Artifacts in the Local History Collection
Accession # Name Box # 1391 "I think I can, I think I can" Decorative Plate with Stand 14 1227 10¢ Token 6 1026 15th Illinois General Assembly Laws Reprint 11 1334 1911 Peru State Bank Statement 1165 Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge Button Pin 6 1327 AO Eyeglasses Case 5 1341 Arbor and Bird Day Annual Publication 1067 Ben Hur Alarm Clock 9 1260 Berger Apex Lantern Local History 1292 Berry Spoon 14 1328 Black Leather Key Pouch 3 1271 Blue Hatpin 3 1171 Bob Johns Photography Keyring 6 1321 Bonnet Sewing Kit Case 3 1281 Brass Alligator Paper Weight and Letter 12 1382 Breuning Celebration News-Tribune Printing Plate 4 1110 Buisness/Celebration Pens 12 1111 Business/Celebration Pencils 12 1314 Butterfly Lapel Pin 6 1127 C. A. Jensen 1930 Class Ring 6 1128 Cardboard Hand Fan 3 1297 Carter's Dip Pens 12 1254 Casino Club Ribbon Badge 14 1148 Catholic Knights of America Ribbon Badge 14 1152 Catholic UnionOrder ofand Foresters Woman's Convention Union of Illinois Ribbon Convention Badge Ribbon 14 1153 Badge 14 1150 Catholic Union of Illinois Convention Ribbon Badge 14 1147 Catholic Union of Illinois Delegate Medal 14 1167 Cavalier Country Button Pin 6 1238 Cavalier Country Decorative Decorative License Plate 14 1159 Cavaliers Basketball Safety Pin 6 1158 Cavaliers Football Safety Pin 6 1060 Central Illinois Milk Bottle 13 1160 Central States Button Pin 6 1173 Central States Illinois Lapel Pin 6 1249 Central States Louisville Slugger Miniature Bat 16 1176 Central States Medallion 14 1174 Central States Round Lapel Pins 6 1364 Charles Nadler 1903 Calendar 1268 Chas. Seepe & Sons Metal Tray 14 1012 Chas. Seepe & Sons Plate 15 1248 City of Peru Ornament 6 1097 Civil War Non-Commissioned Officer Sword 1177 Clock Balance Wheel 8 1178 Clock Balance Wheel and Hair Spring 8 1046 Coca-Cola Bottle 13
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Accession # Name Box # 1058 Coca-Cola Mini Salt and Pepper Shakers 14 1192 Coin - 1850 Half Dime 6 1193 Coin - 1871 Half Dime 6 1214 Coin - 1889 Liberty Nickel 6 1210 Coin - 1900 Liberty Nickel 6 1194 Coin - 1904 Liberty Nickel 6 1195 Coin - 1910 Lincoln Penny 6 1212 Coin - Barber Dime 6 1213 Coin - Barber Quarter 6 1204 Coin - Benjamin Franklin Half Dollar Collection 6 1211 Coin - Buffalo Nickel Collection 6 1207 Coin - Eisenhower Bicentennial Dollar Coin 6 1209 Coin - John F. Kennedy Half Dollar Coin Collection 4 1222 Coin - Lincoln Wheat Ears Cent Collection 6 1206 Coin - Sacagawea Gold Dollar 3 1208 Coin - Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Collection 6 1196 Coin - Victoria Farthing 6 1205 Coin - Walking Liberty Half Dollar Collection 6 1219 Coin - Wartime Jefferson Head Nickel 6 1216 Coin - Washington Head Quarter 14 1282 Cold Meat Serving Fork 14 1049 Collins' Lemmy Soda Bottle 13 1287 Conductor Clothing Button 6 1091 Conductor Pocket Watch 5 1151 County Officials Convention Medal 14 1086 Crome Watchlarm Wristwatch 8 1070 Cubematic Alarm Clock 8 1302 D. Q. Jennings, Inc. Barrel Cigarette Lighter 12 1375 De Steiger Glass Factory Glass Photo Negative 4 1108 Deer Park Photo Negatives 4 1072 Dialite Automatic Alarm Clock 8 1061 EgyptDigital ThroughMoonbeam the Alarm Stereoscope: Clock A Journey Through the Land of 11 1184 the Pharaohs Stereoview Card Set 5 1259 Eighteenth General Assembly Medal 14 1044 Enterprise Bottling Soda Bottle 13 1169 Eureka Savings Bank Change Purse 3 1233 Family Protection Life Insurance Co. Representative's Notepad 12 1235 Fanny Snyder's Miniature Journal 12 1273 Faux Diamond Hatpin 3 1290 Fine Quality Conductor Clothing Button 6 1182 First National Bank Penny in a Glass Bottle 14 1223 First National Bank Wooden Nickels 6 1146 Fly on Spoon Trick 12 1322 Folding American Oxford Pince-Nez Eyeglass with Case 5 1326 Folding Clip-On Eyeglasses 5 1332 Folding Skeleton Key 6
