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1946 Collinsville Indians Men's Baseball Team This is a black and white copy of a photograph of the Collinsville Indians Men's Baseball Team of 1946. The players are posed in uniforms and sponsored by John Simonds Tap Room which was located at 217 West Main St. Collinsville, Illiois. All players are labeled on the back of the photograph. From Left to Right Front Row: Wilbur 'Will' Richter (1B), Alfred 'Fritz' Schiller (2B), CLyde Docter (C & 3B), Ernie Docter (CF), John Crooks (RF), Elvin 'Flip' Mersinger (P), Moses Harrison (Bat Boy), Back Row: Walter Kuhlman (LF), Ed Smith (2B), Joe Ossola (C), Melvin 'Butts' Richter (P), Louis Molinar (P), Rene 'Red' Lochman (SS), Tom Savage (OF). Size: 8 x 10. 1946 October 2, 2019
1946 Collinsville Indians Championship Image This is a mounted copy of the 1946 Collinsville Indians Baseball Team, in uniforms with a player list at the bottom of the board. The team was sponsored by John Simond's Tap Room at 217 West Main St. in Collinsville, Illinois. Labeled on Front "Collinsville Indians Champions 1946 Southwestern Illinois Inter-City Baseball League" From Left to Right Front Row: Wilbur 'Will' Richter (1B), Alfred 'Fritz' Schiller (2B), CLyde Docter (C & 3B), Ernie Docter (CF), John Crooks (RF), Elvin 'Flip' Mersinger (P), Moses Harrison (Bat Boy), Back Row: Walter Kuhlman (LF), Ed Smith (2B), Joe Ossola (C), Melvin 'Butts' Richter (P), Louis Molinar (P), Rene 'Red' Lochman (SS), Tom Savage (OF). Size: 10" x 8" 1946 October 2, 2019
1946 Twelve Men Posing for Group Photograph in Suits This is a black and white photograph from February 22, 1946 of twelve men posing for a group photograph. Pictured kneeling, left to right: C.R. Allen, A.E. Pfeiffer, D.L. Naef, W.I. Jolley, R.C. Hershey. Pictured standing, left to right: R.L Holcomb, C.E. Nevitt, E.H. Payne, A.P. McCormick, J.B. Wainwright, W.J. McGill, T.E. Stockdale. February 22, 1946 November 15, 2018
1946 U.S. Army Discharge Papers of Glen Carbon Resident Anthony Poneta Separation Qualification Record, or discharge papers, of Anthony J. Poneta, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a cook at the Percy Jones Hospital Annex at Fort Custer in Michigan. Poneta enlisted on December 19, 1942, and served until March 14, 1946. For most of his duty he served as a T/5 (Technician Fifth Grade) cook, which was equivalent to a Corporal, and supervised multiple military cooks, kitchen personnel, and even prisoners of war in preparing food for the hospital staff. Poneta was partially blind in one eye which led him to being unable to serve in a combat role. March 14, 1946 June 13, 2025
"Granite High World" School Newspapers for the 1946-47 School Year This volume is a collection of the 15 editions of the Granite High World, the newspaper of Granite City High School, published in the 1946-47 school year.

For yearbooks throughout the rest of the 20th and early 21st centuries, see Granite City Yearbooks published online by the Six Mile Regional Library.
October 10, 1946 to May 22, 1947 March 26, 2018
1947 Truck Loading Racks A black and white reprint of a photograph of parked cars and refinery trucks in the refinery lot. Labeled on bottom right corner "1947 - Loading Racks," penned on the back, "Trucks loading racks 1947 p8 Units." 1947 October 15, 2018
1947 Flood Photograph of Standard Oil Company Sign This is a small black and white photograph labeled on the back as, "Flood 1947 p 17 Units." In the foreground is a sidewalk with rising waters, a fence, and a "Standard Oil Company Crown Gasoline" billboard. 1947 October 25, 2018
1947 Edwardsville High School Student Drawing of a Duck 1947 Edwardsville High School Student Drawing of a Duck 1947 December 1, 2018
1947 Edwardsville High School Program For "A Lucky Penny" This is a program for the 1947 production of “A Lucky Penny” presented by the Edwardsville High School Junior Class on November 1, 1947. 1947 December 1, 2018
1947 Edwardsville High School Program For "Don't Darken My Door" This is a program for the 1947 production of “Don’t Darken My Door” presented by the Edwardsville High School Senior Class on May 9, 1947. 1947 December 1, 2018