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  • Collection: Southern Illinois History

Raphidonema_faringdonense_070715a.jpg
Fossil sponge Raphidonema faringdonense from the Faringdon Sponge Gravels (Cretaceous) of England.

Garden_of_the_Gods_fg03.jpg
Passage between rocks at Garden of the Gods in Shawnee National Forest, photographed in 2000 by Fritz Geller-Grimm.

SIUC_Pullium_Clocktower.jpg
View of Pulliam Clock Tower through trees on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus, photographed by Bradley Furlow.

Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_-_loc.jpg
Construction of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Nicknamed the "Brickyard", the track was constructed using bricks manufactured by the Murphysboro Paving Brick Company.

PedroMiguelLocks1913Color.jpg
Pedro Miguel Locks under construction at the Panama Canal, color photo, scanned by Infrogmation from copyright expired book "The Story of the Panama Canal", 1913.

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Coal miners, photographed by William "Doc" Horrell

Galena,_Calcite,_Fluorite-274395.jpg
Galena & calcite on fluorite, 61 x 40 x 36 mm., Rosiclaire Level of the Denton Mine in southern Illinois. Probably collected in the early 1980's (according to Ross Lillie, who sold me this specimen). K. Nash specimen (No. 80) & image.

IL_-_Devils_Kitchen_Lake,_Crab_Orchard_National_Wildlife_Refuge_(7256123918).jpg
View of a rocky cliff at Devils Kitchen Lake in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge.

Tri-State_Tornado_Damage_Baptist_Church_at_Murphysboro,_IL.jpg
Tri-State Tornado damage to the Baptist Church at Murphysboro, IL, 1925.

Battle_of_Virden_Illinois_1898.jpg
Miners gathering at the railroad tracks in Virden, Illinois on October 12, 1898, to meet the trainload of strikebreakers scheduled to arrive by rail.
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