Godfrey Photograph Collection (58 total)

The Godfrey photograph collection contains black-and-white photographic prints from various sites in Madison County during the 1890s through the 1930s. The collection is held at the SIUE Archive.

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	Photograph of white square building with white fence and trees in foreground	Photograph of an unknown white building with two sets of fences. The first one is a white picket fence, and the second one is an iron fence with brick bottom.	1880 - 1910	September 30, 2025
	1883 Photograph of the Courthouse Burning in Greenville, Illinois	Photograph of a large white building with a domed cupola on top on fire with smoke coming off it. In front of the building there are skinny bare trees. The photo has some damage on the corners like creasing and darkening and two pin holes at the top. The back of the photo is pale green with the text "BURNING OF COURT HOUSE GREENVILLE 1883 DENNY BONNER".	March 24, 1883	September 30, 2025
	Stereograph Photographs of a Man on Main street with a Carriage and Stores	Two photographs, likely for a stereograph, of a man standing in the middle of a street lined with two-story stores, with two horse-drawn carriages behind him. Stores signs include "HARD WARE," "STORE JANDT & REED," "G. W. MILLER'S BLOCK," "DRUG STORE," and "POGUE'S BOOK STORE."	Circa 1890	September 30, 2025
	Photograph of St. John's Methodist Church in Edwardsville, Illinois	This photograph shows a street view of the St John's Methodist Church in Edwardsville, Illinois. There are seven people standing outside the church facing the view of the camera. A wagon is also visible in the bottom right corner of the photo.	Circa 1890	September 30, 2025
	1892 Photograph of Woman with Birds and Potatoes Holding "Ambrosius & Sons" Sign	This photograph shows a woman wearing a dress with many food items attached, including a belt made of potatoes. She also appears to have a bird sitting on each shoulder and a hat decorated with eggs. She is standing outside holding up a sign for Ambrosius & Sons, a business in Collinsville, Illinois. The 1892 on her dress may have referred to the 1892 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.	1892	October 2, 2025
	1895 Photograph of Edwardsville's Main Street From Street Level	This 1895 photograph shows Main Street in Edwardsville, Illinois. Main Street is a dirt road lined with buildings and utility lines on both sides. A courtyard with benches and trees appears on the left side on the corner of the cross street. Many buggies, horses, and people are depicted in the photo.	1895	October 2, 2025
	1895 Photograph Children at Irishtown School	1895 class photograph of children at Irishtown School. Approximately 35 children stand in staggered lines with one older man standing in the rear line. They are all standing in front of the side of a white building. All of the children are barefoot and are wearing dresses or shirts and trousers.	September 26, 1895	September 30, 2025
	1896 Photograph of Carlyle School Class with American Flag	1896 photograph of a high school class in what is likely Carlyle, Illinois. Approximately 58 children sit in rows in front of a brick building with two windows on the building with a large American flag hanging behind the children.	September 17, 1896	September 30, 2025
	1898 Photograph of Main Street in Edwardsville, Illinois, Showing Utility Poles and Street Fair Tents	1898 photograph taken from a second story showing tents on Main Street of Edwarsdville, Illinois, during a Free Street Fair. The E. A. Keller Co. tent is visible.	October 1898	September 29, 2025
	1898 Photograph of a Boy Dressed as a Herald in a Parade during Edwardsville's Free Street Fair Flower Parade	1898 photograph of a boy, likely Edward West Hadley, riding a horse. The boy is dressed as a herald and wearing all white. The horse is wearing flowers. This was part of a flower parade held during an 1898 free street fair in Edwardsville, Illinois.	October 12, 1898	September 29, 2025