Browse Items (159 total)
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Arthur Schon Farming Ground | Arthur Schon Farming Ground at 156 Glen Carbon Road during the early 1930s. Horses being used to pull farm equipment. | 1930s | December 8, 2016 |
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Back of Coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon | Unknown | December 8, 2016 | |
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Beth Warnecke Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Beth Warnecke discusses growing up in Glen Carbon, having a father active in law and the Democratic Party, going to high school in Highland, working for the Cardinals and the Blues, and starting and managing her own art business: Classic Creations Painting. | October 7, 2018 | December 6, 2018 |
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Bethel Meeting House Memorial Next to Brick Home | Erected near this site in 1805 by the frontier citizens of the Goshen Settlement was the first Methodist Church in Illinois. These grounds surrounding it were the scene of many early camp meetings and frontier revivals. In later years the church burned and was not rebuilt but at cedar grove, Ebenezer, Salem at Wanda and St. John’s at Edwardsville, to which the Bethel congregation moved after the fire. This stone is a memorial to those pioneers through whose vision and sacrifice the Methodist Church was founded in Illinois. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Bethel Meeting House Memorial Stone | Erected near this site in 1805 by the frontier citizens of the Goshen Settlement was the first Methodist Church in Illinois. These grounds surrounding it were the scene of many early camp meetings and frontier revivals. In later years the church burned and was not rebuilt but at cedar grove, Ebenezer, Salem at Wanda and St. John’s at Edwardsville, to which the Bethel congregation moved after the fire. This stone is a memorial to those pioneers through whose vision and sacrifice the Methodist Church was founded in Illinois. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Blacksmith Shop at coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois | Blacksmith Shop at coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois. The blacksmith in the photo is Henry Laurence. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Boys and Girls after First Communion Ceremony | Boys and Girls after First Communion Ceremony . Front Row from Left to Right: Charles Henry, DeVere Neutzling, Lawrence Sasek, Leo Mateyka, Melvin Mateyka, Harold Ernst, Lenhordt Kanturek, Roman Stolcis, Charles Biarkis, Francis Mateyka, Leonard Scheibal, Alvin Scheibal. Middle Row from Left to Right: Anna Bollinger, Marian (Hilla) Hackethal, Thelma Becker, Gloria Piazzi, Evelyn (Viere) Wiechman, Helen Slemmer, Dorothy Skubic, Charlotte (Henry) Evenocheck, Lillian (Sedlacek) Weiler, Elizabeth Luksan, Anges Kramer, Anna (Bezdek) Harris, Katherine Kruse, Jennie (Ranek) Dickshot, Rose (Henry) Kolesa, Blanche Neutzling, Frances Ambrozat, Helen (Nicolussi) Garcia. Back Row from Left to Right: Joseph Mateyka, Lillian Zajicek, Hedwig (Kohanski) Cerny, Joseph Jaros, John Spivak, Stanley Spivak, Anthony Jaros, Joseph Scheibal, Rev. Charles A. Meagher, Lawrence Scheibal, Leroy Scheibal, Robert Kubicek, Stanley Biarkis, unidentified, Margaret (Kovarik) Stoces, Gladys (Kubicek) Schlueten, Ray Kubicek, |
Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Brick Yard Workers | Brick Yard Workers | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Building on the coal mining property | Building on the coal mining property owned by Madison Coal Corporation. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Chicago & North Western Diesel Train No. 386 | The diesel era photo is of Chicago & North Western train No. 386 northbound on the former Litchfield & Madison. Track in the foreground is the Illinois Central Railroad/Nickel Plate crossing and Glen Carbon tower would be just out of view to the right. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |