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Two men standing outside the coal mine | Two men standing outside the coal mine. You can see different buildings as well as coal carts. | August 20, 1908 | December 8, 2016 |
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Two Railroad Workers Sitting on Cart | Two railroad workers sitting on cart | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Unknown building during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery | This photograph shows the construction of an unknown building. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery. | 1917-1918 | August 15, 2018 |
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Unknown building during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery | This photograph shows the construction of an unknown building. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery. | 1917-1918 | August 15, 2018 |
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Various Buildings Under Construction at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. | This set of six photographs shows the construction of the bin building as well as the crusher building at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken in June 1920. | circa 1910s-1920s | March 21, 2019 |
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View of lumber used for Mine #2 of the Madison Coal Corporation | Photo of the stacks of lumber used inside of mine #2 in for Madison Coal Corporation in Glen Carbon. | 1930 | December 8, 2016 |
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War Rations Book from World War II | This World War II war rations book was issued to Mary Whipple of Alton in 1943. It contains numerous stamps used to purchase goods rationed during the war. The stamps are decorated with artillery, aircraft carriers, tanks, and airplanes. Some of the stamps were already used. This ration book was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2018. It was brought to class by Brayden Shirley. |
1943 | July 9, 2018 |
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Water Softeners during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery | This photograph shows the construction of the water softeners from the Northwest end. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery. | 1917-1918 | October 27, 2017 |
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Water Treatment Plant Aerial Photograph | This is a black and white aerial photograph of three water holding tanks. The tanks are located at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. | Unknown | November 12, 2018 |
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Wicker Room Crew at Owens-Illinois Glass Factory | The Wicker Room Crew (23 females 9 males) standing outside of the factory featuring glass bottles with wicker tightly woven around them. | Unknown | November 15, 2016 |