The Poster for the Play:  UNCLE HIRAM

You can see the actor's name was Maron M Woodhull and the date of the performance was Nov 20 (at the very bottom R of the poster).

Pinckneyville Citizens Pose for Photo

A big event in that time!  I've never been able to tell exactly what those signs on the doorglass are but they look like eyeballs, don't they?

Left (West) Side Front Windows Closeup

There is a shotgun in the R side of the window just beside the door and in even more magnified images you can see a large crock, a round heating stove and kitchen cookstove in the window as well as the hanging chandelier style lights of various types in the upper R window.  Note the reflection of the East Side of the Pinckneyville Square buildings in the window.  Check out the little fella with the cane in the far R side of ths view.  Just to his L is a sign advertising "BAKE WELL STOVES".

Right (East) Side Front Windows Closeup

You can see the "BAKE WELL" stove sign (in reverse) on the doors as well as the canned goods and miner's lunch bucket, carpet, a marble-top wash stand and a new stove in the windows here.  I have been told by Mr. Kunz's great-granddaughter that she believes the gentleman standing out front with the bowler hat was one of the Kunz boys (Fritz or Charles?)that ran the store with JM Kunz, their father.  I wonder if the gentleman just behind him in the doorway with the same stance wearing the white shirt and vest is also one of the boys.  Again, you can see the little guy with the cane in the far L side of this picture.  Note the large I-beam that supports the tin-over-wood facade for the upstairs portion of the building.  Several years ago there were rumors started that the front of the building was sagging, causing the windows to break.  That's a 16" I-beam. there's another one that runs down the center of the building as well to support the upstairs floor joists, all 2x16's on 16" centers - no sag there!  The reality of the matter was that the windows were plate glass rather than tempered glass (as is more commonly found today) and when the former owner painted them black the heat from the sun expanding them split them.