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Title: Compact Organ
Date: unknown, unknown
Description: A Theater Compact Organ.

Title: Boats
Date: unknown, unknown
Description: Two gals and a guy showing off the boats.

Title: Getting Ready For Modern Living Show
Date: 1961-09-18, 1961-09-19
Description: Getting the Sears booth ready for the Globe-Democrat Modern Living Show.

Title: Moving Piano For Modern Living Show
Date: 1961-09-18, 1961-09-19
Description: A piano is moved into the exhibition hall by other workmen.

Title: Getting Favorite Bakery Booth Ready For Modern Living Show
Date: 1961-09-18, 1961-09-19
Description: Preparations for The Globe-Democrat's fifth annual Modern Living Show, which opens Tuesday, are rushed to completion in Kiel Auditorium. Arranging a cake display is Mrs. James Noble of the Favorite Bakery.

Title: Modern Living Show Features 'Safest" Car
Date: 1961-09-17, 1961-09-17
Description: The "Survival Car II," an automobile designed to give maximum protection against injury to passengers, will be on display at The Globe-Democrat Modern Living Show Sept. 19-23.

Title: The Folding Machine
Date: 1961-09-21, 1961-09-22
Description: These ladies are observing the wonders of the folding machine, which appears to be folding an item of clothing. This is at the Globe-Democrat Modern Living Show.

Title: Ladies Enjoying Plant Display
Date: 1963-04-23, 1963-04-23
Description: A group of ladies are enjoying a display of plants at the Globe-Democrat Modern Living Show.

Title: Modern Living Show 1961- 01
Date: 1961-09-20, 1961-09-21
Description: Amy Alden, food editor of The American Weekly, holds up a plate of food.

Title: Cake Display
Date: 1963-04-26, 1963-04-26
Description: This is a cake display at the Globe-Democrat Modern Living Show

Title: Modern Living Show 1961-02
Date: 1961-09-23, 1961-09-25
Description: At Modern Living Show, proceeds from the cakes which were provided by the Master Baker's Association, and were auctioned to the highest bidder, were presented to the St. Louis Crippled Children's Hospital. Miss Lillian Clever, volunteer auctioneer, whose father is a member of the Masters Baker's Association, presents a check to George Carson, who represented the Crippled Children's Hospital. In center, is James W. Noble, president of the Master Baker's Association.

Title: Woman Captures $100 Kroger Contest Prize
Date: 1963-04-30, 1963-05-01
Description: Receiving a certificate good for $100 worth of food is Mrs. Evelyn Carter... winner of a Kroger contest held during the Modern Living Show. Paul Carr, manager of the Kroger store... presented the award.

Title: Visiting Modern Living Show
Date: 1964-04-15, 1964-04-17
Description: Visiting Modern Living Show are members of the contemporary issues class at Washington, Mo., High School who look at the "New St. Louis" display. At right, is their teacher, George Williams.

Title: Braznell
Date: 1966-11-07, 1966-12-04
Description: Braznell. Associated with the Missouri High School Football All-Star Game.

Title: Breaking of the Ice
Date: 1856, 1946-04-07
Description: Fire was not the only cause of disaster along the riverfront, for spring thaws took their toll, too. This scene shows some of the damage which resulted from ice breaking up in '56. Note throng attracted to levee. Spring thaws that took their toll along St. Louis riverfront in the days of heavy steamboat...shows some of the damage which resulted from ice breaking up in 1856. Note crowd attracted to levee... Ice was a deadly menace to the wooden-hulled steamboats, locking them to the shore and then crumpling them into splintered wrecks when it thawed and began to break. This was a typical mid-winter scene on the St. Louis riverfront in the 1850s.

Title: Boys From U City Collecting for Heart-Lung Fund
Date: 1956-08-06, 1956-08-06
Description: Although they are sparkling clean now, these boys became so grimy collecting for the Heart-Lung Fund that police suspected them of operating a confidence game. After their parents vouched for them, the boys brought $102 they collected from University City to The Globe-Democrat. The boys are Harman Mosley, Morris Bournstein, Howard Loiterstein, Ashley Loiterstein, Gary Bournstein, Terry Laskey, Todd Seigel, Jack Nelson, Irwin Loiterstein and Willard Mosley.

Title: Bob Luther
Date: 1966-11-21, 1966-12-03
Description: Bob Luther, Kirkwood star who will play for the South Squad during the Missouri High School All-Star Football Game Saturday, is fitted with a helmet by Al Huenfeld of Rawlings, equipment manger and backfield coach for the South St. Louis area.

Title: Building a Defense Against Itself
Date: 1959-08-16, 1959-08-16
Description: Building a defense against itself, the Mississippi sends sand and silt from a dredge far out in the river through a submerged pipe and up over the bank to the location of a new earthen levee.

Title: Car Wash for Heart-Lung Fund
Date: 1956-08-05, 1956-08-05
Description: "To the Heart Fund: We have inclosed some information about a car wash that I and eight girls of my softball team gave July 28. We had loads of fun and it gave my teen-agers, aged 11 to 17 years, a chance to show people there is a lot of good in the youth of today. They worked hard washing and shining the cars. I have inclosed a picture of them washing Jim Torrow's car. We collected $30, but we

Title: Captains for the South
Date: 1966-12-02, 1966-12-03
Description: These four players, surrounding coach Bob Davis, will act as captains for the South team in the Missouri All-Star High School football game against the North Saturday at Busch Stadium. They are John Gillespie (89) of Glendale, Ed Jewell (12) of Parkway High, Al Durbin (32) of Ladue and Doug Mackey (31) of Brentwood.

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