Great River Road, 2016

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Two men standing outside the coal mine Two men standing outside the coal mine. You can see different buildings as well as coal carts. August 20, 1908 December 8, 2016
Postcard of a coal mine in Glen Carbon, Illinois October 5, 1910 December 8, 2016
Coal Miners Rescue Squad 1930 Louisville, KY competition winners.  Coal Miners Rescue Squad 1930 Louisville, KY competition winners. Reading from Left to Right: Captain Pete Anesi, John Ferris, Geo. S. Kenner, Virgil Douglas, William O’Hare, and Patient John Kacer.
1930 December 8, 2016
Friends and family day at coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois This postcard shows friends and family visiting mine #2 in Glen Carbon. Unknown December 8, 2016
Young men standing outside of coal mine #2 by lumber stacks in Glen Carbon, Illinois. This photograph shows two men standing outside mine #2 at the Madison Coal Corporation in Glen Carbon. Roof supports are stacked alongside the railroad tracks. Unknown December 8, 2016
Coal Miners in front of railroad car filled with coal This photograph shows coal miners employed by the Madison Coal Company. They are posing in front of an Illinois Central Railroad car filled with coal.

From left to right: Row of men standing: Man #2 standing is Sam Murphy, Man #6 standing is Albert Evans. Row of men kneeling: Man #2 is Chris Schneider and man in the middle with saw is William Werner the mine carpenter.
Unknown December 8, 2016
Two Coal Miners Working in a Glen Carbon Mine This photograph shows two workers operating a coal cutting machine in a Glen Carbon mine. Unknown December 8, 2016
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
Group of coal miners standing outside the mines in Glen Carbon, Illinois Row of men kneeling from left to right: #1 is Unknown, #2 is Jack Dalryer, #3 is Theodore Beckman, #4 is Charles Thraxton, #5 is More Collier, #6 is Eli Lever, #7 is Adam Rukpatrick, #8 is Albert Miller. Row of men standing from left to right: #1 Antone Walnger Furton Unknown December 8, 2016
Shift workers riding on rail carts in the mines Shift workers riding on rail carts in the mines Unknown December 8, 2016