1830s map of German and American homes in the area east of Belleville, Illinois published in the German language newspaper Das Westland. The title translates to "Planning Map of the German Settlement: in St. Clair County Illinois, east of Belleville." It was published in Volume 1, Number 3 of Das Westland by the publishing company of Joseph Engelmann in Heidelberg. The map features the family
John Mason Peck's musings on the elementary principles of democracy, given at the Belleville, Illinois, Courthouse, on the 63rd anniversary of the independence of the United States, July 4th 1839.
Marty Gaubatz, who has been with Stag for 44 years, celebrates in Bernie and Gene's Tavern in Belleville. He says he's looking forward to seeing a lot of his old buddies again.
In the image, the viewer can see a medium sized tank which contains Carling's 3,000,000th BBL. The three millionth barrel of beer was produced in 1957 by the Belleville plant.
Round pin-back button with background of a red stripe at top, a white stripe at center and a blue stripe at the bottom, with the words "Registered 1917 Belleville Illinois" in white letters. The Selective Service Act was passed by Congress on May 18, 1917 and authorized the President of the United States to increase military numbers through mandatory enlistment. All men aged 21 to 30 years of age
"Using a transmitter in a phase of sending messages to soldiers in Vietnam is Sgt. Lowell Stayton of Campbellsville, Ky. More than 600 messages from readers of The Globe-Democrat have been transmitted to Vietnam from the Military Affiliate Radio Service Communications Center (MARS) at Scott Air Force Base, Belleville." This photo shows Stayton seated in front of a typewriter with a table of transmitters on his right, and he prepares to give a message through one of them.
"Looking over Teletype Tape are Sgt. George Bratina, in charge of the MARS station and Major Harry Flint, MARS base director. The tape will be fed into a transmitter and the messages will be on their way."
"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