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.
The Knobbe family gets together for a family reunion, circa 1932. The four Knobbe brothers, Joseph, August, Clement, and Benedict, got their families together at August's residence. August, who owned Tower Grove Dairy, and his brothers immigrated from Germany. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by JoAnne (Knobbe) Behm.
October 29, 1937. - Lower end of cut where Ste. Genevieve began dredging. About station 295-00. 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.
Taken June 1935 for Wilbur Finger from Dick Lemen. L to R Capt. Dan Dipple, R. V. Gerber, Ruth Ferris, Capt. "Billy" Clark in pilothouse of Str. Golden Eagle.