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August 16, 1927 Official Proceedings of the Madison County Board of Supervisors These are the meeting minutes of the August 16, 1927 meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. They were published by the Edwardsville Intelligencer as part of the meeting minutes of the 1927-28 term. August 16, 1927 July 11, 2017
August 2017 Issue of "100 Years at the Wood River Refinery" This newsletter, originally distributed by email, is part of a series of newsletters released by the Wood River Refinery History Museum on the refinery's centennial. August 2017 November 14, 2017
Autographed photo of George Musso This autographed photograph is of George Musso in his Chicago Bears uniform number 16. Unknown September 15, 2017
Award given to Bruce Brubaker for fundraising for Anderson Hospital This shield plaque was given to Bruce Brubaker for serving as the General Drive Men's Chairman in the Edwardsville area, which helped raise money for the Oliver C. Anderson Hospital in Maryville in the building fund campaign. The campaign raised funds in 1971 and 1972, and Anderson Hospital opened in 1977. 1972 November 29, 2017
Back Cover of the 1921 Sears Homes Catalog, including mention of Wood River The back cover of the 1921 Honor Bilt Modern Homes Catalog includes various letters and a satisfaction guarantee. Among them is a February 12, 1920 letter from the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, thanking Sears, Roebuck & Co. for the construction of homes in Carlinville, Wood River, and Schoper, Illinois. 1921 November 22, 2016
Back of Coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon Unknown December 8, 2016
Bag House and "Short Stack" Smokestack at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. This set of five photographs shows the bag house and one of the smokestacks, called "short stack," at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken May 1st, 1915. May 1, 1915 March 21, 2019
Baseball Player Posing to Field a Ball This is a copy of a sepia photograph of an unidentified baseball player on a baseball diamond. He is not in uniform and is bent over with a glow in hand. A second unidentified person is behind him in the outfield. 1940s October 2, 2019
Basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence This 2002 photograph shows the basement of the Madison County Nursing Home after it was closed in the late 90s. The photograph displays a large crack in the foundation of the basement wall to the right of the measuring device. December 20, 2002 October 10, 2017
Basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence This photograph shows the basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002. The nursing home closed in the late 1990s. The building was torn down a few years after the photo was taken. December 20, 2002 August 13, 2018