St. Louis Globe-Democrat Photographs: Missouri Towns
Photographs related to Missouri towns can be found here: buildings, clubs, organizations, and the like. People may be found here in the context of larger institutions or as parts of crowds and events, but for photographs of individual Missourians please consult the St. Louis Globle Democrat Photographs - People collection.
St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
"A skeet-shooting range is popular with adults visiting the "Saga," which is being presented through today by the Friends of the Land and the Globe-Democrat. The skeet range is in the Missouri Quail Hunters, Inc., exhibit. Shooting her are August P. Beilmann (left), Arboretum manager and Friends St. Louis chapter president, and Harvey Doerr, 145 South Elm ave., Webster Groves."
14-Story Bemiston Building to be Constructed in Clayton - A $20 million office building called the Bemiston Tower will be built in Clayton by the Siteman Organization and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. The building on the corner of Bemiston Avenue and Shaw Park Drive will feature above-and-below-ground parking for 555 cars and will be completed by the summer of 1982.
Building proposal for the Clayton Executive Center's Phase II. Aaron D. Cushman & Assoc. at 200 S. Hanley are referenced as a source of further information on this building phase.
"D. E. White (left) of Norborne, chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Carroll County District, newest in the state, and Ray Dickinson of Carrollton, district treasurer of the board, inspect one of the exhibits at the meeting." Dickinson is pointing to a sign that reads, "Soil Conservation is Everybody's Job!" White sits to the left and looks toward Dickinson as they evaluate the exhibit.
"Learning early the value of soil conservation, these boys and girls are the winners in a conservation scrapbook and poster contest for the fifth through eighth grades of Wayne County (Mo.) schools, sponsored by the Wayne County Soil Conservation District. From left, front row: Barbara Eudaley, Williamsville, Mo., and Darlene Rainwater, Beth Graham and Judy Allen, all of Clubb, Mo. Back row: Carol Raglin, Gene Graham and Ernest Clubb, also of Clubb. Another winner, Oran Fuller of Williamsville, is not shown."
"Sweepstakes Award Winners in the Globe-Democrat's Soil Conservation District Awards program for 1954, these members of the Lafayette County, Mo., District were presented plaques at the annual dinner of the Missouri Soil District Supervisors Summer Conference at Hannibal Monday night. From left: W. L. Gruber, Lexington; J. S. Stewart, Lexington; Charles Clayton of the Globe-Democrat, who presented the awards; James A. Schooling, Concordia, and Raymond Klein, Higginsville."
This building replaced the old college (built in 1873), which was destroyed by fire. This new building was built in 1906. The Southeast Missouri State Teachers' College has approximately 1000 students enrolled.
Photograph of an unidentified speaker at the 1958 Globe-Democrat Legislative Awards Dinner as they stand at the podium in front of an American flag background.
Spring photo of the St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. Shows the outside of the building, at the corner of Pacific and Good Hope streets with snow covering the grass.
This image shows a very large chat pile (waste from dead mining operations) of St. Joseph Lead Co. and the rail yard of the Missouri-Illinois Railroad.
Image shows the main office building of St. Joseph Lead Company at Bonne Terre MO. The top officers were at New York, but this building was used as headquarters for Missouri operations.
Image shows the new $110,000 addition to St. Joseph's Hospital which was dedicated and blessed by the Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Lillis of Kansas City. The top right corner of image has been torn off.
Third District Councilwoman Ellen Conant talks to St. Louis County Executive Gene McNary inside the new crime victims waiting room that was dedicated this morning.
St. Louis County Executive Gene McNary and Third District Councilwoman Ellen Conant hammer a bill of rights on the wall in the new crime victims waiting room dedicating it this morning. Left is Karen Levy, chairwoman of the Victim Service Council.
Longtime Landsite -- St. Vincent's College, now a preparatory seminary of the Vincentian fathers, was under construction more than 130 years ago and is one of the oldest sites above the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau.