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Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1937-11-14
Description: November 14, 1937. - Showing pipe line, graded bank, and bank as left by dredge Grafton.

Title: Admiral
Date: 1953-06-03
Description: Excursion steamer (Admiral) passing service base.

Title: Indianola
Date: 1863-03-07
Description: The United States gun-boat Indianola (iron-clad) running the blockade at Vicksburg.

Title: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Date: 1935-07-14, 1941-11-09
Description: The Missouri Botanical Gardens - Known the world over as Shaw's Garden, this is one of the finest such units in the world, second only in size to the famous Kew Gardens in London. It is the gift to the city from Henry Shaw, who started it in 1859 and by his will provided for its perpetuation. Its greenhouses alone cover more than 2 acres and its collection of orchids is the finest in the world.

Title: Agricultural and Mechanical Fair
Date: 1871-10-14
Description: The Great Fair at St. Louis, -- A view of the grounds.

Title: William H. Black at Upper End of Pilot Canal
Date: 1952-09-03
Description: Dredge (William H. Black) working at upper end of Pilot Canal. Station 6+00'. Channel diversion.

Title: Union Station
Date: 1952-03-11
Description: The midway at Union Station was almost deserted last night as a result of the strike of three railroad brotherhoods which has paralyzed operations of the Terminal Railroad Association in St. Louis. All railroads except the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio have suspended passenger service at Union Station.

Title: Str. Buna
Date: 1952-12-14
Description: View of Str. (Buna) attempting to navigate shoal opposite dredge at Burnham Island, mile 37.7.

Title: Tim McCarver
Date: 1963-05-14
Description: TIM McCARVER... ...He's Come A Long Way

Title: Help Pettit Celebrate
Date: 1962-03-03
Description: Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks was honored by the fans last night and members of the 1957-58 Hawk team that won the club's only NBA championship were on hand for the ceremony. In photo are; (left to right) Trainer Bernie Ebert, Cliff Hagan, Jack McMahon, Charley Share, Win Wilfong, Pettit, Slater Martin, Ed Macauley and Ned Park, all members of the squad that won the title.

Title: The Fight at Corney's Bridge
Date: 1863-02-14
Description: The fight at Corney's Bridge, Bayou Teche, Louisiana, and the destruction of the rebel gun-boat "Cotton," January 14, 1863.-Sketched by our special artist.-[see page 103.]

Title: North Shore Country Club
Date: 1973-03
Description: View of North Shore Country Club looking north.

Title: Joseph Griesedieck
Date: 1933, 1958-03-31
Description: When beer came back in 1933, Falstaff was the first brewery in the country to receive a U. S. permit for beer production. Firm's founder, Joseph Griesedieck, right, is shown accepting the number one permit from Internal Revenue Officer Louis Becker.

Title: Harriet M
Date: 1953-09-14
Description: M/V (Harriet M) of the B&M Towing Co. passing dredge (Mile 39.1).

Title: Eugene F. Williams and Dr. Frank R. Bradley, Blue Cross Tops $200 Million
Date: 1961-03-27, 1961-03-27
Description: Eugene F. Williams Jr. (left), chairman of the Blue Cross Board, presents a check for $47,227.63 to Dr. Frank R. Bradley, director of Barnes Hospital, in a ceremony Monday which pushed total Blue Cross payments for care of St. Louis members over the $200,000,000 mark.

Title: Old Masonic Bl'g. Oct. 1886.
Date: 1886-10
Description: 20x16 in photograph of the old Masonic Hall taken in October of 1886.

Title: St. Charles Bill of Lading
Date: 1836-03-09
Description: Receipt for shipment to J. M. Campbell of 1 bale and 1 bundle on the Steamer ST. CHARLES, from St. Louis, Missouri, to Booneville, Missouri, 1836.

Title: Fort Chartres
Date: 1953-03-05
Description: Some of the machinery being removed from the dredge (Fort Chartres) before it is to be sold.

Title: Dacotah Bill of Lading
Date: 1886-11-26
Description: Receipt for shipment on the steamboat Dacotah, for delivery of 25 barrels of M. T. oil, November 26, 1886. Shipment originated at La Grange and was bound for St. Louis.

Title: N L Industries
Date: 1977-11-01, 1986-03-21
Description: Lemay Pollution Case - This was the scene at the NL Industries DeLore plant at 4:30 p.m. Monday, 3.5 hours after the first air pollution red alert ever called in St. Louis County went into effect. The DeLore plant was one of the plants ordered to curb emissions.

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