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Coin for 40th Anniversary of Banquet Meals

A magnetic compass used by geologists to take accurate navigational and slope measurements.

The contributor received this stainless steel Gerber utility knife from his grandfather in 2018. It has extensions for a can opener, a bottle opener, flathead screwdrivers, a knife, scissors, pliers, and a crimping tool. It was previously used by the…

A portrait of the Lockeby family in their family restaurant, Lockeby's Cafe, in 1952.

This is a program and parking pass from the 2023 Illinois State Senate Inauguration. The Inauguration of the Illinois State Senate is a very private event attended by senators and their families. In 2023, the event was hosted at the Old State Capitol…

A coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Peabody Coal Mine in 1983. At the time, this mine was the largest coal mine in the country before its closure in the late 1980s.

A 1:48 hour long video about the 1988 Peabody Mine fire, includes footage of the fire, rescue, and cleanup.

Box of awards, pins, belt-buckles, and knives used by Lyle Frederich Parks, (Gleason's grandfather) why worked for the Peabody Mine for thirty years, and received this box on his retirement

A photo of coal mining equipment that hung in Lyle Fredrich Park's office at the Peabody Mine from the late 1960s until the late 1980s. It was hung in his home thereafter.

Aerial photograph of Peabody Mine #10, where Lyle Parks worked throughout his career viewed from the North.