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Title: Bighorn, Montana, Cora
Date: 1865-12-16
Description: Steamers BIGHORN, MONTANA, CORA. Breaking of the ice, St. Louis, 1865 (Dec. 16). Sam G. Smith.

Title: Ned Garver
Date: 1951-11-06, 1982-05-11
Description: Hard work usually paves the way to success and great demand. That just about explains why officals of five clubs are knocking each other over as they hammer at Bill Veeck's door trying to land Ned Garver, who notched 20 victories for the last-place Browns in 1951.

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: 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: Cold Turkey?
Date: 1975-11-28
Description: Enjoying Thanksgiving dinner and all the trimmings outside Busch Memorial Stadium Thursday are Big Red fans Tom Burnham, Ken Bushart, Jim Perry, Joe Perry, John Hubbard and Jerry Perry. Indigestion came later when the Buffalo Bills feasted on the Cardinals, 32-14.

Title: Residents of Pruitt-Igoe
Date: 1968-11-09
Description: Residents of Pruitt-Igoe await their turns at their new medical center in their neighborhood.

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: Tennessee Bill of Lading
Date: 1898-09-16
Description: Bill of lading for shipment on the steamboat Tennessee for delivery of goods to Jim White at Clifton, Tennessee. Goods were transported from Paducah, Kentucky, September 16, 1898. M. Michael & Bro. Co., wholesale harness and sadlery, buggies, carts, etc.

Title: Dredge Grafton
Date: 1942-04-16
Description: Dredge Grafton in operation, looking upstream.

Title: Kenton R. Cravens
Date: 1965-07-16
Description: Kenton R. Cravens, chairman of the board of the Mercantile Trust Company, has ben elected a member of the board of directors of the Granite Steel Company.

Title: St. Louis Zoo Seal Show
Date: 1977-05-11
Description: Photograph of a seal playing a set of horns while its trainer holds out a microphone at the St. Louis Zoo. In the background is a seated group of visitors coming to see the show.

Title: Gioacchino Rossini
Date: 1867-11-09
Description: The great Italian Composer.

Title: Loading a Mississippi Steamer at East St. Louis, At Night, By the Aid of the Electric Light
Date: 1882-11-25
Description: Image from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper from November 25, 1882. The sketch by Charles Upham depicts workers carrying large bags onto a steamboat under the supervision of a well dressed man with a cane. A large light is positioned on the right and the men cast shadows upon the ground.

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: 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: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1937-11-12
Description: November 12, 1937. - Dredge Rock Island working Ste. Genevieve. Station 295-00 to about station 304-00.

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.

Title: Claude Tully and Charles Norwell
Date: 1953-11-23
Description: M/V (Claude Tully) passing Dredge. The M/V (Charles Norwell), also of Patton Tully is in tow and being taken to St. Louis Ship Building Co. to be re-engined (Mile 156).

Title: Capitol Barn Dance
Date: 1924-01-16
Description: Big Barn Danse Wed. Nite Jan 16th

Title: Elisha Woods
Date: 1953-06-11
Description: M/V (Elisha Woods) passing service base.

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Mercantile Library Collections Directory

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