The Tijuana & Tecate Railway (T&T) connected the western and eastern ends of the Southern Pacific's subsidiary, the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway. The T&T's trackage and facilities were located solely in Mexico, and the T&T was a subsidiary of Southern Pacific until July 1, 1970.
The Globe-Democrat's high school athletes of 1974-75 gathered recently to swap stories and talk of future plans. They are (from left) Jerome Heavens of Assumption (football), Hazelwood East's Al Olmstead (baseball), Triad's Brad Droy (basketball) and Sumner's Oscar Harvey (track).
Robert L. Coe, sales manager of Union Electric Company, congratulated the price winners in the table-setting contest. From the left are Mrs. W. F. McLean, Mrs. James F. Williams, Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, who presented the awards; Mrs. Eugene A. Erker and Mrs. J. Edward Sommers.
Convent of Good Shepard 3801 Gravois is a grim-looking four-story building that houses love and understanding that have reclaimed thousands of St. Louis girls in the last 100 years. The love and understanding that troubled teenage girls have found fo r73 years in the grim-faced fortress at 3801 Gravois Ave. soon will be offered at a gleaming nine-building complex being built on a bluff
The Kearney Company, a division of Kearney-National, Inc., has completed a $250,000 modernization program with remodeling of the exterior and interior of the office and an expansion of the plant, above. The Kearney Company has been serving the electric utility industry since 1936. The company recently expanded sales and service into industrial and commercial markets with a now series of group
This video is a conversation between Alan Laird and Bill Fowler. They discuss the life of Levy Laird, a remarkable African-American who was a cook on the Southern Pacific passenger trains for more than thirty years. Alan Laird tells a poignant story about his father, Levy Laird, whose ancestors were enslaved persons in Louisiana and his (Levy's) journey from rural Louisiana to become a respected member of the African-American community of Oakland, California.