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Title: The Arsenal and Its Bearing On The Civil War
Date: 1961-08-13
Description: 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.

Title: Anheuser-Busch Brewery - 1883 Expansion
Date: 1964-10-04, 1964-10-04
Description: Advertisement describing rapid expansion of Anheuser-Busch plant in the 1880s.

Title: Charles H. Yalem Children's Zoo
Date: 1969-06-13
Description: Photograph of visitors watching animals swim in a pond at the Charles H. Yalem Children's Zoo.

Title: Yearbook of Railroad Facts 1966
Date: 1966, 1966
Description: Railroad statistics compiled by the Association of American Railroads for the year 1966.

Title: M-389 St. Louis Breweries Collection

Title: Admiral Meal Ticket
Date: 1968-08-01
Description: Meal ticket/check used aboard the Admiral steamboat., p3boats-3

Title: Plan for Downtown St. Louis
Date: 1960

Title: River Queen
Description: 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.

Title: Admiral Cargo
Date: 1967-08
Description: Photograph of Ed Dinan in the cargo section of the Admiral steamboat.

Title: River Queen
Description: 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.

Title: Bob Gibson
Date: 1963-04-07
Description: Photograph of Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson entering the windup.

Title: Charles Koen
Date: 1968-09-07, 1968-11-20
Description: 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.

Title: Gibons in Drydock
Date: 1966-07-10, 1966-07-12
Description: 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.

Title: Gateway Arch
Date: 1965-12-08, 1965-12-10
Description: 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.

Title: Admiral in Saint Louis
Date: 1964
Description: View of Admiral steamboat and Arch under construction, autumn 1964.

Title: James L. Williams
Date: 1967-12-30
Description: Photograph of STC towboat JAMES L. WILLIAMS. 12-30-67.

Title: Stix , Baer & Fuller Department Store
Date: 1968-11-30
Description: Huge crowd crossing street at 7th and Washington downtown Friday as the biggest shopping Day of 1968 resulted in stores packed to the doors.

Title: B-1 John W. Barriger III Collection
Date: 1984
Description: The working library of noted railroad executive John W. Barriger III (1899-1976) was acquired in 1982, the generous donation of his family. Widely recognized as one of the twentieth century's best-known and most distinguished railroad executives, Mr. Barriger was also an avid scholar, book collector, and photographer. His collection of books, papers, photographs, and memorabilia - collected over an active career of 50 years - forms the nucleus of the Library's railroad collections, one of the largest rail transportation collections in the world.

Title: Detective Checks For Fingerprints At Mercantile Trust Company
Date: 1960-12-02, 1960-12-03
Description: Teller's cage no. 62 is checked by Detective Fred Henke for fingerprints. Adjoining cages were unoccupied at the time of the holdup.

Title: "Give Me The Money In Right Draw"--Mercantile Trust Co.
Date: 1960-12-02, 1960-12-02
Description: Note used by bandits was apparently made with letters cut from a magazine. This note was left at Mercantile Trust Company Bank.

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