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.
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Ballwin Festival Swing Ride
Image shows 11 year old John Polonye of Ballwin, Missouri enjoying the swing ride.
Ballwin Insecticide
Ballwin public works department fogging the city during the summer because of rainy weather increasing the mosquito count. Many other municipalities have taken similar measures. Normally the insecticide sprayed from the truck is barely visible. This picture highlights it because of the low evening sun and dark background foliage.
Ballwin New City Hall
The new Ballwin City Hall which was occupied in early 1971. "A new home is more than a new building." This seemed to be the feeling among Ballwin police and city employees. The image is large and is slightly damaged down the middle from being folded.
Ballwin New Firehouse
The Ballwin Fire Protection District officially opened Engine House No. 3 Sunday at Manchester Road and Missouri 109 in Grover. The building was designed to be energy efficient, it has eight bays for firefighting equipment, two for maintenance, a maintenance shop, living and exercise rooms for firefighters and paramedics and space for district headquarters. The district serves a 57.5 acre area bounded on the east by the city of Manchester, on the west by the Franklin county line, on the south by the Meramec River and extending to one-half mile north of Clayton Road on the north.
Ballwin Paramedics
Ballwin Paramedics ready for action.
Ballwin Posts
"Ballwin got the post treatment." At first, residents complained about the ugly black posts, but since that time the Highway Department has painted them white.
Ballwin Wren Hollow School
Image shows the Wren Hollow School in Ballwin which was featured in the 1977 exhibition of School Architecture presented by the American Institute of Architects at a recent conference of the American Association of School Administrators in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school was designed for the Parkway School District by William B. Ittner, Inc., a St. Louis-based firm of architects, engineeers and planners.
Ballwin's American Legion World Series Champions
Members of Ballwin's American Legion World Series Champions gather around their flag and trophy after arriving at Lambert Municipal Airport Thursday Morning. Ballwin defeated Memphis, 3-2 Wednesday night to claim the national crown.
Bel-Ridge Community Center
Image depicts the youth center in Bel-Ridge MO. Above the door it says R. I. Harris -- T. O. Turner Community Center. To the left of the image are the names of several founders and to the right, the dedication date is listed. The building was dedicated in October of 1966. The community center is in the park where some would like to move city operations to.
Bel-Ridge Creek Drain
"Progress or property tax waste" is the caption given to this image which was one of four when printed. This image shows a car on a creek drain in the 3600 block of East Edgar which has no guardrail. Thought to have been a waste of property taxes, it was defended as progress by those on opposite sides of a heated race for four trustee positions.
Bel-Ridge Park House
The Park house in Bel-Ridge's Arrowhead Park, where trustees voted to move Village Hall and police operations.
Bel-Ridge Village Hall
Image depicts what was the current Village Hall at 8765 Natural Bridge. There was a hassle to over plans to move city hall operations to a community center in the park. Employees said that it was too small for village business and was in desperate need of repair. Trustees later voted to move Village Hall and police operations to Bel-Ridge's Arrowhead Park.
Bel-Ridge, MO Blacktop Paving
3600 block of East Edgar which has no guardrail. Image also shows the Bel Nor school and new blacktop paving on a driveway to an apparently unused garage.
Bel-Ridge, MO Ditch
Photo shows a dead end road and an open ditch along Ramona Street where gravel spread is washing away.
Bel-Ridge, MO Park House
The graciously inviting tree-shaded Bel-Ridge Park House, which overlooks two small lakes in lake Arrowhead Park, will be among eight homes on the house tour which is annually sponsored in conjunction with "Fete de Normandie." The tour was conducted from noon until 5 pm on Sunday, September 19.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Abandoned House Crime Scene
A St. Louis woman was found dead near an abandoned house in Bellefontaine Neighbors. Authorities said she had either been beaten or run over by a car. The victim was identified as Sarah Mary Wynne, 61, of the 2000 block of South 11th street according to Captain Harry G. Slaten,who was directing the Major Case Squad investigation into the woman's death.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Abandoned Houses
Image depicts cracks in a couple of houses which had become larger since they were abandoned months before the photo was taken. The brick homes in the 1000 block of Hopedale Drive of Bellefontaine Neighbors were only five years old. The three owners filled a $259,000 damage suit in Circuit Court at Clayton against the city of Bellefontaine Neighbors and the three families were continuing with monthly house payments. The suit contended that the homes were damaged due to foundations shifting because of soil conditions.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Athletic Field
Image depicts an athletic field developed on a 10-acre tract on Chambers road across from Riverview Gardens High School, Bellefontaine Neighbors. More than 200 business firms from throughout the county donated materials and countless hours of hard work to complete the project.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Board of Aldermen Meeting
Officials of Bellefontaine Neighbors are shown here in a rare calm moment just prior to the start of the last board of Aldermen meeting.; They are (from left) Robert M. Sontag, Donald J. Gravlin, Elmer J. Bauer and John H. Shealy, City Clerk Rose Treumper, Mayor Ray Zielinski, City Attorney Edward J. Huneke and Alderman C. Richard Landholt, Albert J. Dustin, Andrew J. O'Neil and Stanley J. Price.