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Accession # Name Box # 1348 Forget Me Not Keychain and Letter Opener 6 1380 Four Corners Glass Photo Negative 4 1384 G. H. Eickhoof Dry Goods Glass Picture 4 1242 German Support Confederation Ribbon Badge 14 1005 German Support Society Ribbon Badge 14 1155 Germania Benevolent Society Ribbon Badge 14 1038 Germania Support Society Ribbon Badge 14 1006 German-Silesian Support Group Ribbon Badge 14 1007 German-Silesian Support Group Ribbon Badge 14 1258 German-Silesian Support Society Ribbon Badge 14 1059 Glass Milk Bottle 13 1085 Gold Shadow Thin Wristwatch 8 1129 GrandGraduation Canyon Souvenir of Arizona Spoon Through the Stereoscope Stereoview 14 1365 Card Set 12 1304 Gras Sword Bayonet and Scabbard 1305 Gras Sword Bayonet and Scabbard 1066 Guidex Hygrometer 7 1394 H. C. White Miscellaneous Stereoview Cards 4 1360 H. F. Linnig & Son Class Ring 12 1234 H. J. Tobler Transfer Lighter 12 1170 H. J. Tobler Trasfer Inc. Matchbook 5 1398 H. W. Immke Local Stereoview Cards 5 1325 Half-Eye Reading Glasses 6 1347 Hook Keychain 3 1037 Hotel Peru Coffee Shop Cloth Napkin 1103 Ice Harvest Pike Pole 3 1300 Illinois Central Railroad Cloth Napkin 14 1010 Illinois Delegate Ribbon 14 1009 Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association Medal 6 1139 Illinois Occupation Tax Token 13 1055 Illinois Valley Milk Bottle 6 1221 Indian Head Cent 10 1387 Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Time Table No. 37 4 1185 International Exhibition Stereoview Card 5 1399 International View Co. Miscellaneous Stereoview Cards 7 1084 Jack O' Lantern Clock 6 1137 James Oliver Watch Fob 5 1323 Japanese Pince-Nez Eyeglasses 5 1186 Jerusalem Through the Stereoscope Stereoview Card Set 11 1383 John G. Breuning Glass Advertising Slide 15 1011 Joseph Kobbemann Plate 6 1313 KBB Lapel Pin 3 1299 Kelly & Cawley's Cloth Napkin 4 1392 Keystone 1921 World War Stereoview Card Set 4 1393 Keystone Tour of the World Stereoview Cards 5 1396 Kilburn Columbian Exposition Stereoview Cards 3
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Accession # Name Box # 1237 La Salle County Historical Society Sew-On Patch 7 1077 La Salle Dura Alarm Clock 6 1316 La Salle Import Motors Keyring 16 1261 La Salle National Bank Vault Coin Bank 12 1262 La Salle Sate Bank Barrel Coin Bank 6 1232 La Salle-Peru City Lines Inc. Transportation Tokens 3 1315 La Salle-Peru High School Class of 1928 Tie Tack 6 1162 La Salle-Peru High School Homecoming Button Pin 15 1312 La Salle-Peru Orchestra Lapel Pin 3 1236 La Salle-Peru Sew-On Patch 1013 La Salle-Peru Township High School 75th Anniversary Plate 15 1031 La Salle-Peru Township High School 75th Anniversary Plate 15 1032 La Salle-Peru Township High School 75th Anniversary Plate 11 1115 La Salle-Peru Township High School Diploma 6 1134 La Salle-Peru Township High School Necklace 3 1035 Lace Collar 1 1040 Ladies' Kid Dress Boots 8 1087 Lance Waterproof Wristwatch 8 1090 Lance Wristwatch 