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Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1937-11-14
Description: November 14, 1937. - Looking dowstream from old concrete pier at Grand Tower.

Title: He Knows His Onions--Jefferson Barracks
Date: 1937-07-06, 1937-07-06
Description: This young soldier is working over a tearful panful of onions, but doesn't seem to mind it. Learning "to take it" is one of the first lessons of the young soldiers, and St. Louis business leaders, desiring men with such character training have employed so many members of the Sixth Infantry who have completed their terms that the regiment is now short-handed and is making an effort to obtain recruits among the higher type young men of this vicinity.

Title: Another Day, Another Shave--Jefferson Barracks
Date: 1937-07-06, 1937-07-06
Description: "We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards, too, but single men in barracks, most remarkable like you." runs one of Kipling's poems. These two soldiers, performing their abulutions at Jefferson Barracks, give truth to the word as they look most familiar at these everyday tasks.

Title: Members Take Leave
Date: 1937-08-23
Description: Members of Sixth Infantry preparing to leave for Arcadia, MO., on motorized hike.

Title: Army Trucks In Street
Date: 1937-08-24
Description: At top, the preperation; in the lower photo, the "march."

Title: Check And Double Check
Date: 1937-07-06
Description: A soldier's appearance and eqipment must b perfect at inspection preceding changing of the guard.

Title: Hobnails VS. Pumps
Date: 1937-07-27
Description: Citizens-soldiers at Jefferson Barracks wear regulation hobnail shoes onto the dance floor, and their partners don't seem to mind, although the results to dainty dancing slippers are sometimes disastrous.

Title: "And So I Said To the top Sergeant, I Said…"
Date: 1937-07-27
Description: Stories of the hardships of camp life, of exploits on the baseball diamond and of life back home circulate freelyat C.M.T.C. dances.

Title: Off For the Dance In Army "Taxi"
Date: 1937-07-27
Description: Twenty covered army trucks, each seating 20 youn women, are used convey visitors, from South Grand boulevard to the C.M.T.C. dances at Jefferson Barracks.

Title: The "Elevator Dance" (No Steps)
Date: 1937-07-27
Description: Soft drinks are in order to keep the conversation alive when the music stops at C.M.T.C. dances.

Title: A Date With The Sandman
Date: 1937-07-27
Description: After twoand one-half hours of dancing with C.M.T.C. youths, fatigue manifests itself.

Title: A Beau And A Belle
Date: 1937-07-27
Description: Pausing between numbers on the dance floor, this young Romeo holds the hand of a fair Juliet.

Title: Time To GO Home
Date: 1937-07-27
Description: The dance is over at 10:30 p.m. and no encores are permitted.

Title: Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Storage Cellar
Date: 1937-10-03, 1937-10-03
Description: Storage cellar at 1920 Shenandoah avenue, recently completed at a reported cost of $250,000 for the Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Co.

Title: Between Dances
Date: 1937-07-27
Description: As young women are not permitted to leave the dance floor, intermission finds couples occupying space wherever it is availible inside the pavillion.

Title: For The Romantically Inclined
Date: 1937-07-27
Description: C.M.T.C. dances don't encourage moonlight and roses between dances.

Title: The Old Klausmann Brewery
Date: 1937-04-20, 1937-04-20
Description: The old Klausmann Brewery at South Broadway and Loren street, which in pre-prohibition days was one of the largest operating in St. Louis, will be razed to save taxes.

Title: Donaldson Court Apartment After Remodeling
Date: 1937-07-11, 1937-07-11
Description: Before an extensive modernization program the Donaldson Court Apartment, on the northwest corner of Westgate avenue and Delmar boulevard, University City, suffered a loss of income because of its outmoded appearance and divided shops.

Title: Donaldson Court Apartment Shops
Date: 1937-07-11, 1937-07-11
Description: After its cement facade had been removed and a modern structural glass front installed, surmounted with ornamental brick and Terra-cotta, the Donaldson Court Apartments readily attracted tenants for its shops.

Title: New Army Blue Dress For Jefferson Barracks Officers
Date: 1937-04-17, 1937-04-17
Description: New dress uniform for enlisted men is exhibited by Staff Sergeant George R. Johnson (second, left) Corp. Massengill (second, right) and Corp. George E. Francis (right). The general color scheme is the same, with the insignia in various colors indicating the branch of the service: light blue for the infantry, scarlet for the artillery and yellow for the calvary.

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