Bellefontaine Neighbors City Hall Addition
Bids opened April 4th for an addition to Bellefontaine Neighbors City Hall, 9641 Bellefontaine Rd. City hall offices were expanded to include a police squad room, conference room and separate facilities for police sergeants, along with offices for the public works, engineering and parks departments, space for the municipal judge, city attorney and prosecuting attorney. Storage facilities for the street department will be located on the ground floor of the expanded two-story building.
Bellefontaine Neighbors City Hall Dedication
Image depicts the flag raising ceremonies at the Bellefontaine Neighbors City Hall dedication, which attracted a large crowd of residents.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Collapsed Home
Image depicts the Walter Adams home at 1041 Hopedale dr., Bellefontaine Neighbors. The Adamses had to move out in February 1955, because of cracking walls and sinking ground. The gabled garage roof at left collapsed in March of 1957.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Community Center Sketch
An artist's sketch shows the proposed Bellefontaine Neighbors community Center designed by Hastings and Chivetta Architects. The facility will include an indoor swimming pool, a gym and multi-purpose room, sauna baths for men and women, a handball court and an outdoor pool, wading pool and sun deck. Negotiations took place for a community center site at Bellefontaine and Chambers roads, and an alternative site was available. A bond issue election was scheduled for Nov. 27, 1973 to raise $1,450,000 for construction of the facility.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Indoor Swimming Pool
Image shows Parks and Recreational Supervisor, Mark Tranel, looking over the center's indoor swimming pool. The recreational complex was designed by architects Hastings and Chivetta who also designed the Florissant Civic Center, the John F. Kennedy Center in Florissant, the Brentwood Community Center and the North County Recreational Complex known as Memorial Park.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Junior Chamber of Commerce
Image depicts the elected officers of the newly formed Bellefontaine Neighbors Junior Chamber of Commerce, which held a "Charter Night" banquet. From the left is second vice president Ron Unger, President Frederick D. Lehn and first vice president Vernon H. Harr.
Bellefontaine Neighbors New Street Lights
Bellefontaine Neighbors Mayor Raymond S. Zielinski and the city's board of Alderman admire one of the new street lights near the intersection of Yorktown and Wentworth drives. The light standard is one of 25 which have been installed during the first year of the city's $35,000 five-year extensive lighting plan. From left to right are Alderman Fred B. Brummel, Arthur G. Colvin, Stanley J. Brice, Robert P. Doerr, Mayor Zielinski and Aldermen Harry Bowman, Harry E. Von Romer and Joseph Berger.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Outdoor Swimming Pool
An Olympic sized outdoor swimming pool is among many special features of the recreation center, which is located at 9669 Bellefontaine Rd., next door to city hall. A snack bar will provide refreshments for the swimmers. The center also includes a gymnasium-multi-purpose room with a seating capacity of 500 persons, an indoor handball-racquet court, youth game room and sauna bath. Two meeting rooms and kitchen are also located in the building which covers 30,000 square feet on a one-story level.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Outdoor Swimming Pool
An Olympic sized outdoor swimming pool is among many special features of the recreation center, which is located at 9669 Bellefontaine Rd., next door to city hall. A snack bar will provide refreshments for the swimmers. The center also includes a gymnasium-multi-purpose room with a seating capacity of 500 persons, an indoor handball-racquet court, youth game room and sauna bath. Two meeting rooms and kitchen are also located in the building which covers 30,000 square feet on a one-story level.

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