October 29, 1937. - Looking upstream from pilot house of Grafton. Graded bank and mattress weaving about station 219-00. Note curve on which Grafton entered below dike No.79.2L.
Photograph of the towboat DEL COMMUNE. In the lower right corner of photograph are the words,“St. Louis MO. Engineer District Floating Plant / Tow Boat Del Commune Broadside View / MAR 28, 1938 / 3377."
The men of Metal Lathers Local 73 at the St. Louis Zoo, circa 1930. Included in the photo are Harry Hagen, Herman Beermann, Henry Beerman, Brian Frederickson, Tom Frederickson, and Joe Cook. Henry Beerman, who is the son of Herman Beermann, had the spelling of his last name changed. Photograph donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by the Gymnastic Association Sokol.
October 29, 1937. - Looking downstream from pilot house of Grafton, about station 223-00. Note face of cut standing practically vertical, also water and sand running out gut about where dragline is located
September 15, 1937. - Dike No.79.2L before partial removal. "X" marks shore end of portion removed. Grand Tower Pile Dike and Revetment Contract, 1937-38: Woods Brothers Construction Company. Note: Photographs could not be taken at regular intervals because of adverse weather conditions.
When beer came back in 1933, Falstaff was the first brewery in the country to receive a U. S. permit for beer production. Firm's founder, Joseph Griesedieck, right, is shown accepting the number one permit from Internal Revenue Officer Louis Becker.