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Title: The Century Theater
Date: 1949-11-27, 1949-11-27
Description: The Century Theater opened its new building at Ninth and Olive in 1896.

Title: Jefferson Barracks - Old Guard House
Date: 1890, 1949-11-06
Description: the 1900s. Spurred by stories of low morale at the Barracks, a reporter enlisted in the 1890s and then deserted. The natural course of events followed and soon his newspaper was publishing the inside story of the army life. Before long soldiers' pay was upped and many structures were rebuilt. The Spanish-American War further emphasized the need for modernization and by 1905 all but one of the old

Title: West Approach of Eads Bridge
Date: 1949-08-21, 1949-08-21
Description: The land west of the Eads Bridge.

Title: The Completed Eads Bridge
Date: 1949-09-11, 1949-09-11
Description: Pictured here is the completed Eads bridge in 1874.

Title: The Progress of Eads Bridge
Date: 1949-09-11, 1949-09-11
Description: An 1875 photo by Boehl shows the progress of the structural work.

Title: Boating in Forest Park
Date: 1949-09-04
Description: Boating in Forest Park was as popular before the turn of the century as it is today. The derbied beau brummels of the 90s were considered somewhat daring when they allowed their feminine companions to row the heavy boats.

Title: Meramec Basin, Missouri
Date: 1949-02
Description: Meramec Basin, Missouri. Basin Map showing proposed reserviors.

Title: Map of Sewer Districts
Date: 1949
Description: Map of City of St. Louis. Sewer design section. Office of the President - Board of Public Service.

Title: Gandy Dancers
Date: 1949
Description: An image of railroad employees working on a track with a Great Northern steam locomotive passing behind them in a landscape setting.

Title: Dock Side, Seattle (On the Waterfront)
Date: 1949
Description: An image of a train on the railway at a port city surrounded by buildings, people, and mountains in the background.

Title: Czechoslovak Society of America Get-Together, 1949
Date: 1949
Description: The thirteenth annual Get-Together of the Czechoslovak Society of America, 1949. The Get-Together took place at National Hall located on Dolman and Allen avenues. National Hall was built in 1890, and it was the home of the lodges of several Czech benevolent organizations, including what is now CSA Fraternal Life which was previously known as the Czechoslovak Society of America. The National Hall

Title: Casting Punching, A Champion Needs Accuracy
Date: 1949-01-31
Description: Casting or punching, a champion needs accuracy, and Charles Schall (left), winner of the Globe-Democrat all-around casting championship yesterday at Kiel Auditorium, points the way to Charles Arado (second from left), while Ed Albenesius, last year's casting champion, attempts to show Glen Branson how it is done.

Title: Fullerton Building
Date: 1949-09-25, 1965-03-28
Description: "Fullerton Building -- built in 1897 for Mr. Joseph Scott Fullerton, Gen. in the Civil War. It was one of the first steel and concrete constructed fire proof buildings. It was then and still is office building. The building of buff brick and terra cotte trimming has been improved greatly in the last two years and two of the fast most modern push button electric elevators in St. Louis have been

Title: A Curious Crowd
Date: 1949-03-17
Description: A curious crowd (left) gathered yesterday in front of the Franklin Loan and Mercantile Company, 1400 Franklin, where a city detective, William J. O'Brien, was killed and two proprietors of the pawn shop were wounded by two holdup men.

Title: Gamble Community Center Building
Date: 1949-12-15, 1949-12-15
Description: A Television Set presented to the Gamble Community Center, Gamble Street at Glasgow Avenue, by the Exchange Club of St. Louis was viewed under audience conditions yesterday by officials of the club and city. Standing from left are: Cabell Gray, treasurer; Fred McNeill, vice president; E. Earl Spencer, president; John A. Turner, superintendent of recreation for the city; Edgar R. Vaughn, district governor of the club; John J. O'Toole Director of Public Welfare for the city, and John B. Skinner, secretary of the club.

Title: Start-Up
Date: 1949
Description: An image of a train leaving a train station from a town with buildings and mountains in the background.

Title: The Audichron
Date: 1949-10-20
Description: Automatic machine which tells the time to telephone callers night and dry, was geared yesterday to carry Community Chest messages through the chest drive for $4,785,000.

Title: Finance docket no. 16130 : Iberia, St. Mary & Eastern Railroad Company et al. trustee abandonment.
Date: 1948-12-09, 1949-02-08

Title: Finance docket no. 15914 : Southern Pacific Railroad Company et al. abandonment.
Date: 1949-03-29, 1949-05-10

Title: Finance docket no. 16338 : Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railway Company receiver abandonment.
Date: 1949-01-11, 1949-01-26

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