Watching the lock walls rise beside them, the Delta Queen's passengers are all well aware that they are experiencing the final act in a chapter of American history. How sad to think that future generations may well be deprived of this unique mode of travel and escape from our society's breakneck pace.
The Delta Queen approaches Lock 26 at Alton, downbound on her last trip before being taken out of overnight passenger service. The Queen made a stately and forlorn appearance as she eased into the locks, heightened by the melancholy mood of a still early morning haze.
Amusement park fire under inquiry: Firemen, silhouetted against blazing amusement rides at the Chain of Rocks Fun Fair Park, fight the fire which caused an estimated $180,000 in damage.
Photograph of baseball executive Ford Frick and New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel together at the 1957 All-Star game. The two are smiling as Frick crosses his fingers.
Workers remodel the lobby inside the terminal at Union Station. The station is the source of many golden memories for Missourians, who are sharing them with redevelopers.