Remains of Company Store Building of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. circa 1930s

Collinsville, industry, lead, refining, zinc

“Remains of Company Store Building of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. circa 1930s,” Madison Historical, accessed December 23, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1880.

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This photograph shows the partially-destroyed remains of the company store of the Collinsville Lead Works owned by the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. The photograph was likely taken sometime in the 1930s, after the Collinsville location closed down permanently following a union strike.

• Collinsville Historical Museum

St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. of Collinsville Photo Album

• industry
• Collinsville

• Newnam, William E.
• Collinsville Herald

circa 1930s

• Collinsville
• St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company in Collinsville

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

• Collinsville, Illinois
• 1930s

• CHM-P-0070