Alton (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Narrative of Riots at Alton in Connection with the Death of Reverend Elijah P. Lovejoy by Reverend Edwin Beecher, 1838
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.53
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1838
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-199
Abstract
The Regional History Center's postcard collection contains over 2,500 individual cards and provides a unique source for photographic and artistic documentation of people, places and events, the majority during the 1900-1940 period. A majority of the cards in this collection came from four manuscript collections held by the Center: W.W. Embree (RC 2); Sabin-Van Arsdale (RC 32); Kavadas (RC 50); Hall Family (RC 117).
Although most of the cards depict scenes or events from the Northern...
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
