The enclosed pictures were taken during August 1981 on the Beardstown Illinois waterfront showing typical river scenes with the usual amount of tugs and other equipment. The B&N RR bridge in its river mode. The stern-wheel river tug is a locally built boat, original builders and name still showing = LOGSDON = built sometime in the 1930s more details could be obtained. These pictures were taken
Dredging of first cut completed and dredge is about halfway of canal length as it backs out. View is to lower end of canal. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
Houses were reduced to rubble, trees twisted to stumps and streetcars to splinters by the 1896 tornado, as this photograph taken on Lafayette avenue, looking east from Jefferson avenue, reveals.
First biennial report of the condition, budget, and treatment of pupils of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Missouri, presented in the state General Assembly, 1855.
One letter, dated May 2, 1828, to the Honorable James Barbour, regarding the recommendation of Thomas McNight for the appointment of superintendent of the Upper Lead Mines.
Mrs. Alphonso J. Cervantes lights a candle for the birthday boy. Mayor Cervantes celebrated Tuesday with his wife, a trayful of cabled messages from friends and a mini-cake, a gift of Globe-Democrat photographer Jack Fahland.
The Rolling Stones as they appeared on stage Thursday night at the Checkdome. Charlie Watts, drummer for Rolling Stones, seen here in concert at the Arena in 1981, uses Gretsch drums.
Charles Fulks, 5301 Minerva ave., tries out a guitar at the music booth of the E. J. Korvette display. Nearly 100,000 persons attended the Modern Living Show which lasted six days.