Glen Carbon Heritage Museum Photograph Collection (156 total)
These photographs, digitized by the Glen Carbon Heritage Museum, are from some of the museums collections: the St. Louis Press Brick Company, churches, coal mining, farming, social organizations, railroads, and sports.
- Collection: Glen Carbon Heritage Museum Photograph Collection
Thumbnail | Title | Description | Date | Date Added |
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Farm Workers using Threshing Machine | Men in a field using a threshing machine. John Helfer did local threshing for the Glen Carbon area. He boarded at the home of Joseph Shasek. | Before 1900 | December 8, 2016 | |
Clover Leaf Train Station at Glen Carbon | This station was located east of Meridian Road between the tracks just north of Miner Park. The Clover Leaf later became the Nickel Plate Railroad. J. F. Dickman was the railroad agent. Coal mine No. 1 is at the far right. A brick structure of the mine is now occupied as a residence. Meridian road is on the far left. | January 1900 | December 8, 2016 | |
Clover Leaf Train Station | Clover Leaf Train Station right after it was moved to Glen Carbon. The name is not painted on the station yet. Madison Coal Corporation Mine No. 1 is in the background. The man in the photo is J. F. Dickman the railroad agent. | January 26, 1900 | December 8, 2016 | |
Glen Carbon Train Station | Glen Carbon Train Station, the picture is of Jesse Berry, railroad operator, with his daughter 1900s | 1900s | December 8, 2016 | |
Horse Drawn Tractor | Horse Drawn Tractor on the Brockmeir farm | early 1900s | December 8, 2016 | |
The Cut | Narrow gauge railway carried from Brick yard to the railroad | 1902 | December 8, 2016 | |
Kasper Kaser At Glen Carbon Crossing |
Kasper Kaser At Glen Carbon Crossing waiting by a streetcar shelter. |
1902 | December 8, 2016 | |
Mules used to haul brick from brick yard to railroad | Mules were used to haul brick from the brick yard to the railroad. They made a little road that went by Nickel Plate Station. | 1904 | December 8, 2016 | |
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 | |
Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house | Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house taken in 1909 at Peter Station. The road in the foreground that ran between warehouse and station. This road became Route 157 in the 1930’s. | 1909 | December 8, 2016 |