Bluffs and Piasa Bird, 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
Coal Miners in front of railroad car filled with coal This photograph shows coal miners employed by the Madison Coal Company. They are posing in front of an Illinois Central Railroad car filled with coal.

From left to right: Row of men standing: Man #2 standing is Sam Murphy, Man #6 standing is Albert Evans. Row of men kneeling: Man #2 is Chris Schneider and man in the middle with saw is William Werner the mine carpenter.
Unknown December 8, 2016
Young men standing outside of coal mine #2 by lumber stacks in Glen Carbon, Illinois. This photograph shows two men standing outside mine #2 at the Madison Coal Corporation in Glen Carbon. Roof supports are stacked alongside the railroad tracks. Unknown December 8, 2016
Friends and family day at coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois This postcard shows friends and family visiting mine #2 in Glen Carbon. Unknown December 8, 2016
Outside view of coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois This photograph shows coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon Unknown December 8, 2016
Coal Miners Rescue Squad Two photographs of the coal miners rescue squad during training. From Right to Left: Captain Pete Anesi, John Ferris, Patient John Kacer, Geo. S. Kenner, and William O’Hare. Unknown December 8, 2016
Hand Drawn Postcard of Illinois Glass Company Hand Drawn Postcard of Illinois Glass Company Unknown November 15, 2016
Office Employees of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company Office employees of Owens-Illinois Glass, with 9 men and 6 women. First from the left in the first row is company co-founder Edward Levis, and third from the left is Geo. McClellon Levis. Unknown November 15, 2016
Wicker Room Crew at Owens-Illinois Glass Factory The Wicker Room Crew (23 females 9 males) standing outside of the factory featuring glass bottles with wicker tightly woven around them. Unknown November 15, 2016
Outside the Owens-Illinois Glass Factory This photograph of the Owens-Illinois Glass Factory was taken from the entrance by the railroad tracks. Unknown November 15, 2016