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Title: Dunbar Elementary School
Date: 1965-09-09
Description: Dunbar Elementary School principal Andrew J. Brown examines books which were sprayed with paint by vandals sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday. The school's PTA has offered a $25 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the vandalism. The school is located at 1415 North Garrison ave.

Title: Washington Ave St. Louis
Date: 1960-12-19
Description: Photograph of Washington Ave decorated for the winter holidays.

Title: Percy Green
Date: 1968-04-06
Description: Mid City Community conference at 4007 Delmar blvd. From left around table: Rev. H.J. Glasco, pastor, Mt. Bethel Baptist Church and SCLC representative in St. Louis; Rev. Arthur Marshall, pastor of Metro AME Zion Church; W.M. Bailey, chairman, West End Community conference; Percy Green, ACTION; M. Hatchett, NAACP; Solomon Rook, CORE; Father Francis Soyle, ex. director, Archdiocan commison on Human Rights.

Title: Admiral Exterior
Date: 1968-07-04
Description: Photograph of the Admiral steamboat on the Mississippi River. The Gateway Arch is in the middleground and the St. Louis cityscape is in the background., p11-3-1-40-12

Title: Mail Automat
Date: 1962-11-14, 1962-11-15
Description: Another bygone activity at Union Station: Railway mail service. A new automatic mail-sack handling system which saves $1,000,000 a year, displaces 175 jobs and speeds up mail distribution from trains at St. Louis' Union Station was dedicated Wednesday. Photo above shows the mail coming down hoppers to be dumped into chutes leading to trains.

Title: Admiral - R. Ann Amantea Blum
Date: 1967-08
Description: Photograph of three women standing on the St. Louis levee near the gangplank of the Admiral Steamboat., p11-3-1-41-25

Title: Operation NEAT
Date: 1967-04-03, 1967-04-04
Description: Mayor Alfonso J. Cervabtes (front left) leads an inspecting delegation through an alley between Washington and Delmar boulevards Monday to open Operation NEAT (Neighborhood Effort - Action Today). The mayor's program is designed to solve problems that are causing unsanitary condition and deterioration in neighborhoods. Monday's emphasis was on rat eradication. With Mr. Cervantes are members of inspecting teams in rat eradication, sanitation and building, and members of area beautification committees.

Title: Hazelwood Fire Department
Date: 1962-04-22
Description: PREPARING FOR EASTER EGG HUNT are members of the Hazelwood Fire Department, who are cooking and coloring 240 dozen eggs for the event, which starts at 2 p. m. Sunday behind the Hazelwood City Hall, 9150 Highway 66. They are Charles Hauck of 617 Holiday Ave., chairman of the hunt; Capt. Joseph McNamara, 7113 Fordshire la.; Wayne Sanders, 803 Bellflower dr.; Bernie McGuire, 7109 McGuire la.; and Chief Joseph Eulentrop, 5 Mary Rose ct. Prizes have been donated by merchants and members of the Hazelwood Board of Trustees.

Title: Duncan Bauman and Lee Coffee
Date: 1968-07-08, 1968-07-09
Description: Globe-Democrat Publisher G. Duncan Bauman presents $500 check to Lee Coffee for his first place effort of losing 43 pounds of blubber.

Title: Lady of the Lake
Date: 1963
Description: Lady of the Lake. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 1963.

Title: Jefferson Barracks - Westbound Recruits
Date: 1939-10-13, 1969-10-08
Description: "Pre-war recruits leave from Jefferson Barracks railroad station bound for the West Coast in 1939."

Title: Arcadia Ballroom
Date: 1968-05-26
Description: A shot of the entire Arcadia Ballroom.

Title: Flag Pole
Date: 1963-11-22
Description: A shot of the flag pole on top of the Armory building.

Title: Flag Pole
Date: 1963-11-22
Description: A shot of the flag pole on top of the Armory building.

Title: Fortifications
Date: 1961-08-13
Description: Fortifications thrown up to protect the United States Arsenal at St. Louis, Missouri.

Title: 17th and Pine Building
Date: 1960-08-07
Description: This building is the old armory at 17th and Pine st. It was the home of the First Regiment, N.G.M.

Title: Anheuser-Busch Brewery - Celebratory Arch
Date: 1899, 1964-02-29
Description: A decorative arch, put in place for the visiting Elks, as pictured at Anheuser-Busch Brewery in 1899. Image from St. Louis Mercantile Library collections.

Title: Another Old Building Bites the Dust
Date: 1960-07-12
Description: Another old building bites the dust as a headache ball batters down the old Battery A Armoy at Grand avenue Rutger street to make way for the new David P. Wohl Health Institute.

Title: Anheuser-Busch Brewery - Elks Clebratory Arch
Date: 1899, 1964-02-29
Description: Two original captions: "This is the Anheuser-Busch brewery, photographed in 1899, with a decorative arch in place in honor of visiting Elks, who held their national convention in St. Louis in June of that year. Malt house and grain elevators may be seen in the background." "The Anheuser-Busch brewery in 1899. The decorative arch welcomed visiting Elks who held their convention in St. Louis in June of that year. The bank partly visible at right is the Old South Side Trust Company."

Title: Battery A Headquarters
Date: 1960-08-07
Description: This 1896 picture of Battery A headquarters on 1221 South Grand blvd. at Hickory st. was taken when the building was brand new.

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