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Front view of Chapman Coal Company |
Chapman Coal Company sold to new owners in late 1940’s. Miners working there stayed on for several months without pay attempting to teach the new businessmen how to keep the mine solvent, but the venture failed. Streetcar on far right operated as restaurant by Mary Weiduwilt. Ruins South of Glen Carbon on Route 157. |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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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 |
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Four Exterior Photos of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. |
These four photographs show the exterior of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. |
circa 1910s-1920s |
March 21, 2019 |
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Field and Lake at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. |
This set of two photographs shows a field and lake outside the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. |
circa 1910s-1920s |
March 21, 2019 |
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Fenced-in Yard Area at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. |
This photograph shows what seems to be a yard of a house located near the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. This photograph was taken around the 1910s or 1920s. |
circa 1910s-1920s |
March 21, 2019 |
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Fenced Entrance at St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. |
This photograph shows a fence entrance at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. This photograph was taken around the 1910s or 1920s. |
circa 1910s-1920s |
March 21, 2019 |
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February 2017 Issue of "100 Years at the Wood River Refinery" |
This newsletter, originally distributed by email, is part of a series of newsletters released by the Wood River Refinery History Museum on the refinery's centennial. |
February 2017 |
May 3, 2017 |
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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 |
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Farm Workers Having Their Lunch Break on the Brockmeier Farm |
Farm Workers Having Their Lunch Break on the Brockmeier Farm in the 1920s. |
1920s |
December 8, 2016 |
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Farm Workers Enjoying Their Lunch Break on the Brockmeier Farm |
Farm Workers Enjoying Their Lunch Break on the Brockmeier Farm in the 1920s. |
1920s |
December 8, 2016 |