6 1359 Leather Suit Wallet 1303 Leather Sword Scabbard 1354 Lewis Carroll Sculpture 6 1272 Lyre Hatpin 6 1373 Lyre Pin 4 1361 Magnifying Glasses 16 1105 Mancala Game Board 10 1356 Margart Mitchell First Day Cover Envelopes 5 1324 Marshwood Eyeglasses 1337 Masonic Directory 6 1203 Masonic Emblem Charm 1336 Maud Powell Recital Programme and Picture 6 1143 Mayor Baker's Key to the City 13 1057 Medicine Dose Glasses 6 1215 Mercury Head Dime 4 1376 Methodist Church Glass Photo Negative 6 1286 Metropolotan Clothing Button 6 1168 Mighty Cavaliers Button Pin 4 1378 Mile Long Bridge Glass Photo Negative 13 1285 Milk Bottle Cap Pour Spout 6 1140 Miner's Tag 16 1243 Miniature Cheerleading Megaphone 12 1284 Miniature Coca-Cola Bottle Cigarette Lighter 6 1283 Miniature Coca-Cola Sewing Tin 14 1156 Modern Woodmen of America Member Ribbon Badge 6 1308 Mother of Pearl Clothing Button 6 1288 Motorman Clothing Button 6
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Accession # Name Box #
1289 Motorman Clothing Button 6 1275 Mourning Brooch 14 1295 Mr. Peanut Nut Serving Spoon 6 1306 Mrs. J. G. McDonald's Color Cup Candy Box 14 1257 National Union of the United Brewery Workmen Ribbon Badge 3 1267 Native American Beaded Trifold Needle Case 3 1266 Native American Double Flap Beaded Bag 12 1116 Neustadts 1944 Thermometer and Calendar 1339 Nickeloid Sample and Description 6 1357 Nomads of Avrudaka Lapel Pin 16 1027 Office Clipboard 12 1228 Orsinger's Bakery 10¢ Token 6 1229 Orsinger's Bakery 5¢ Token 3 1265 Oscar C. Blum Main Street Grocer Beanie Hat 6 1270 Outdoor Scene Enamel Lapel Pin 6 1311 Pair of Igloo Drive In Button Pin 12 1131 Palmatier Letter Opener 14 1120 Party Box Rubber Stamp 4 1123 Pastry Pounder Booksale3 1274 People's Hospital Cornerstone Stickpin Display 1352 Peregrine Falcon Statue with Raptor Hood 13 1180 Perfecscope Stereoscope 5 1240 Peru 100th Anniversary Flag Banner 6 1124 Peru 100th Anniversary Ornament 15 1034 Peru 125th Anniversary Plate 15 1102 Peru 125th Anniversary Plate 6 1161 Peru 150th Anniversary Button Pin 6 1163 Peru 150th Anniversary Button Pin 6 1164 Peru 150th Anniversary Button Pin 10 1002 Peru 150th Anniversary Clock 6 1225 Peru 150th Anniversary Metal Token 6 1132 Peru 150th Anniversary Wooden Nickle 6 1224 Peru 150th Anniversary Wooden Nickle 10 1269 Peru 150th Birthday Slogan Cancellation Die/Roller 14 1047 Peru Beer Company Bottle 13 1363 Peru Beer Company Bottle 13 1053 Peru Beer Company Large Bottle 12 1136 Peru Beer Company Watch Fob 6 1310 Peru Booster Club Button Pin 13 1050 Peru Bottling Works Bottle 13 1054 Peru Bottling Works Bottle 6 1133 Peru Dairy Milk Caps 12 1117 Peru Federal Savings and Loan House Coin Bank 12 1118 Peru Federal Savings and Loan House Coin Bank 12
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Accession # Name Box # Local History - 1119 Peru Federal Savings and Loan House Coin Bank Buildings 1187 Peru Public Library Cornerstone Case 1188 Peru Public Library Replacement Cornerstone Receipt 14 1141 Peru Public Library Rubber Stamp, original 6 1197 Peru Public Library Souvenir Spoon 10 1114 Peru Public Schools 8th Grade Diploma 3 1014 Peru Shooting Society Visor Cap 14 1294 Peru Souvenir Spoon 12 1122 Peru State Bank Coin Bank 12 1126 Peru State Bank Horse Shoe Coin Bank 3 1179 Peru State Bank Leather Wallet 14 1036 Peru Trades and Labor Assembly Ribbon Badge 14 1157 Peru Trades and Labor Assembly Ribbon Badge 