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1948-1949 Dwain Sloat in Brooklyn Dodgers Uniform This is a black and white photograph of Dwain Sloat. Sloat was a Major Leage Baseball Pitcher, and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in the 1948 and 1949 seasons. He previously played for the Maryville Red Sox, a team part of the Southwestern Illinois Inter-City Baseball League. 1948 - 1949 November 13, 2019
1948 Men Hand Stenciling Standard Oil Lubricant Cans This is a black and white photograph of men hand-stenciling 1-quart oil lubricant cans at Standard Oil. January 28, 1948 October 25, 2018
1948 Photograph of Girls' Basketball Team This is a black and white photo of nine girls from the 1948-1949 girls' basketball team posing for a picture inside a gymnasium. Pictured in the front: Marian Ritter, Bernice Bosich, Emma Crum, Mildred Perica. Pictured in the back: Esther Johnson, Helen Emerick, Rose Manar, Mary Carpenter, Evelyn Skundrich. Vi Johnson was absent from the photograph. April 1948 November 15, 2018
Shell Oil Company Souvenir Guide to Wood River Refinery This souvenir guide was produced by the Shell Oil Company to visitors of the Wood River refinery. The guide explains the history of the refinery, the refining process, and the research involved in refining. There are also several maps and figures as well as many images of the Wood River refinery included in the souvenir guide. July 28, 1948 November 15, 2018
"Granite High World" School Newspapers for the 1948-49 School Year This volume is a collection of the 16 editions of the Granite High World, the newspaper of Granite City High School, published in the 1948-49 school year.

For yearbooks throughout the rest of the 20th and early 21st centuries, see Granite City Yearbooks published online by the Six Mile Regional Library.
October 7, 1948 to June 10, 1949 March 26, 2018
1949 Man on Moped in Refinery Yard This is a black and white photo of a man on a moped in the holding tank yard. The back of the image reads, "1949 Ferdinand Schueler" and "remember when." His last name is stenciled over rear tire of moped. 1949 October 25, 2018
1949 Photograph Standard Employees Help Bunker Hill Family Rebuild This is a black and white photograph of group of Standard Oil employees volunteering to rebuild a Bunker Hill, Illinois family's home. 1949 November 13, 2018
Program for the class of "1949 Edwardsville High School Commencement" This is the program for the class of 1949 “Annual Commencement Exercises of the Edwardsville High School,” which took place on Tuesday, June 7, 1949 at the high school gymnasium. In it you will find the diploma list, and seclude of events and speakers. 1949 December 1, 2018
1949 Collinsville Indians Scorebook Simplified Baseball Score Book No. 1 made by C.S. Peterson's Scoremaster. the book is spiralized with a dark maroon colored board cover. The book was used during the 1949 Collinsville Indians Baseball season for record keeping. A.G. Spalding & Bros. advertisments occur throughout the book. Size .25" x 9.62" x 13.5." 1949 October 2, 2019
Collinsville Indians Scorebook for the 1949 and 1954 Seasons Simplified Baseball Score Book No. 1 made by C.S. Peterson's Scoremaster. the book is spiralized with a dark maroon colored board cover. The book was used during both the 1949 and 1954 Collinsville Indians Baseball seasons for record keeping. A.G. Spalding & Bros. advertisements occur throughout the book. Size .25" x 9.62" x 13.5." 1949 October 2, 2019