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	Two coal miners carrying their lunches	Two young men coal miners carrying their lunch in the town of Glen Carbon, Illinois	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Twelve Women in Regalia	Twelve Women in Regalia with banners in the background labeled “Unselfishness, Faith, and Modesty.”	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Train Arriving at the Glen Carbon Train Station	Train arrives at the Glen Carbon train station to pick up passengers. Both the Illinois Central Railroad and Clover Leaf railroad provided passenger service to St. Louis several times a day, beginning at 6:00 am. One could spend the say in St. Louis, watch the Veiled Prophet parade, and still catch the 10:10 pm train home.	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Tish Miccer at the Illinois Central Railroad Station	“I am the ambitious looking guy, sitting there, look like I’m waitin’ for a freight, eh?” –Tish	June 5, 1939	December 8, 2016
	The St. Louis Brick Yard Workers	The St. Louis Press Brick Company was once of the interests of the Niedringhaus Family of Granite City and St. Louis. The brick ward began operations about 1891 and was the largest brick manufacturing plant in the State of Illinois at the time. The company earned a reputation as manufacturing the finest bricks to be found and local lore insists that the company produced all of the bricks used in the construction of the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. In addition to manufacturing paving and building bricks, the company produced beautiful decorative bricks. Hundreds of men from neighboring communities where employed by the brick company. Several boarding houses as well as rows of “company houses” were constructed for employees. The employees had their own ball team, an active union, and a park for social activities.	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	The Shale Pit	Edwardsville Intelligencer, January 11, 1894 “Chicago’s city council has given Glen Carbon brick an endorsement that will make the product from shale in this locality rank with the highest quality of brick manufactured. The Council Monday evening adopted what is known as the ‘brick ordinance.’ The ordinance provides that the quality of bricks used in the City of Chicago must be of equal quality as those being manufactured in Glen Carbon.”	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	The Cut	Narrow gauge railway carried from Brick yard to the railroad	1902	December 8, 2016
	The caboose at Miner Park in Glen Carbon	Caboose: In 1977 another unusual enterprise was undertaken by about 35 of our versatile citizenry. A railroad caboose had been donated by the community for display in Miner Park. The caboose was delivered to a siding near the old No. 2 Mine site. Getting the caboose to Miner Park would prove to be quite a project. First the site at the park had to be made ready. It had to be levelled, a rock bed prepared, ties laid, and rails anchored. It was amazing to see how steel workers, office workers, construction workers and retirees could manage this kind of work.	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	The back of the coal mine against the railroad tracks. Railroad carts filled with coal.	The back of the coal mine against the railroad tracks. Railroad carts filled with coal.	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Streetcar Crossing the East St. Louis Interurban Electrical Lines	Streetcar crossing the East St. Louis Interurban Electrical Lines as it crossed present-day Glen Carbon Heritage Trail. Streetcar ran from 1899-1928.	1918	December 8, 2016