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Madison County Courthouse Telegraph | A board with three small screws on the top rights to the middle a tapper that tapped out your message. On the receiver there is a wooden board with a metal trim and the actual metal receiver on top. Tristan Mackenzie's great grandfather came into possession of it when the court house officials discarded it for a telephone replacement. Dimensons of the receiver: Base 22 1/2in. Height 3in. Dimensons of the messenger: Base 28in. Height 1 1/2in. This telegraph was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Trisran Mackenzie. |
January 1, 1970 | March 4, 2020 |
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1800s to 1910s, Highland, Illinois; old silverware | This is a fork and knife that belonged to a woman named Eileen Kolnsberg. This cutlery set was used in the late 1800's and early 1910's by Kolnsberg's family when she was a little girl. The three-pronged fork was used to to flip meat was cooked for her family, and friends, while the knife was used to spread butter. The Kolnsberg family moved from Monticello, Illinois to Highland, Illinois in the early 1950s. Since the death of Eileen, the pair has not been in use. This set of cutlery was photographed as a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020. It was brought to class by Olivia Kolnsberg. |
1890 - 1930 | March 4, 2020 |
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Esther Bernhardt, Switchboard Operator for Prairietown in 1954. | This photogrpah shows Esther Bernhardt operating the switchboard for the entire community of Prairietown in 1954. Prairietown is an unincorporated community northwest of Worden. The calendar on the wall shows May and June of 1954. This bottle was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was brought to class by Bernhardt's great-grandson, Tony Singleton. |
1954 | May 21, 2019 |
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Glen Carbon 1893 Glass Insulator | This is a glass electrical insulator. It is made of thick, green glass. On one side of the insulator it reads "Patent/May 2 1893" and on the other it reads, "Hemingray/No. 12." It stands about 3.5 inches tall. Insulators like these are common near bike trails and creeks in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon which were part of the "Rails to Trails" conversion of lite rail corridors into community trails by the Madison County Transport starting in the 1990s. This insulator was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Abigail Stacy. |
1893-5-2 | March 4, 2020 |
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Men and women inside the Glen Carbon coal mines | Friends and family were allowed to come visit miners inside the mine. This groups of sight seers are inside the mines in Glen Carbon, Illinois. | November 19, 1910 | December 8, 2016 |
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Wooden Replica Figurine of the Wooden Wildey Theater | This is a wooden replica of The Wildey Theater. Widley Theater was built by the Edwardsville Chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows as an Opera House in 1909. The second floor of Widley Theater was used as a community room and the third floor was used by Odd Fellows for meetings. The theater, with its carved wooden railings, box seats, and large stage, served as the setting for many plays, operettas, community events, and later, for films. This artifact was photographed as a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020. It was brought to class by Madelyn Goodman. |
Circa 1980 | March 4, 2020 |
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Clock Given to 30-year Employee of Granite City Steel Mill | This clock was given to an employee of the Granite City Steel Mill for working at the mill for 30 years. The clock's bell rings every hour. This clock was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was brought to class by the employee's great-grandon, Austin Prindable. |
Unknown | May 21, 2019 |
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1940s Apple Cranberry Salad | This is a recipe that has been in Emma Hosto's family for approximately 8 decades and is made for special occasions and holidays by the family. The recipe states to make the base add 1 bag of romaine lettuce, 1 cup of shredded swiss cheese, 1 medium apple, 1/4cup dried cranberries, and 1/2 cup chopped cashews. The dressing calls for 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup red wine vinegar, 2T lemon juice, 1T diced onions, and 1/2 tsp. salt. Mix all the dressing ingredients together, lastly add 2/3 cup veg. oil and pour over the base. This recepie was digitized as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Emma Hosto. |
1940 | March 4, 2020 |
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Old Box Phone | This wall-mounted wooden box telephone was a staple in the household in the early 20th century. One would speak into a funnel that protruded from the front of the box and would listen through a funnel that would have been brought up to the ear. When a phone call was directed to this phone, a mechanism inside the box would ring the two bells placed on the box In the telephone pictured, the bells are mouned on the front. Telephones like this often included a space for a paper record of phone numbers that one might find useful, such as the phone numbers of different services or family and friends. A paper such as this is included with the pictured telephone. This telephone and list of phone numbers were digitized as a part of Madison Historical's class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020. |
Early 1900 | March 4, 2020 |
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1972 Madison County Plot Map of Lakewood, Jolda, and Oakdale Subdivisions in Glen Carbon | This item is a Madison County Plot Map from February 5, 1972. It displays Jolda, Lakewood, and Oakdale subdivsions in Madision County, Illinois. On the map are identifiable train tracks owned by the Chicago North Railroad and Northpole Western Railroad. These neighborhoods are in Glen Carbon, Illinois. Also present on the map are geographical markers such as lakes as well as traffic roads, and identifiable land plots throughout the area. This map was brought in by Julia Melosci as a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020. |
1972-2-5 | March 4, 2020 |