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Battle of Virden, Illinois, 1898

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

Blastoid from the Lower Carboniferous Period of Illinois

Photograph by Mark A. Wilson of Pentremites godoni, a blastoid from the Lower Carboniferous of Illinois.

Bostick School House, 1914

Black and white photograph of African American students with their teacher Grace Bostick at the Bostick Settlement school house.

Bridges Tavern excavation

Photograph of fieldwork adjacent to the log “store” building at the Bridges Tavern site, conducted by the Center for Archaeological Investigation in…

Cahokia Courthouse

Photograph of the Old Courthouse in Cahokia, Illinois, built in the French poteaux-sur-sol (post-on-sill) style with wrap-around porch.

Cahokia Courthouse interior

Photograph of the interior of the Old Courthouse in Cahokia, Illinois.

Cantonment Wilkinson Creamware plate in cellar

Excavation at Cantonment Wilkinson by the Center for Archaeological Investigations.

Cantonment Wilkinson excavation

Excavation at Cantonment Wilkinson by the Center for Archaeological Investigations.

Cantonment Wilkinson plate

Creamware plate excavated from Cantonment Wilkinson by the Center for Archaeological Investigations.

Cantonment Wilkinson refuse pit excavation

Excavation at Cantonment Wilkinson by the Center for Archaeological Investigations.