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	Fred C. Metz dry good store	This is a photograph of people standing in front of Fred C. Metz dry good store in Collinsville.	Unknown	September 16, 2017
	Frank Harles Soda Bottle	Frank Harles owned a place called Soda Factory located in Edwardsville, Illinois on Main Street. Frank Harles began his business in 1871. This bottle was produced in his factory. On the bottle, it reads "Frank Harles Edwardsville Illinois." This bottle was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Ella Reed.	1871 - 1900	March 4, 2020
	Four Exterior Photos of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co.	These four photographs show the exterior of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s.	circa 1910s-1920s	March 21, 2019
	Former central office of the Madison Coal Corporation	This building housed the central office of the Madison Coal Corporation’s mining operations in the State of Illinois. The company owned mines in Edwardsville, Mount Olive, Divernon, and Herrin, as well as mine in the state of Kentucky. This building was located less than one mile west of the large mine #2 and the Illinois Central Railroad station was virtually at its front door.	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Floor Plan for the New Lincoln School	This floor plan was drawn by the Alton architecture firm L. Pfeiffenberger & Son for the building of a new Lincoln School for African American children in Edwardsville. The school building opened in 1912. Today, the building is home to the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities.	Circa 1911	October 13, 2016
	Floor Cracking in the Basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence	This photograph shows cracking on the floor of the basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002. The stick demonstrates the level of mine subsidence. 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
	Floor Cracking in the Basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence	This photograph shows cracking on the floor of the basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002. The stick demonstrates the level of mine subsidence. 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
	Floor Cracking in the Basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence	This photograph shows cracking on the floor of the basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002. The stick demonstrates the level of mine subsidence. 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
	Flier for the Methodist Episcopal Church in Glen Carbon	Flier is for: Dedication Service on February 19, 1922 for Bishop William A. Quayle, D. D., L. L. D. Officiating.	February 19, 1922	December 8, 2016
	Five African Zulu Cannibal Baseball Players	This is a black and white photograph of five unidentified "African Zulu Cannibals" baseball players posing for a photograph, with a baseball glove and bottle of alcohol. The Collinsville Indians played the Zulu Cannibals in 1949 at the Collinsville High Schools baseball field.	May 30, 1949	October 2, 2019