St. Louis Globe-Democrat Photographs: Illinois

Photographs related to Illinois-related subjects can be found here: buildings, clubs, organizations, and the like. People may be found here in the context of a larger Illinois-related institution or event, but for photographs of individual Illinoisans please consult the St. Louis Globle Democrat Photographs - People collection.
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A Dormitory In the Detention Home
Above... are views from each end of a dormitory in the detention home. The plywood on the walls covers holes in the plaster from escape attempts and wear and tear.
A Dormitory In the Detention Home Pt. 2
...Below are views from each end of a dormitory in the detention home. The plywood on the walls covers holes in the plaster from escape attempts and wear and tear.
A Huge Cross
The inter-denominational "Cross of Peace" atop Bald Knob Mountain is a personal project of Wayman Presley, the retired Makanda, Ill., rural mail carrier who, with the help of friends, raised funds for the project. It is 111 feet high and has a steel framework covered with steel panels fused with white porcelain. The cross was dedicated on Easter Sunday, 1964. The first Easter service was held there in 1937.
A Prisoner's Escape
The area where five prisoners cut through the bars [at the St. Clair County, Ill. Jail] and escaped early Tuesday morning.
Associate Publisher of the Globe Making Old Newsboys Sale
"Associate publisher of globe Debbie Gluck making sale to Barbara McGinnis of Belleville at the corner of highway 161 and Lebannon Rd." Debbie Gluck is wearing a Seven-Up apron, and is handing a newspaper to McGinnis through the car window.
Beef and Bird Restaurant
Image of the dining room of the Beef and Bird Restaurant at the Stratford Hotel
Bell Telephone's "Conehead"
Workmen hoist a microwave cone onto the roof of the Illinois Bell Telephone switching station in Alton Monday. The $500,000 transmitter will replace telephone cables attached to a bridge connecting St. Charles and St. Louis counties. The cone will handle 1,344 long-distance telephone calls in the Alton-Wood River area simultaneously, officials said.
Belleville PTOEC on Old Newsboys Day
"Belleville [Parent Teacher Organization for Exceptional Children] selling papers at the intersection of N. Illinois (159) and "A" streets. Front, Elaine Schwaegel. Back l-r: Debbie Gluck Globe's assoc. publisher, Mel Munie, Dave Pfeiffer, Art Abegg and Globe's general mgr. Richard Amberg, Jr." All of the PTOEC members are wearing Seven-Up aprons and are holding up newspapers.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
"A contingent works for the Globe-Democrat's annual charity effort Tuesday at Madison Avenue and 23rd Street in Granite City. The group consisted of members of the B.P.O.E. (Elks) Lodge 1063. Shown are, from left, front row, James Rush and Mark Goldenberg; back row, Carl Paschoff, Dave Whitsell, Bob Cox, Bill Russell and Harold Rush." Each member is wearing a Seven-Up apron and is holding up a newspaper.
Business of Professional Women of Collinsville
"Business of Professional Women of Collinsville at the intersection of 159 and E. Main. L-R: Elaine Miller, Marcella Easley." Both women are wearing Seven-Up aprons and are holding newspapers.
Cosgrove's Kitchen Thanksgiving Feast
"Come and get it! This paper gobbler beckoned East St. Louis' needy to a free Thanksgiving feast Thursday at Cosgrove's Kitchen, run by the St. Vincent De Paul Society."
Dania Shriners Club
"The Dania Shriners Club of O'Fallon at 159 overpass at I-64. L-R: Ken Halbrook and John Kayser." Both are wearing Seven-Up aprons.
Demolishing the Jail
Chas. Green and Arnold Spirtas who will demolish the old jail. St. Clair County Jail was built in 1885-marking above entrance.
Directors of Bond County Soil Conservation District
"Directors of the Bond County Soil Conservation District in Illinois planned and carried out the program which won the sweepstakes award in the Globe-Democrat-Keystone Steel and Wire Company Soil Conservation Districts Awards Program in 1954. Back row from the left: Freemont Buchmiller, Pocahontas; L. E. Moulin, Greenville, secretary-treasurer, and Fred H. Baumberger, Donnelson, chairman. Seated from the left: Melvin C. Cripe, Pleasant Mound, and Tipmer Rachow, Tamalco, vice chairman."
Edwardsville, Illinois
Main Street, Edwardsville, Illinois. Photograph includes Edwarsville National Bank, Motz Hardware, Silverbloom, Ballweg Drugs and Chamber's Mens Wear.
Effingham County Soil Conservation
"These directors of the Effingham County Soil Conservation District in Illinois planned and carried out the program which won the sweepstakes award in the Soil Conservation Districts Awards Program presented jointly in Illinois by the Globe-Democrat and the Keystone Steel and Wire Company of Peoria. From the left: Hillard Morris, Mason; William C. Martins, Dietrich, secretary-treasurer; Harve Dunteman, Shumway, chairman; Frank Kinklelaar, Effingham, and Robert Simpson, Watson."
Globe Associate Publisher Selling Papers
"Globe Associate publisher Debbie Gluck (r) hawks papers with Julie Yaekel of Children's Center for Behavioral Development at the corner of highway 161 and Lebannon Rd." They're both wearing Seven-Up aprons and are holding newspapers.
Guessing the Weight of Topsoil
"A correct guess won a $25 savings bond for Mrs. Lois Morris of Springfield, Ill., in a contest sponsored by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat at the Illinois State Fair. Mrs. Morris tied with four other persons in guessing the weight of Illinois topsoil in a jar at the newspaper's tent. All guessed 38 pounds five ounces. Charles Hay (right) of St. Louis, a Globe-Democrat representative, presented a certificate for the bond. Looking on are Cline Evans (left), district conservation inspector, and Emmett Kumler, McLean County inspector for the Illinois Department of Conservation. The contest was designed to promote soil conservation. Other winners were Ines Brown of Wapello, Ia.; Floyd Harg of Cullom, Ill.; R. Fuess of St. Louis and Florence Dowler of Galesburg, Ill. The contest drew 25,000 entries."
Infamous Memories Remain
A bulldozer scrapes up the last remnants of the infamous St. Clair County Jail in Belleville, known for squalor and escapes. It has been replaced by a $4 million complex.
Mason County Soil District
"The Mason County Soil District is the outstanding district in Illinois in the Globe-Democrat's 1955 Soil Conservation Districts awards program. Members of its Board of Directors are, from left; Ted Kruse, Kilbourne, vice chairman; Rudolph Kolves, Bath, member; Walter Behrends, Mason City, secretary; E. T. Franklin, San Jose, treasurer; Floyd LeSourd, Topeka, chairman, and Ray Lane, Havana, work unit conservationist."
Maxwell's Manage John Steinlage
Image depicts manager John Steinlage standing in Maxwell's Restaurant in a building that was once the area's busiest gambling hall built in 1846.
Merry-Go-Round
"Children go for a whirl on the merry-go-round at the Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House in East St. Louis."

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