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Title: Admiral First Deck
Date: 1961
Description: Photograph of the crew of the Admiral with Eads Bridge in the background. Crew includes Jack Chapman (chief engineer), Capt. Cornelius Riemer (mate), Capt. William Streckfus (master), Capt. Herzog (pilot), Capt. William Carroll (alt. master), Bud Messey, Marvin Chapman, and Russell Salvage., p11-3-1-40-13

Title: Eads Bridge-Automatic Toll Collector
Date: 1962-06-22, 1962-06-22
Description: Automatic toll collector on Eads Bridge, put into operation Friday midnight, is watched by attendant Don Alexander and motorist drops toll payment into the basket-like collector.

Title: Eads Bridge-Cleaning Up On The Levee
Date: 1964-01-27, 1964-01-27
Description: Cleaning up on the levee, city workmen cut up a piece of driftwood as they spruce up the area for the bicentennial celebration. Eads Bridge is in the background.

Title: Eads Bridge-Warning Slippery When Wet
Date: 1960-02-07, 1960-02-07
Description: Automobiles use the ramp to enter the Eads Bridge. The sign in the distance seems to come in handy as the streets are wet.

Title: Eads Bridge-Mississippi River Flooding
Date: 1969-05-01, 1969-05-01
Description: The flooding of the land by the Mississippi River creates a scene that resembles a river of signs.

Title: What is the Significance of the Eads Bridge?
Date: 1965-02-02, 1965-02-02
Description: This is one of the questions on the test written by the board of directors of the St. Louis Visitors Center to see how much St. Louisans really know about their city. Pictured above is the Eads Bridge in question.

Title: Eads Bridge-Rising River
Date: 1965-04-05, 1965-04-05
Description: Rapid rise of the Mississippi River (under the Eads Bridge) is illustrated by two pictures taken at the foot of Washington avenue 48 hours apart.

Title: Mississippi Floods Land Under The Eads Bridge
Date: 1965-04-07, 1965-04-07
Description: The Mississippi river (which flows under the pictured Eads Bridge) continues to rise, with a rise of 27 feet expected Thursday morning, 28.2 Friday and 28.8 Saturday.

Title: Smog on the Eads Bridge
Date: 1966-10-26, 1966-10-26
Description: The smog was so thick Wednesday morning that the entire span of the Eads Bridge, foreground, could not be seen, and Veterans Bridge, in background, is barely visible.

Title: Construction on the Riverfront Near Eads Bridge
Date: 1963-02-03, 1963-02-03
Description: The Eads Bridge over the Mississippi river.

Title: Eads Bridge
Date: 1967-01-06, 1967-01-06
Description: Once upon a time Eads Bridge was the Gateway to the West. It joined together the railroads and the highways east and west of that great barrier.

Title: Eads Bridge Repairs To Start in Spring
Date: 1966-03-01, 1966-03-01
Description: Scaffolding that appears as weather-beaten as the bridge itself was photographed Thursday on Eads bridge which the City of St. Louis threatened to close unless repairs are started within 10 days.

Title: Eads Bridge Trolley Station
Date: 1968-02-11, 1968-02-11
Description: The trolley station of the Eads Bridge.

Title: Eads Bridge in Construction
Date: 1964-01-26, 1964-01-26
Description: The fifth in Boehl's series of construction work on the bridge, first over the Mississippi south of the Missouri, shows all three spans joined in 1873.

Title: Building Commissioner Points Out Broken Section On Eads Bridge
Date: 1966-03-01, 1966-03-01
Description: Building Commissioner Kenneth O. Brown points out a broken deteriorated section of the edge of the sidewalk on the west approach to Eads Bridge.

Title: Admiral First Deck
Date: 1961
Description: Photograph of Capt. Bill Streckfus, Capt. Cornelius Riemer (mate), Capt. C. Herzog (pilot), and Jack Chapman (chief engineer) abord the Admiral steamboat., p11-3-1-40-13

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