A tour to inspect the redevelopment program was part of the itinerary here yesterday of a Pittsburgh civic leader, Arthur B. Van Buskirk (left). He inspects area at Fourteenth and Carr streets with, from left, Saul Dubinsky, chairman of the City Plan Commission; James E. Crowe, city-counselor, and Ethan A. H. Sheplay of Civic Progress, Inc. The site is being considered for industrial redevelopment.
Showing completed canal and the plug that separates the old and new channels, which will be blasted out October 4, 1952. Stern of dredge (William H. Black) is shown. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
on one side part of what it gained at the other back in 1929 when 10 new tracks were added at the west side of the train shed. In those days, an average of 650 trains used to station every day. Nowadays, the average is slighty over 100.
Showing new Canvass laced on side of stage used brass grommets and brass screw --- canvass its light green color. Like sample you saw only NO. 8 - which is heavier lettering - is in white with black and red ------- - here back many say it\u2019s a nifty sign.
Phil the gorilla, as impressive in death as he was in life, still draws crowds at the St. Louis Zoo, where the mounted figure is on display in the Old Elephant House, next door to the ape house where he lived before his death last December. The massive figure, standing erect in a characteristic pose, holds the fascinated gaze of three young visitors, Karen, 3, and Debra Hartman, 5, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lyode Hartman, 943 St. Charles st., St. Charles, Mo., and Pam Karrenbrock, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Karrenbrock, Wentzville, Mo.
Hometown boy makes good, and all that jazz: Miles Davis, trumpter extraordinaire, who'll be among the headlines at the St. Louis Jazz Festival August 16 at Kiel Auditorium, hails from Alton, Ill., and learned to play trumpet in and around St. Louis.
Bill of lading from the M. Michael & Bro. Co. of Paducah, Kentucky, for 1 box saddlery, 3 sacks collars, 1 bundle hames, and 1 package whips. Delivery by the M. Michael & Bro. Co., wholesale harness and saddlery, buggies, carts, etc. to St. Francis, Arkansas. July 19th, 1898.
Charles Binaggio was leader if a Kansas City Democratic faction. He was at a time an underling of the late Boss Tom Pendergast. Later he opposed the once-powerful Pendergast organization. He was a witness before a federal grand jury investigating underworld activities shortly before his death.