Marshall Public Library (Marshall, IL)

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Marshall Public Library was founded in 1916 and has a proud history of serving our community. We are honored to be the go-to place for resources for the history of our community including a robust genealogy collection, thousands of historic photographs, and a one-of-a-kind oral history collection. Many of our collections can be found on the Illinois Digital Archive at idaillinois.org This collection is a work in progress. Photo titles, details, and dates will be updated as staff time allows. If you have any questions, please email Head Librarian Jamie Poorman at jpoorman@marshallplib.com

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Marshall dance team

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  • penguindrooster said:
    Those boots are smashing! What a great resource for researchers.

MR 10.07 Aunt Mary Shaw's Home

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  • Marshall Public Library (Marshall, IL) said:
    The north east corner lot at Clinton (5th) and Main (Archer Avenue) Streets north of the courthouse in Marshall was unique because for many years it was the only lot on the 500 block of Main that did not have a business building. In 1838 a house was erected by Dr. Poole and served as a residence and doctor’s office for many years. It became the Shaw residence and after it was no longer used as a home it was used for several businesses until 1927 when the house was torn down and replaced by a filling station erected by the Ohio Oil division of the Lincoln Oil Refining Company of Robinson, Illinois. Several businesses followed including J’s Coin Laundry and Cooper’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning.

Aces Beseball team in front of Strand Theater

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  • Jamie Poorman said:
    Aces softball team in 1940. They are shown in front of the Strand movie theater on the southeast corner of 5th and Locust Streets in Marshall. We are looking for more information about the name of the team. In the Marshall Public Library newspaper archives the team is listed as the Endicott Aces. But we have not been able to find any other articles in the archives directly connecting Mr. Endicott with the Strand Theater or the Aces team. There are, however, two mentions of him giving theater passes (no particular theater named) as prizes to a group of girls who had raised money for the blind at a flower show in 1938.

    When we received this photograph there were names of the players that were in the picture on the back. We are hoping that some of the descendants of these players can help us connect the name of the team to the Strand Theater or provide any other information about the team.

    The players’ names as printed are:

    Front (l to r) Emer [sic] Haugh, Don Able, Everett English, Leon Cooper, Raymond (Bud) Abel, Bill Bubeck

    Back (l to r) Charles Macke, Charles (Jr.) Haugh, Leroy (Shorty) Garner [sic], Lauf Forsythe, Dean English, Don Smitley, and Jim Stepp.

    We believe that the two misspelled names should be Eamer Haugh and Shorty Gardner.

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