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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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Peters Train Station in Glen Carbon |
Peters Train Station before 1913. These buildings were located between the tracks just west of Illinois Route 157. Gottieb Schumachers store is in the background, presently Judy’s Inn Tavern. The building attached is the freight house that is used for unclaimed freight. |
Before 1913 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Illinois Central Railroad Steam Engine No. 480 |
Illinois Central Railroad Steam Engine No. 480 at the Glen Carbon Station Depot. From left to right: Man number 1 is unknown, man number 2 is Will Ammerson and man number 3 is Emery Murphy |
1914 |
December 8, 2016 |
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1914 Parking Lot North Entrance Photograph |
This is a black and white photograph of the North Entrance parking lot. The road is visible in the foreground and a row of cars and motorcycles are visible alongside a building in the background. The bottom middle of the image is labeled "1914 - Parking Lot at North Entrance". The back of the image is labeled in pencil "Parking lot at North Entrance 1914." The top right corner of the image is torn and missing. |
1914 |
October 24, 2018 |
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Standard Oil Parking lot |
This is a black and white photograph of the north entrance to the Standard Oil parking lot. In the image a row of cars and motorcycles are visible alongside row of Standard Oil buildings in background. |
1914 |
October 25, 2018 |
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Bag House and "Short Stack" Smokestack at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. |
This set of five photographs shows the bag house and one of the smokestacks, called "short stack," at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken May 1st, 1915. |
May 1, 1915 |
March 21, 2019 |
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1915 Refinery Flood |
A black and white Albumen print with a wood board border. Labeled on front bottom right corner "Gotler Photo Wood River, Ill" and written on bottom left side in red pencil "Aug 15-1915." The photograph depicts five men standing in water up to mid shin - showing piping and refinery buildings in background. |
August 15, 1915 |
October 15, 2018 |
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Coal miners in front of the entrance to a mine in Glen Carbon |
This photograph shows a group of miners standing at the entrance to a mine in Glen Carbon. The arrow drawn on the photograph points to Fat Bendicks' father. |
1916 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Director of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. William E. Newnam and an Associate, Dexter B. Followill, in his Office in 1916 |
This photograph shows the Director of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. William E. Newnam and an associate, Dexter B. Followill, in Newnam's Office. The photo was taken January 18, 1916. |
January 18, 1916 |
March 21, 2019 |
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Re-Run Unit during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery |
This photograph shows the construction of the re-run unit. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery. |
1917-1918 |
October 25, 2017 |