Photo of students and teacher in front of the Shiloh schoolhouse in 1910.
Louis Sloman is the third child from the right. Over twenty years later, Louis' children Robert, Alice, and Mary Lou walked over a mile from their farm to attend this…
Photo taken in front of St. Agnes Church of a graduating kindergarten class.
"Daddy [Ernest Antonacci ] is second from the right in the front row. Frank Natali is 4th from right on the same row. Daddy can't identify anyone in the second row. …
American Flag given on behalf of the United States Army to the family of Private First Class Ardell Van Over in 1952. PFC Van Over fought in World War II when he recieved wounds during the Battle of the Bulge on December 22, 1944. He passed several…
A set of scrapbooks dedicated to photographs of the Lithuanian American people of the Springfield area. Filled with photos that have been collected from the 40s and onwards. Contain many pictures of the Lithuanian Catholic Church as well.
organ pipe from St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The Church was built in 1909 and demolished in 1976. Most of its congregation was Lithuanian immigrants and their descendants. Lithuanians immigrated to Springfield Illinois to work in the coal…