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Image of Checker Board Quilt Image of Moldboard plow

Moldboard plow (c. 1830 -1834), made in Connecticut. Illinois Legacy Collection, Gift of the Alan R. Smith family.

Image of Trunk

Trunk, (c. 1850), used by the Nikolas Daniel Walter family when they came to Illinois from Hanover Province, Germany.

 Image of Jet Brooch

Jet Brooch, (c. 1861 -1868), M.W. Galt & Bro, Jewelers, purchased in Washington D.C. by Sally Logan Lamon.

 Photo of WWI helmet; framed photo of Kent Hagler

WWI helmet, (1917) worn by by Kent Hagler (shown in framed image) during his service in France.
Image of core sample of original U.S. Route 66 pavement Image of German Staffordshire Plate

German transfer print plate provides clues to settler’s origins

 Image of Refined Earthenware Plate from Staffordshire, England
Image of Refined Earthenware Plate: Cobridge, Staffordshire, England. Ca. 1823-1835 Image of Staffordshire Plates Image of Hand Painted Dish Fragments
Image of Fossil Scorpion Image of Lincoln College Mammoth bone Image o The Golconda Mammoth tusk
Image of the Tilden Meteorite Image of Fossil Fish Jaw “Tooth Whorl” Image of Alligator Snapping Turtle skull

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