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In the 1930s, the Jewel Tea Company issued a poster stamp booklet entitled "The History of Chicagoland."  The booklet reviewed the history of Chicago from 1673 through 1933 and had spaces for 100 poster stamps.  Each week poster stamps were issued with every purchase, while additional stamps were included in packages of coffee, tea, and cocoa.  Stamp number 92 depicted the 1915 Eastland Disaster.

Donations of artifacts are very important to our efforts to record the history of the Eastland Disaster and to share it with the public for years to come.  Artifacts help us in the area of research and in putting together timelines of when things happened and where things were during the aftermath of the tragedy.  Artifacts give us a way to let the public "see" and experience the Eastland Disaster, rather than being limited to only reading about it.  Artifacts also help us to share information (such as personal quotes and photos) with the hundreds of families whose ancestors were involved, bringing their ancestors' involvement in the Eastland Disaster to life.

Please direct questions and comments to the Eastland Disaster Historical Society at info@eastlanddisaster.org.

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