10 1371 Peru Woman's Club Award for U.S. War Bonds Sales 14 1008 Peru, Illinois Ribbons (1910's) 3 1198 Piece of Atlantic Cable 6 1220 Post-War Jefferson Head Nickel 6 1218 Pre-War Jefferson Head Nickel 4 1377 Putnam Street Bridge Glass Photo Negative 6 1317 Pythian Sisters' Lapel Pin 10 1388 Quiz on Railroads & Railroading Booklet 14 1389 Railroad Spike Train 12 1112 Railway Express Agency Rubber Stamp 12 1142 Railway Express Agent Rubber Stamp 12 1113 Railway Interchange Report Rubber Stamp 6 1342 Ray & Ema's Nut Hut Bakelite Dog Keychain 2 1029 Remembrance Pillow 6 1200 Revilo Typewriter Ribbon Tin 1 1039 Riding Boots 6 1379 Rock Island Round House Glass Photo Negative 6 1331 Roller Skate Key 6 1135 Ronnie's Tap Tavern Token 6 1217 Roosevelt Head Dime 6 1319 Rotary International Club Attendance Lapel Pin 6 1318 Rotary International Club Lapel Pin 6 1190 Royal Arch Masons Chapter Coin 14 1372 Royal Neighbors of America 50 Year Membership Pin 4 1154 Royal Neighbors of America Member Ribbon Badge 6 1041 Sadlebrown Spatterdash 12 1298 Sally Frocks Manicure Kit 12 1144 Schermerhorn Company Letter Opener/Magnifying Glass 1338 School Election Ballots 6 1175 Senior Regional Lapel Pin 13 1048 Sepp'l Brau Junior Beer Bottle 10 1385 Set of 10 International Postage Stamps 10
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Accession # Name Box # 1386 Set of 4 United States Postage Stamps 4 1395 Set of Miscellaneous Stereoview Cards 5 1401 Set of Miscellaneous Stereoview Cards #2 6 1264 Set of Peru Public Library Produce for Victory Button Pins 6 1343 Set of Three Dumbbell Cufflinks 7 1020 Seth Thomas Travel Alarm Clock 7 1092 Seth Thomas Travel Alarm Clock 7 1093 Seth Thomas Travel Alarm Clock 7 1094 Seth Thomas Travel Alarm Clock 7 1095 Seth Thomas Travel Alarm Clock 7 1096 Seth Thomas Travel Alarm Clock 14 1250 Shabbona Park Souvenir Hatchet 6 1344 Shank-Style Cufflinks 3 1241 Silver Crest Baker's Apron 6 1333 Single Art Deco Cufflink 6 1358 Single Hinged Back Cufflink 6 1345 Single Shank-Style Cufflink 13 1263 Small Glass Tumbler 10 1109 Snyder Family Funeral Record Book 14 1293 Soldiers Monument Souvenir Spoon 12 1335 Solid Zinc Nails 12 1145 Sperber & Linnig Button Shoe Hook 10 1349 Spirit of the Arctic Collector Plate 6 1166 Spring Valley 100th Anniversary Button Pin 6 1309 Square Art Nouveau Clothing Button 1340 St. John's Commandery Easter Service Programme 15 1030 St. John's Lutheran Church Plate 15 1033 St. John's Lutheran Church Plate 14 1255 St. Joseph Benevolent Society Ribbon Badge 14 1256 St. Joseph Benevolent Society Ribbon Badge 6 1172 St. Mary Hospital Keyring 2 1043 Stage Coach/Carriage Driver's Gloves 13 1045 Star Union Beer Bottle 13 1051 Star Union Beer Bottle 13 1052 Star Union Beer Bottle 12 1276 Star Union Brewery Bar Blade Bottle Opener 12 1277 Star Union Brewery Bar Blade Bottle Opener 12 1278 Star Union Brewery Bottle Cap Remover 12 1279 Star Union Brewery Bottle Cap Remover 12 1280 Star Union Brewery Bottle Cap Remover 12 1056 Star Union Ice Pick 12 1247 Star Union Ice Pick 1106 Star Union Smokestack Bricks 10 1355 Statue of Liberty Centennial First Day Cover Envelopes 14 1130 Stratford Silverplated Ladle 4 1181 Sun Sculpture Stereoscope 4
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Accession # Name Box # 1246 Sun Sculpture Stereoscope 6
