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Exterior of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. This photograph shows a wide view of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. This photograph was taken around the 1910s or 1920s. circa 1910s-1920s March 21, 2019
Ethel and Jim Hirsch Welcoming Returning Soldiers after World War II in a Highland Bar This photograph shows Ethel and Jim Hirsch (far left) and others welcoming home soldiers returning from World War II in a Highland. Various photographs of soldiers are hanging on the shelf behind Ethel and Jim. The identity of the bar is unknown. One possibility is Kid Walter’s Place, which Ethel and Jim bought in 1952. That bar became known as Ethel's and is still open as of 2018. Circa 1945 August 27, 2018
Esther Bernhardt, Switchboard Operator for Prairietown in 1954. This photogrpah shows Esther Bernhardt operating the switchboard for the entire community of Prairietown in 1954. Prairietown is an unincorporated community northwest of Worden. The calendar on the wall shows May and June of 1954.

This bottle was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was brought to class by Bernhardt's great-grandson, Tony Singleton.
1954 May 21, 2019
Enlistees in the US Army in 1959, including Bethalto resident Kelly Cato This is a group photograph of enlistees in the US army in 1959. Bethalto resident Kelly Cato is standing in the third row from the bottom and third from the left. Cato graduated from Civic Memorial High School in Bethalto and went on to serve in Okinawa on the missle site where he monitored the East China Sea during the Cold War.

This photograph was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2018. It was brought to class by Cato's granddaughter, Mackenzie Cato.
1959 September 7, 2018
Employee Photos from the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These five photographs show the employees Marie John (Office), Stewart Robinson (Storeman), Cyrus Oatman (Office), E.F. Horner (Chemist), and T.C. Allen (Draftsman) at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. circa 1910s-1920s March 21, 2019
Employee Photos from the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These six photographs show the following employees, including the Superintendent William E. Newnam: Bemis Followill (Tel. Operator), Leland Pinkel (Ex.Office), Marie Jessa (Office), Wm. E. Newnam (Supt.), Mike Doyle (Track Foreman), and Edward Allan (Asst. M.Mech.) at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. circa 1910s-1920s March 21, 2019
Employee Photos from the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs show the employees Hilda Thompson (Office), Arthur W. Hodgina (Draftsman), Howard Bailey (Office), Wm. Thompson (Storeman), and Robert Gaskill (Office) at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. The top right photograph shows a man in a suit with a tobacco pipe standing inside a machine outside the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. circa 1910s-1920s March 21, 2019
Employee Photos from the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These six photographs show the employees Chas. Kirksey (Sul. For.), Vincent Fromcheck (Sul. For.), Wm. Spalding (Sul. For.), Hubert White (B.F. For.), Raymond Whaley (B.F. For.), and Randall Whaley (B.F. For.) at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. circa 1910s-1920s March 21, 2019
Employee Photos from the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These six photographs show the employees David Allabough (Tel. Oper.), Fn.A. MacAllister (Storeman), Jerry C. Fuller (Draftsman), August Kirchner (Office), Louise Osola (Grandma), John Wolford (Chauffeur), and Albert Story (Porter) at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. circa 1910s-1920s March 21, 2019
Employee Photos from the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These six photographs show the employees Alfred Wiese (Sul. Chemist), Oscar Schnieder (Asst. Chem.), Oliver R. Taggart (Chemist), Loring A. Schmartzkopf (Diep), Geo. C. Thomson (Weighmaster), and Cliff Thompson (D. Sheriff) at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photograph were taken around the 1910s or 1920s. circa 1910s-1920s March 21, 2019