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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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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