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Exterior of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence This photograph shows the exterior 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
Exterior of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence This photograph shows the exterior 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
Exterior Foundation and Brick Cracking on the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence This photograph shows cracking in the exterior foundation and bricks of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 caused by 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
Ethel and Jim Hirsch Welcoming Returning Soldiers after World War II in a Highland Bar This photograph shows Ethel and Jim Hirsch (far left) and others welcoming home soldiers returning from World War II in a Highland. Various photographs of soldiers are hanging on the shelf behind Ethel and Jim. The identity of the bar is unknown. One possibility is Kid Walter’s Place, which Ethel and Jim bought in 1952. That bar became known as Ethel's and is still open as of 2018. Circa 1945 August 27, 2018
Esther Bernhardt, Switchboard Operator for Prairietown in 1954. This photogrpah shows Esther Bernhardt operating the switchboard for the entire community of Prairietown in 1954. Prairietown is an unincorporated community northwest of Worden. The calendar on the wall shows May and June of 1954.

This bottle was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was brought to class by Bernhardt's great-grandson, Tony Singleton.
1954 May 21, 2019
Eric Sturley Oral History Interview This oral history interview with Ellen Nore-Nordhouser is part of a collection of oral histories conducted as part of a research project related to the 50th Anniversary of SIUE between 2005 and 2008.

In this interview Sturley speaks on working abroad on behalf of SIUE in Nepal and Mali. His work in the Honnors Program referred to as the, Deans College. And the development of the physical design, landscape, architecture, acquisition of land, and political organization of the Alton, East St. Louis and Edwardsville campuses following his hiring after returning home from World War II.
March 16, 2006 March 3, 2021
Enlistees in the US Army in 1959, including Bethalto resident Kelly Cato This is a group photograph of enlistees in the US army in 1959. Bethalto resident Kelly Cato is standing in the third row from the bottom and third from the left. Cato graduated from Civic Memorial High School in Bethalto and went on to serve in Okinawa on the missle site where he monitored the East China Sea during the Cold War.

This photograph was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2018. It was brought to class by Cato's granddaughter, Mackenzie Cato.
1959 September 7, 2018
Employees of the St. Louis Press Brick Yard workers Employees of the St. Louis Press Brick Yard workers Unknown December 8, 2016
Employees of the St. Louis Brick Company before 1904 Employees of the St. Louis Brick Company before 1904 Unknown December 8, 2016
Employee Photos from the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These five photographs show the employees Marie John (Office), Stewart Robinson (Storeman), Cyrus Oatman (Office), E.F. Horner (Chemist), and T.C. Allen (Draftsman) at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. circa 1910s-1920s March 21, 2019