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Cole Gratcher outside of the old Coal Office |
Cole Gratcher (grandson of Alice Hielson) outside of the old Coal Office. Now Claude James house that used to belong to Mike Higgerson. |
August 1960 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Commuter Train Passing By Tower House |
Commuter train passing by tower house |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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December dinner inside the coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois |
Dinner served down inside coal mine #2 tunnel. December presiding over this unique dinner in #2 mine tunnel is Mike Sedlacek (center), top mine boss. The other people at the table are presumed to have been visiting officials of the Madison Coal Company and their wives. The unidentified women in the background are presumed to have been Glen Carbon Village women who prepared and served the food. |
1920 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Employees of the St. Louis Brick Company before 1904 |
Employees of the St. Louis Brick Company before 1904 |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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Employees of the St. Louis Press Brick Yard workers |
Employees of the St. Louis Press Brick Yard workers |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Former central office of the Madison Coal Corporation |
This building housed the central office of the Madison Coal Corporation’s mining operations in the State of Illinois. The company owned mines in Edwardsville, Mount Olive, Divernon, and Herrin, as well as mine in the state of Kentucky. This building was located less than one mile west of the large mine #2 and the Illinois Central Railroad station was virtually at its front door. |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
