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Fishpond in the backyard of Dr. Gustave Schroeppel's home in Collinsville

Citation

“Fishpond in the backyard of Dr. Gustave Schroeppel's home in Collinsville,” Madison Historical, accessed November 21, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/638.

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Description

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.

Subjects

  • Collinsville
  • landscape

Contributor

  • Bill Greer donated this photograph to the museum in May 1990.

Relevant Encyclopedia Article

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Coverage

  • Collinsville, Illinois

Identifier

  • CHM-P-0024
  • 1990.054.001c
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