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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.
St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
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- 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.
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