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First Baseball Field in Maryville, Illinois This is a black and white image of the first baseball field in Maryville, Illinois. The field was at the corner of Parkview Drive (also known as Chinatown Road) and East Main Street. circa 1930s November 13, 2019
Fishpond in the backyard of Dr. Gustave Schroeppel's home in Collinsville This is a photograph of the fishpond in the back yard of Dr. Gustave Schroeppel's home on 317 West Main Street in Collinsville. The pond was built by Harold Schroeppel Sr. and Carl Becker. In the background is the Galinat Building which burned down. The date of the photograph is unknown. Unknown September 17, 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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