Title to the Shell Building changed hands last weeks when Nooney Realty Company, St. Louis owner of the Thirteenth and Locust streets building since 1948, merged with a Boston real estate company known as Fifty Associates. Nooney interests acquired stock in the Eastern company in exchange for the building, will continue to manage it.
The Intermodal Railcar Fleet prior to the Double Stack Revolution.A comparison of the Intermodal fleet in 1988 compared to 2024 shows the impact of the double stack container car revolution. In 1988 conventional cars (AAR code P) represented 89% of the fleet whereas in 2024 they represented less than one half of one percent of the fleet. In 1988 the nascent double stack container car (AAR code S
Winners in the afternoon session of the National Spelling Bee are, from left, first row: Denise Kabbaz, Jeffery Allen Graham, Sandra Frey: second row, Mark Leiber, Walter Kempf, Eric Zehnbauer; third row, Jeanne Dulle and Della Bergadine.
A photograph of the Southern Pacific East Yard Control Tower in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph was taken by John Stein on April 24, 2008, the last day the tower was operational.
Winners in Saturday's semi-finals in The Globe-Democrat KTCI Spelling Bee, from left, in front, Donald Mangogna, Mike Markovich, Mark Egley and Roberta Schingech. Second Row, Jean Berger, Peggy Husmann, Teresa Heinze and Maureen Connelley. In back are Fred Bernard and Weldon Cox, moderators.
Direct Associated Press Wirephoto service was inaugurated by the Globe-Democrat yesterday. The new facilities are located on the fifth floor of the Globe-Democrat Building adjoining the news department. John Kinman, AP traffic bureau chief in St. louis, watches August Eimer, an operator, remove a negative from the receiver.
Spectators look at a cornice (circle) which tore loose Tuesday from the Holland Building, 211 North 7th St. In closeup of the area at right, workmen dislodge the crumbling section of terra cotta with a crowbar. A crowd of several hundred watched as the section shattered on the street without doing any substantial damage.