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."
It is filled columns of the nation's newspapers for months. This sketch of the Arsenal, by artist of Harper's Weekly, has the Home Guards lounging about the spacious lawn of the reservation. These volunteer troops were called the "black guards" by Southern sympathetizers in St. Louis.
RIVER QUEEN sunk at Saint Louis, Missouri, Dec. 2, 1967. Formerly the CAPE GIRARDEAU and GORDON C. GREENE. Last packet boat built at Howard Shipyards (b. 1923). Looking north.
RIVER QUEEN sunk at Saint Louis, Missouri, Dec. 2, 1967. Formerly the CAPE GIRARDEAU and GORDON C. GREENE. Last packet boat built at Howard Shipyards (b. 1923). Photo by Bob Seals.
Battle of Police, Militants Subsides Into Verbal Feud: At Black Liberator's press conference Friday, from left, are Charles Keonm head of the group; Leroy Cooks and Robert Curtis, attorney for the Liberatros.
Cardinal trainer Bob Bauman examined the ailing right arm of Red Bird pitching star Bob Gibson Monday at Busch Memorial Stadium. Gibson was scratched from the National League All-Star team Sunday because of a stiff elbow on this throwing arm.
OBLIVIOUS OF THE HEIGHT AND DANGERS involved, two men scrub down a section near the top of the Gateway Arch while a third hoses off the soap. Huge scaffolds are being used but workers hopped off while cleaning near the top of the curving structure to give its stainless steel skin its initial scrub-down. A picture-story of Operation Clean-up atop the 630-foot Arch is on Page 108.