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Taken on the 50th reunion of Cathedral Boys' High School class of 1943.

Ernest Antonacci sits fourth from the left on the bottom row.

The contributor collects stickers and magnets from her travels to state parks. This is one of those patches from the Cumberland Gap National Park.

The contributor collects stickers and magnets from their travels and this is a sticker from the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park.

John Transue was in Czechoslovakia to teach English. He went to teach adults, but instead taught kindergarten. The children were taught to write with fountain pens that could draw the ink up and release it. The kindergartners would use the pens to…

While John Transue was teaching English in Czechoslovakia, he used this Czech money as daily tender. Transue would go to Zakopane, Poland on the weekends for a short getaway, and saved the Polish bills as souvenirs.

Yellow crayon box, originally containing 120 crayons. The box is decorated with a wizard, princess, dragon, and castle.
"a very special box, it's always been there"

A book that featured two different stories: Call of the Wild by Jack London and Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. This piece was meant to provide young readers with two different stories in a novel format: once concluding one story, the reader must flip…

Booklets were handed out to US Soldiers before going overseas during World War I. Booklet made by the Kolynos Company, New Haven, Connecticut

A 1946 NAACP button given to a nurse at a hospital by an African American male in his 40's, who received treatment because of the riot in Chicago of 1966. The button was a token of appreciation to the nurse who was placed on "Red Alert" due to the…

Campaign flyer for Illinois Republican Candidate for state treasurer Brad Glass. The small flyer is executed in Glass’ tricolor campaign color theme of white, black, and green. The campaign’s slogan, “Invest in Illinois”, appears beneath the…