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	Postcard of the Brick Yard Pond in Glen Carbon	Postcard reads: To Mr. Jerry Mashek G.Carbon, Ill, Nov 25, 1909 Dear Bro., I received a letter from Ida yesterday saying they were coming, but I suppose you known it by this time, so I’ll be looking for you. How about Tod, tell him to let me know if they are coming. Hoping this finds you all well and Pa still improving. Lovingly, Francine	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Employees of the St. Louis Press Brick Yard workers	Employees of the St. Louis Press Brick Yard workers	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Employees of the St. Louis Brick Company before 1904	Employees of the St. Louis Brick Company before 1904	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Brick Yard Workers	Brick Yard Workers	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	The St. Louis Brick Yard Workers	The St. Louis Press Brick Company was once of the interests of the Niedringhaus Family of Granite City and St. Louis. The brick ward began operations about 1891 and was the largest brick manufacturing plant in the State of Illinois at the time. The company earned a reputation as manufacturing the finest bricks to be found and local lore insists that the company produced all of the bricks used in the construction of the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. In addition to manufacturing paving and building bricks, the company produced beautiful decorative bricks. Hundreds of men from neighboring communities where employed by the brick company. Several boarding houses as well as rows of “company houses” were constructed for employees. The employees had their own ball team, an active union, and a park for social activities.	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	The Shale Pit	Edwardsville Intelligencer, January 11, 1894 “Chicago’s city council has given Glen Carbon brick an endorsement that will make the product from shale in this locality rank with the highest quality of brick manufactured. The Council Monday evening adopted what is known as the ‘brick ordinance.’ The ordinance provides that the quality of bricks used in the City of Chicago must be of equal quality as those being manufactured in Glen Carbon.”	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Men working at the brick yard	Men working at the brick yard	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Men working in a pit inside the mine	Men working in a pit inside the mine. The man in the right is Al Deconcini Senior	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Group of miners sitting in a cart outside of the mines	Group of miners sitting in a cart outside of the mines	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Building on the coal mining property	Building on the coal mining property owned by Madison Coal Corporation.	Unknown	December 8, 2016