Businesses on the southeast corner of Seventh and Olive Streets, where the Famous-Barr store is now located, are shown in this photo dated 1859. In the image a grocery store and an apothecary can be seen.
Completed only a few years before the Southern states began breaking away from the Union, the Ten Buildings (there being that many stores in structure) ran from Locust to Vine on Fourth.
White Mill Drive-In on the southwest corner of Goodfellow and Natural Bridge. It was previously a filling station and was then converted to an eating place.
The Lincoln Trust Co., built in 1890, still standing at 712 Chestnut St., is remodeled to conform with the Title Guaranty Bldg., which was the main part of the Lincoln Trust Co. the small building shown was the safe deposit department. The building is now the Lawyer's Title Company of Missouri.
Three members of the special Efficiency Committee of the Board of Education which last night recommended economies totaling at least $618,000 a year fro the school system are shown here.