Bluffs and Piasa Bird, 2016

Glen Carbon Heritage Museum Photograph Collection (156 total)

These photographs, digitized by the Glen Carbon Heritage Museum, are from some of the museums collections: the St. Louis Press Brick Company, churches, coal mining, farming, social organizations, railroads, and sports.

  • Collection: Glen Carbon Heritage Museum Photograph Collection
Thumbnail Title Description Date Date Added
Men Assembled With banners, flags, and ribbons Men Assembled With Banners, Flags, and Ribbons 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
Front View from the South of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Glen Carbon Two photograph of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church from the south. The church is located at 182 Summit Avenue in Glen Carbon. Unknown December 8, 2016
St. Thomas Episcopal Church Two polaroids of St. Thomas Episcopal Church at 182 Summit Avenue Unknown December 8, 2016
Front View from the North of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Glen Carbon Two photographs of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church located at 182 Summit Avenue in Glen Carbon Unknown December 8, 2016
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
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
Front View from the east of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Glen Carbon This is a photograph from the east of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Today, this is the Shiloh Christian Church located at 57 Sunset Avenue in Glen Carbon. Unknown December 8, 2016
Flier for the Methodist Episcopal Church in Glen Carbon Flier is for: Dedication Service on February 19, 1922 for Bishop William A. Quayle, D. D., L. L. D. Officiating. February 19, 1922 December 8, 2016
Front View from the West of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Glen Carbon Five photographs of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Glen Carbon. Today, this is the Shiloh Christian Church located at 57 Sunset Avenue in Glen Carbon. Unknown December 8, 2016