"Photograph of an oil painting of the two-room log cabin, which was the first American Mother House of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Attic sleeping quarters were reached by an outside ladder, as shown. The cabin convent was on the site of the present Mother House, 6400 Minnesota Avenue, St. Louis, Mo., where the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the order in America will be observed in mid-April."
"Outside view of the Holy Family Chapel at the Mother House, 6400 Minnesota Avenue, St. Louis, Mo., where the majority of the solemn religious exercises will be held in connection with the observance, in mid-April, of the one-hundredth anniversary of the establishment, in America, of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet."
"Eastern view of the present Mother House, 6400 Minnesota Avenue, St. Louis, Mo., where the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment, in America, of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, will be celebrated in mid-April."
Manuscript lease indenture between John Scudder and Benjamin L. Turnbull to lease the Missouri Hotel in St. Louis. The manuscript, dated November 15, 1836, contains witness signatures and an inventory of hotel goods, including feather-beds, lamps, linens, and a Franklin stove. The document indicates the property will be used as a tavern or house of entertainment, and a list of payments is
"Emergency pollution control crews worked to clean a potentially serious oil spill from the River Des Peres as attempts were made to patch its sources at the Great Lakes Carbon Corp. coke plant on the South Side Thursday. The oil has been leaking into the river from a lagoon that contains an estimated 3 million gallons of waste products, authorities said. Carl Walter, chairman of an environmental response team investigating the incident, estimated that several hundred gallons of oil have leaked through the eastern side of the lagoon since at least Monday. 'But while it is small in quantity, it could pose potentially serious problems,' he said."
Card sent out by John McCain 2008 in support of then-presidential candidate John McCain. On the front of the card is a family seated at a table looking forward. In the bottom left corner, "McCain" is printed in blue with a yellow bar separated in the middle with a star above. Printed below McCain is "Biezczat Family, Las Vegas, NV." The back of the card has a statement regarding McCain's policies
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.