BUILDING OF THEBES RAILROAD BRIDGE
c1904-1905

Thebes Bridge Postcard

Alexander County Illinois Genealogy Trails

Contributed by Shauna Williams

This was on a commemorative calendar sponsored by the First National Bank and Trust Company of Carbondale.
Shauna's great-grandmother, Helen Sharp, did the printing on the calendar.



THEBES BRIDGE POSTCARD

Provided by Guy Gammon, age 93 of LaVerne, CA, a 1934 Thebes graduate.

Submitted by Tess D. Ford, daughter of Celestia Sowders, another 1934 graduate.



This is a postcard of the Thebes railroad bridge that was mailed May 25, 1910 from Guy Gammon's mother, Nora to her grandfather, J. M. Campbell, Crab Orchard, Illinois R.F.D.#1.  The postage was one cent.  The card says, "Hello, grandpa.  How are you?  We are all o.k.  Tell Ruth hello for me.  Say, when are you coming?  Be sure and come before long.  Nora"