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Title: Removal of the Former Southern Pacific Hempstead - Austin Branch Line East of Giddings, Texas
Date: 1982 - 01 - 06
Description: Removal of track, other track material, and ties from the former Southern Pacific Hempstead - Austin branch line at east of Giddings, Texas.

Title: 10,000th New Car Built at Southern Pacific's Sacramento, California Shops
Date: 1954 - 10 - 20
Description: A photograph of the 10,000th railroad car built at Southern Pacific's shop in Sacramento, California.

Title: R. V. Slaton
Date: 1936-06-10
Description: R.V. Slaton, 2329 Virginia avenue, is shown being congratulated by City Judge George G. Vest after Slaton had shown his interest in the crusade against accidents by driving his automobile through the Globe-Democrat Safety Lane , and receiving the sticker of approval. Judge vest is pointing to the sticker of approval given all cars that pass the safety tests.

Title: Globe-Democrat Safety Lane
Date: 1936-06-08
Description: A group of city officials and civic leaders were at the preview of the Globe-Democrat Safety Lane yesterday morning. They were photographed in the Safety Lane just before the first car was officially tested. They included Thomas N. Dystart, president, St. Louis Chamber of Commerce; Walter Ziegenbein, Bendix Products Corporation; Edwin A. Kayser, president, St. Louis Safety Council; R. E. Matthews, manager of the road service department, Automobile Club of Missouri; Capt. Loepker, commanding officer of the Traffic Division of the Police Department; E. Lansing Ray, president of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat; T. E. Doll, Borbein-Young & Co.; Milton B. Strauss, president of the Greater St. Louis Automotive Association, Inc; Fire Chief John J. O'Boyle; George Niekamp of Beck & Corbitt; Joseph A. Schlecht, secretary and manager of the Greater St. Louis Automotive Association, Inc; Alfred Jordan of Hadley Vocational School; Joseph Feuchter, charge of vehicles, Streets and Sewers Division; A. W. Tilley, Bendix Products Corporation; City Judge Joseph Simpson; F. J. Jeffery, assistant superintendent, Board of Education, and Joe Haenny of the Bendix Products Corporation.

Title: Modern Safety Light Standards
Date: 1936-06-07
Description: Modern safety light standards and pedestrian "islands," as proposed by the Committee of Municipal Enforcement of Gov. Guy B. Parks Missouri State Safety Traffic Committee, are shown above. Maj. Albert Bond Lambert, vice president of the St. Louis Police Board, is Chairman of the Municipal Enforcement Committee. An important feature of the recommendations of the state committee is the deflective design of the bases of the standards, which swerve the vehicle away from the light pillars instead of permitting them to the standards.

Title: Southern Pacific Track Construction Near Eagle Pass, Texas
Date: 1981 - 06

Title: Southern Pacific Switch Engines 2725 and 2722 at San Antonio, Texas
Date: 1981 - 11
Description: Southern Pacific switch engines 2725 and 2722 at work in Southern Pacific's East Yard in San Antonio.

Title: Direct Wirephoto Service Inaugurated
Date: 1954-11-20
Description: 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.

Title: Discuss New Downtown Building
Date: 1981-07-02
Description: Discuss new downtown building: Robert A. Mueller, right, of Sverdrup Corp., discusses construction plans on the new 910 North Eleventh Building with two of the building's major tenant, Charles L. Cramer, left, of United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. and Kennett C. Johnson, of Batz-Hodgson-Neuwoehner Inc. Sverdrup is designer and developer of the Convention Plaza buildings due for completion next spring.

Title: Globe-Democrat recipients of the Outstanding Baseball-Track Performers
Date: 1968-06-10, 1968-06-15
Description: Named the first recipients of The Globe-Democrat trophies as the outstanding baseball-track performers in the St. Louis area this spring are Greg Johnson of East St. Louis (Lincoln) and Bernie Boehmer of St. Dominic High School in O'Fallon, Mo. All Smiles at the presentation ceremonies are (left to right) Lincoln track coach George Holliday, Johnson, Boehmer, and St. Dominic athletic director Ed Crenshaw. St. Dominic baseball coach Jerry Boehmer, Bernie's brother, is the Chicago White Sox's club at Appleton, Wis., and was unable to attend.

Title: Look! Up There! It's Torn Loose!
Date: 1969-08-19, 1969-08-20
Description: 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.

Title: SP 8012 1CBSMN - 17 at Riverside, Illinois
Date: 1991 - 06 - 17

Title: All Shook Up
Date: 1981-10-28
Description: IBM Corporation engineer Mike Massey peers through a window at the company in Austin, Texas site as an IBM Displaywriter undergoes vibration testing. The company evaluates its products during various stages of development to determine their ability to withstand jarring.

Title: St. Louis Globe-Democrat April 20, 1888
Date: 1888-04-20

Title: St. Louis Globe-Democrat March 6, 1888
Date: 1888-03-06

Title: International Business Machine Corp. Building
Date: 1981-07-04

Title: The Intermodal Railcar Fleet prior to the Double Stack Revolution
Date: October 20, 2024, October 20, 2024
Description: 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

Title: SP 8142 1CHROM - 19 at Congress Park, Illinois
Date: 1994 - 06 - 19

Title: Taxpayers Seeking Help with their Return
Date: 1979-02-06
Description: The deadline is more than two months away, but taxpayers seeking help with their returns are flocking to Internal Revenue Service offices at 1114 market St. About 600 taxpayers dropped by and 6,500 telephone calls were handled Monday at the downtown office, a spokesman said. The office is slightly busier than last year, the spokesman said, with almost 100,000 telephone calls and 3,500 visits so

Title: They opened Shell Building and found a pearl inside
Date: 1981-03-14
Description: Right: The building's developers would like to see this ground-level area turned into a indoor street with a florist.

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