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	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
	1898 Photograph of Long & Flynn Tenet at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, Illinois	1898 photograph of Long & Flynn tent at a free street fair held in Edwardsville, Illinois. The booth is decorated with American flags. Inside the booth stands a woman in front of lamps and a variety of other goods.	1898-10-12 - 1898-10-15	October 2, 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
	1898 Photograph of Tuxhorn's Tent at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, IL	1898 photograph of Tuxhorn's Tent at a free street fair, in Edwardsville, Illinois. A man stands in front of the merchandise dressed in a suit and a hat. The tent covers an assortment of wheeled products.	1898-10-12 - 1898-10-15	October 2, 2025
	1898 Photograph of E. A. Keller Co. Tent at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, Illinois	1898 photograph of E. A. Keller Co. Tent at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, Illinois. Four men in suits and hats stand in front of the tent which is covering buggies, chairs, and more. The tent sits atop a dirt road beside a larger building.	1898-10-12 - 1898-10-15	October 2, 2025
	1898 Photograph of Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, IL from a Second Story Window View	1898 photograph of a free street fair, taken from a second-story window view in Edwardsville, Illinois. The street is lined with buildings and occupied by a stage, tents, and groups of people. American flags are displayed on most structures.	1898-10-12-15	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
	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
	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
	1898 Photograph of Wm. C. Kriege & Co. Tent at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, Illinois	1898 photograph of WM. C. Kriege & Co. tent at a free street fair, in Edwardsville, Illinois. The tent displays a variety of goods including buggies, bicycles, and stoves.	1898-10-12 - 1898-10-15	September 30, 2025