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1926  Ground Crack Near the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after Mine Subsidence This 1926 photograph shows the ground crack after mine subsidence. The large crack is seen directly below the wooden marker, 1926 September 26, 2017
Slack Pile Slack Pile October 22, 1926 December 8, 2016
Glen Carbon Coal Miners Rescue Squad 1930 Louisville, KY competition winners Glen Carbon Coal Miners Rescue Squad 1930 Louisville, KY competition winners. Reading from Left to Right: Compensation Adjuster H. T. Bannister, Captain Pete Anesi, John Ferris, Geo. S. Kenner, Virgil Douglas, William O’Hare, Patient John Kacer, and Safety Inspector W. J. Williams.
1930 December 8, 2016
Coal Miners Rescue Squad 1930 Louisville, KY competition trophy display Coal Miners Rescue Squad 1930 Louisville, KY competition trophy display. 1930 December 8, 2016
View of lumber used for Mine #2 of the Madison Coal Corporation Photo of the stacks of lumber used inside of mine #2 in for Madison Coal Corporation in Glen Carbon. 1930 December 8, 2016
High School Senior Louis Neptune in Coal Miner Baseball Uniform This is a black and white photograph of high school senior Louis Neptune in a coal miner baseball uniform circa 1930s November 13, 2019
1942 Photograph of the Remains of Donk Brothers Mine, concrete This is a black and white 1942 photograph of the concrete remains of the Donk Brothers Mine no. 2. 1942 November 13, 2019
1958 Photograph of Chinatown Lake now known as Maryville Fishing Club Lake This is a color photograph taken in June of 1958 of the Pond that runs alongside Parkview Street in Maryville, Illinois. The pond is now known as the "Maryville Fishing Club Lake" inside Drost Park. It originally ran alongside the St. Louis Troy and Eastern Railroad line and Parkview Street known as Chinatown road at the turn of the century. The Pond is located across the street from Donk Company housing known as "Chinatown" which consisted of 41 housing lots. 1958 November 13, 2019
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
Abandoned coal washer site East end ruins of old dam in Judy creek below coal washer site. Water used for washing coal. February 17, 1990 December 8, 2016