page_title: Old Shawneetown, Illinois
hierarchical_section_title: Old Shawneetown, Illinois
caption_attribution_description: English: The courthouse in [Old] Shawneetown, Illinois. Lee, Russell, 1903- photographer. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1937 Apr. NOTES Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. SUBJECTS Small towns--Illinois Safety film negatives. United States--Illinois--Gallatin County--Shawneetown. MEDIUM 1 negative&#160;: safety&#160;; 5 x 7 inches or smaller. CALL NUMBER LC-USF341- 010673-B REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC-USF341-T-010673-B DLC (interpositive) PART OF Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection REPOSITORY Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA
context_page_description: Old Shawneetown is a village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 193, down from 278 at the 2000 census. Located along the Ohio River, Shawneetown served as an important United States government administrative center for the Northwest Territory. The village was devastated by the Ohio River flood of 1937. The village's population was moved several miles inland to New Shawneetown.
context_section_description: Old Shawneetown is a village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 193, down from 278 at the 2000 census. Located along the Ohio River, Shawneetown served as an important United States government administrative center for the Northwest Territory. The village was devastated by the Ohio River flood of 1937. The village's population was moved several miles inland to New Shawneetown.
caption: Old Shawneetown Court House in 1937
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