1307 Superior Quality BR Railroad Clothing Button 6 1202 Swartchild & Co. Tin 8 1081 Switch Clock 5 Switzerland Through the Stereoscope: Bernese Alps Stereoview 1367 Card Set Local History8 - 1065 Tan Nile Electric Wall Clock Shelf 1301 Tapa Cloth 3 1042 Taupe Spatterdash 8
1400 The Valley of the Illinois Stereoview Card Set by D. W. S. Rawson 12 1330 Thimble Collection 12 1296 Thomas Edison Battery Oil Glass Bottle 6 1191 Three Cent Nickle Piece 5 1329 Three Fingerpiece Style Pince-Nez Mountings Local 10History - 1069 Three Gauge Weather Station Buildings 1104 Time Capsule Case 7 1025 Time N' Temp Clock 12 1121 Tin Toy Car 5 1381 Tintype of a Young Man 7 1390 Trains Gone By Series, Set of Three Engines 7 1397 Trenwith American Scenery, Centennial Series Stereoview Cards Local 12History - 1189 Triangle Zinc City Glazier Points Buildings 1107 Turn Hall Brick and Metal Corner Pieces 16 1125 Two Blade Pie Cutter 10 Local History - Buildings 1201 Two Cent Stamp Shelf 1028 Union Grove Church Brick 6 1226 United MineCigar WorkersStore 5¢ ofTokens America Member Ribbon Badge 14 1004 United(Complete) Mine Workers of America Member Ribbon Badge 14 1003 (Incomplete) 15 1239 United States of America Bicentennial Plate 6 1368 Washington Inaugural Centennial Ball Ribbon 14 1149 Washington Inaugural Centennial Celebration Ribbon 12 1016 Water Altitude Gauge 16 1244 Weberling Aluminum Lunch Pail 6 1231 Weberling Bros. Bakery 10¢ Token 6 1230 Weberling Bros. Bakery 5¢ Token 6 1291 Weberling Bros. Bakery Pocket Knife Case 16 1245 Weberling Set of Pails 11 1071 Westclox - Baby Ben Clock 7 1083 Westclox - Baby Ben Clock, Chrome 7 1253 Westclox - Baby Ben Style 7 Clock 7 1369 Westclox - Baby Ben Style 7 Clock 7
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Accession # Name Box # 1064 Westclox - Baby Ben Sweep Clock 7 1099 Westclox - Big Ben Box 8 1079 Westclox - Big Ben Chime Alarm 9 1062 Westclox - Big Ben Clock 8 1063 Westclox - Big Ben Loud Alarm Clock 9 1251 Westclox - Big Ben Style 1a Clock 9 1015 Westclox - Big Ben Style 7 Clock 9 1252 Westclox - Big Ben Style 7 Clock 9 1080 Westclox - Big Ben Sweep Clock, Blue 9 1101 Westclox - Black Leather Westclox Watches Case 10 1074 Westclox - Black Travalarm Clock 10 1088 Westclox - Crome Wristwatch 7 1100 Westclox - Glo-Ben Box 8 1001 Westclox - Ivory Travalarm Clock 7 1075 Westclox - Ivory Travalarm Clock 9 1098 Westclox - Jeweled 8 Day Automatic Alarm Box 6 1076 Westclox - Key Wound Alarm Clock 6 1082 Westclox - Spice Electric Wall Clock 15 1023 Westclox - Touralarm II Travel Alarm 8 1022 Westclox - Touralarm II Travel Alarm with Box 14 1068 Westclox - Travalarm II Travel Alarm 7 1017 Westclox - Travette II Travel Alarm 7 1019 Westclox - Travette II Travel Alarm 7 1024 Westclox - Travette Travel Alarm 7 1018 Westclox - Travino Travel Alarm 7 1021 Westclox - Travino Travel Alarm 5 1078 Westclox - White Nile Electric Wall Clock 6 Local History - 1374 Westclox Quarter Century Club Pin Shelf 1362 Westclox Salesman's Case 8 1073 Westclox Speaker 8 1346 Wire Lapel Pin 10
1350 Wisconsin Territory Sesquicentennial First Day Cover Postal Card 8 1089 Woodcliff Alarm Clock 6 1320 World War II Gold Star Congressional Award Lapel Pin 10 1370 World War II Ration Book 6 1138 World's Columbian Exposition Watch Fob 5 Yellowstone National Park Through the Stereoscope Stereoview 1366 Card Set 5 1183 Yosemite Valley Through the Stereoscope Stereoview Card Set 12 1199 Zinc City Diamond Glazier Points
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