George Caleb Bingham painted this copy after Gilbert Stuart's portrait of First Lady Martha Washington, leaving it unfinished as Stuart had done; 30 inches high x 24 inches wide, gift of the artist.
George Caleb Bingham painted this copy after Gilbert Stuart's portrait of President George Washington, leaving it unfinished as Stuart had done; 30 inches high x 24 inches wide, gift of the artist.
Long job confronts painters putting a new white coat on the 230-foot stack of the Hardy Salt Company, a landmark for 41 years at 800 South Vandeventer ave. The tapered, reinforced concrete structure is the tallest stack in St. Louis it measures 16 feet 8 inches at the base and 10 feet 10 inches at the top.
This building at 4144 Lindell Blvd. is now known as The Insurance Exchange Building to make the name more representative of the various insurance operations housed there. It formerly was known as The General Insurors Building.
"Merrell Laboratory, Inc. recently moved to this new plant located at 1330 North Roch Hill Road in St. Louis County. The new facility features a 3 1/2-acre landscaped tract and is equipped with complete receiving and shipping facilities. Merrell Laboratory engages in private label cosmetics manufacturing and serves as consultants in this and related fields."
"Construction officials, army officers and representatives of the Military Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives watched workmen pour the 435,900th yard of concrete at the small arms ammunition plant yesterday as the plant nears completion."