leader newspaper. | October 15, 2016 | December 7, 2016 |
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John Percy Oral History Interview | This oral history interview with John Percy was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. In this interview, John Percy describes his experience as a P-47 Fighter-Bomber Pilot in the European theater of World War II, his childhood in rural Illinois, learning to fly, his career after the military as a corporate pilot for State Farm Insurance, and his involvement on the board of the Prairie Aviation Museum. |
October 6, 2001 | March 17, 2018 |
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 28, 2017 |
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 28, 2017 |
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 28, 2017 |
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 28, 2017 |
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 13, 2017 |
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Photograph of Franklin A. Knapp, U.S.M.C. | This is a photograph of Franklin A. Knapp, U.S.M.C. (30 Dec 1941- 5 Feb 1990) in his Vietnam War marine uniform. | Circa 1964 - 1975 | September 17, 2017 |
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Gas Tanker Convoy in West Germany in the 1960s | This photograph shows a gas tanker convoy in West Germany. One of the men in the convoy is Bethalto resident Everett Jett, who was stationed in West Germany from January 1964 to June 1966. Jett served in the 3-703rd Maintenance Battalion, in which he transported gas to other vehicles using this tanker. Jett later served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. When he retunred home to Bethalto, he became a truck driver. This photograph was digitized as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2018. It was brought to class by Jett's grandon, Colton Hyman. |
Circa 1964 - 1966 | September 7, 2018 |