Browse Items (1534 total)
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Two coal miners carrying their lunches | Two young men coal miners carrying their lunch in the town of Glen Carbon, Illinois | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Two coal miners inside the mines standing on the tracks | Two coal miners inside the mines standing on the tracks. The two men are Charles Thraxton (on the left) the mine superintendent and the other is Mr. Coleson who was also a violin teacher. | 1912 | December 8, 2016 |
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Two Coal Miners Working in a Glen Carbon Mine | This photograph shows two workers operating a coal cutting machine in a Glen Carbon mine. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Two Donk Brothers Miners and Man in Suit inside Mine Shaft | This is a Black and white photograph of two Donk Brothers Miners sitting on a piece of machinery and squatting with a shovel and a man in a suit conversing inside the Donk no. 2 mine shaft. | Circa 1910s | November 13, 2019 |
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Two Men behind the Glen Carbon Railroad Station | Two Men at the rear of the old frame red and yellow painted Illinois Central Station. The man on the right is Herman G. Keiser and the man on the left is unidentified rail car oilier. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Two men Calibrating Instruments | This is a black and white photograph of two men in jumpsuits with names on their breast working on instruments. The back is labeled, "Calibrating Instruments John Pellegrino, John Lehrer Burgess p7 bits + pieces" in black ink. | Unknown | October 25, 2018 |
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Two Men Standing on Stage Outdoor | This is a black and white 8' by 10" photograph of two men on an outdoor stage. One appears to be holding a book in air, which has smoke coming from it while the other holds a microphone. The men are labeled with Post-It notes as Slim Longwisch on the left and John Bacheldor on the right. The man at bottom of stage looking up is labeled as Clarence Ansell. There is no further information on back. The photo was taken as a part of the 1957 50th Anniversary festivities of the Wood River, Standard Oil refinery. | 1957 | October 25, 2018 |
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Two men standing outside the coal mine | Two men standing outside the coal mine. You can see different buildings as well as coal carts. | August 20, 1908 | December 8, 2016 |
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Two Railroad Workers Sitting on Cart | Two railroad workers sitting on cart | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Two Soldiers in an abandoned World War II Hanger in West Germany in the 1960s | This photograph shows two soldiers standing in front of a 2HALF ton gas tanker in an abandoned World War II Hanger in West Germany. One of the men is likely Bethalto resident Everett Jett, who was stationed in West Germany from January 1964 to June 1966. Jett served in the 3-703rd Maintenance Battalion, in which he transported gas to other vehicles using this tanker. Jett later served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. When he retunred home to Bethalto, he became a truck driver. This photograph was digitized as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2018. It was brought to class by Jett's grandon, Colton Hyman. |
Circa 1964 - 1966 | September 7, 2018 |