1912 Photograph of the Arch Built for the Madison County Centennial Celebration

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“1912 Photograph of the Arch Built for the Madison County Centennial Celebration,” Madison Historical, accessed October 22, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2371.

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1912 photograph showing a large temporary arch built outside the Madison County Courthouse to celebrate Madison County's centennial in 1912. A row of men stand under the arch.

• SIUE Archive

Godfrey Photograph Collection

• culture
• Edwardsville
• government

1912

English

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

8 x 10 [inches]

• 1910s
  Edwardsville, Illinois

• GodfreyPhoto-P-005