The July Artifact of the Month features two photographs of the Illinois Electric Porcelain Company of Macomb. Ron Scott, a life-long resident of Macomb donated… Read More »Illinois Electric Porcelain Company Photos
The June Artifacts of the Month are Purple Heart medals awarded to two area residents. One medal was awarded during World War I to Dale… Read More »WWI and WWII Purple Hearts
The May 2014 Artifact of the Month is a collection of antique woodworking tools and tool chest that once belonged to Jesse Cox of Vermont.… Read More »Cox Family Tool Chest
The April Artifact of the Month at the Western Illinois Museum is a collection of six photographs and a passport from the Lubin Family who… Read More »The Lubin Family Collection
The Artifact of the Month for March is a women’s motoring duster, a light, loose-fitting long coat. Originally, dusters were worn by cowboys in the… Read More »Let’s go for a drive! The Motoring Duster
At the Western Illinois Museum, the Artifact of the Month for February is a sewing bird. This tool, which was used by seamstresses, clamps to… Read More »A Little Token of Love: The Sewing Bird
The January Artifact of the Month at the Western Illinois Museum is a set of aluminum records. These two discs were acquired to be part… Read More »Sandburg Recordings on Aluminum Discs
On display at the Western Illinois Museum as the December Artifact of the Month is a framed collection of Civil War era items. These items… Read More »Civil War Era Artifacts
On display at the Western Illinois Museum as the November Artifact of the Month is a Felins tying machine that was donated in 1982 to… Read More »Felins Tying Machine