"Jefferson Barracks Historical Park was dedicated yesterday by St. Louis County. At the unveiling of a plaque at the entrance were, from the left: County Judge A. V. Bartelsmeyer, Presiding Judge Luman F. Matthews, Philip Shatts, president Metropolitan Plan Association; B. Cordell Stevens, president of the County Historical Society; J. L. Larson General Services Administration chief; Maj. General U. S. Grant III, Senator James P. Kem and Oliver Blase, St. Louis County Planning Commission chairman."
The area around Gravois and River Des Peres was rather thinly populated even in the era of the "get out and get under" auto. Note the stalled car on south side of the bridge. Cars were built so simply then that nearly everybody who drove was able to make all his own repairs.
Heavy steel guard rails at the curb line protect curves on the east approach to MacArthur Bridge, where three persons have been killed in less than eight days.
Scene at the foot of Washington avenue in 1903 of high water as it appeared the first Sunday in June. Eads Bridge can be faintly seen in upper left hand corner.
A thirty-fifth anniversary reunion was held yesterday by 36 women who is 1915 worked in the sales department of the Busy Bee Candy Company, then located at 417 North Seventh st.
"The Harmoneers, directed by Garland Perry, sang "Caron of the Bells,' 'O Rock in Jerusalem' and 'Go Tell It to the Mountains,' in voices that rang clearly.
The A. and L. Dunn Loan & Mercantile, biggest and oldest pawn shop in St. Louis is going to move from 912 Franklin ave., where it has been located for nearly 78 years, to 526 Pine st.
Ground for a home and recreation center for disabled veterans at Kossuth and Obear avenue was broken yesterday by Patrick J. Dolan, commander of St. Louis Chapter No. 1 of the Disabled American Veterans, which is building the home.