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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Booneville 30 ft. Mural
Image depicts a thirty foot mural in the library of the new educational building. The mural was created by Sid Larson while he was studying for an advanced degree at the University of Missouri.
Boonville Chapel
Image depicts the inside of the Boonville Chapel with a man seated. The Protestant and Catholic Chapels were built in 1959.
Boonville Sign
Image depicts the sign outside the city limits of Boonville Missouri.
Boy Scouts Canned Food Drive
Boy Scouts Eric Wilson, 14 and Matt Cohen 12, hand homeowner Ida Myers of 8121 Stratford a plastic bag for canned food donation to be collected next week. Scouts from #439 troop.
Boys Meet Sports Announcer
Boys from the Boys Town of Missouri meet baseball sports announcer Joe Garagiola at a Christmas party given for them by the radio station KMOX at the Chase Hotel. The Christmas party was co-sponsored by the St. Louis area food brokers and chain store operators with more than 80 boys present.
Boys Town Building Dedication
Image shows the founder and first president of Boys Town of Missouri Bill James speaking with Superintendent Richard Dunn and Jack Zemel at the dedication of the new Boys Town building. Zemel who was also a founder, donated the building.
Boys Town Car Repair
As part of the Boys Town of Missouri Vocational Education Program, these two youths learn about repairing a car.
Boys Town Caravan
Nearly 100 boys from Boys Town of Missouri along with teachers and counselors arrive in Chesterfield after their 160 mile journey from St. James MO. The caravan included eight covered wagons, thirty-five mules and eighty horses and followed portions of the Lewis and Clark trail.
Boys Town Caravan
Nearly 100 boys from Boys Town of Missouri along with teachers and counselors arrive in Chesterfield after their 160 mile journey from St. James MO. The caravan included eight covered wagons, thirty-five mules and eighty horses. The week long journey followed portions of the Lewis and Clark trail.
Boys Town Caravan on Olive Street
Image show the Boys Town of Missouri caravan nearing the end of its 100 mile journey which started at St. James Missouri.
Boys Town Center
Image shows the Boys Town Center of Missouri which was closed and possibly taken over by St. Louis County as a halfway house for its prisoner work release program.
Boys Town Commencement
Image shows a young Boys Town graduate listening to Larry Stallings of the football Cardinals at the 20th annual commencement of the Boys Town of Missouri.
Boys Town Commencement Exercises
Image depicts Larry Stallings of the football Cardinals speaking at the 20th annual Commencement Exercises of the Boys Town of Missouri in the Grand Hall of Union Station.
Boys Town Cottage
Image shows the first of three cottages at Boys Town of Missouri. This building like the other two are fire resistant and this one housed 16 boys and their house parents.
Boys Town Indian Dances
Boys Town Kaleidoscope of Events at Union Station. These included old car displays, art work and Indian dances as shown here.
Boys Town Multipurpose Building
Boys Town of Missouri Dining/ multipurpose building. Ittner & Bowersox Inc. Architects listed on backside.
Boys Town Napping Youth
Image shows a young man getting a nap in before the 14 mile journey to Washington Mo. on horseback.
Boys Town Phone Call
The image shows a meeting of the board members of Boys Town of Missouri. From the left, Bernie Gruber, member of the board of directors; Gale F. Johnston, member of the board of trustees; Jack Zemel and Harry G. Neill Jr. who are members of the board of directors. Neill speaks on the phone with Bill James founder of Missouri Boys Town who was in Tokyo.
Boys Town Picture Taking
Image of Mrs. Mary Browne taking a picture of Boys Town staff. Shown here are Park Naturalist of Maramec Spring Park James Di Pardo, Dr. Leon Taylor and John Hendren with the Boys Town Board of Trustees. Several craftsmen also came to the Boys Town fair to demonstrate their skills and help introduce the public to the home for troubled boys.
Boys Town Plaque Presentation
A. C. Reichardt of the Boys Town of Missouri board of directors presents a plaque to Gary Clark of American Body Co. in appreciation of the work the company did for for Boys Town. The two others pictured are American Body Service Manager Ed Mahoney and American Body Vice President Bob Dietz. The four of them stand next to a 1959 Ford Edsel donated by Jack Staed which American Body rebuilt for an auction benefiting Boys Town.
Boys Town Top Officers Re-elected
Top officers of Boys Town reelected at the organizations annual meeting posing in the St. Louis Club Clayton's Pierre Laclede building. Seated is the chairman of the board of trustees John Dufaux and standing (from the left) is the chairman of the board of directors William F. James, trustee Gale F. Johnston and President Harry Neill Jr.
Boys Town Vocational Education Program
Building a jeep from scrap as a vocational education program at Boys Town of Missouri. The Monsanto Fund gave Boys Town $13,000 to buy tools so such programs could be expanded.
Boys Town Wagon
Image shows the president of Sachs Properties Inc. Philip Schreiber riding in one of the Boys Town caravan wagons. Sachs Properties Inc. provided the final round-up site for the caravan in Chesterfield.
Boys Town Wagon Train
The group of about 125 head towards Washington MO. on their fourth day of the journey. They journey along the north outer road on I-44.
Boys Town Wagon Train
Riders in the Boys Town of Missouri Wagon Train make their way north towards Washington Missouri.
Boys Town Youth Perching
A young man sits on top of a wooden fence at Francis Overschmidt Farm waiting to saddle up his horse for the journey to Washington MO.
Boys Town of Missouri Award Ceremony
Image shows Boys Town award ceremony. From the left is Executive Director Ken Foresman, Dr. Robert A. Koetting, Board Chairman William F. James, who made the presentations, Boys Town Superintendent Phil Repert, President of the Midtown Lions Club William W. Zieger and Felix A. Koetting. Dr. Robert A. Koetting and Dr. Felix A. Koetting were honored and the the Midtown Lions Club received a plaque.
Boys Town of Missouri Wagon Train
The Boys Town of Missouri wagon train making its way to Washington MO. along an outer road in Union MO.

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