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Title: Union Station
Date: 1960-11-13
Description: Building of the Union Station and the opening in 1894 received elaborate coverage in The Globe-Democrat under McCullagh's direction.

Title: Ted Williams and Willie Mays
Date: 1966-07-12
Description: Photograph of Ted Williams, player for the Boston Red Sox, and Willie Mays, of the San Francisco Giants, laughing together.

Title: St. Louis Zoo Monkey Show
Date: 1944-05
Description: Photograph of a monkey show at the St. Louis Zoo with monkeys riding on the backs of ponies.

Title: Phil the Gorilla
Date: 1959-06-02, 1959-06-03
Description: Phil the gorilla, as impressive in death as he was in life, still draws crowds at the St. Louis Zoo, where the mounted figure is on display in the Old Elephant House, next door to the ape house where he lived before his death last December. The massive figure, standing erect in a characteristic pose, holds the fascinated gaze of three young visitors, Karen, 3, and Debra Hartman, 5, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lyode Hartman, 943 St. Charles st., St. Charles, Mo., and Pam Karrenbrock, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Karrenbrock, Wentzville, Mo.

Title: Union Station
Date: 1972-08-18, 1972-08-19
Description: "Trains used to be in and out of here all day and night but now there are only three a day" —Edward Dodson, supervisor of red caps at Union Station.

Title: Stu Miller
Date: 1956-04-15
Description: Miller, Stuart. Baseball 1952.

Title: Superjam '80
Date: 1980-06-29
Description: About 40,000 rock and rollers at Busch Stadium for Superjam '80.

Title: St. Louis Zoo Pandas
Description: Photograph of a large crowed of visitors watching a panda and its zookeeper from behind a fence at the St. Louis Zoo.

Title: Miles Davis
Date: 1969-08-04
Description: Hometown boy makes good, and all that jazz: Miles Davis, trumpter extraordinaire, who'll be among the headlines at the St. Louis Jazz Festival August 16 at Kiel Auditorium, hails from Alton, Ill., and learned to play trumpet in and around St. Louis.

Title: Mrs. Edgar R. Rombauer
Date: 1933-10-16
Description: Photograph of Irma Rombauer, wife of St. Louis lawyer Edgar Rombauer. Irma was author of the American cookbook, "The Joy of Cooking."

Title: Riviera Club St. Louis
Date: 1947-11-23
Description: A near riot resulted yesterday when teenagers flocked to see Frankie Laine, Cab Calloway, Dinah Washington and Cootie Williams at a free show given at Club Riviera, 4460 Delmar bl. The club was damaged in the rush, although there was no vandalism.

Title: Union Station Worker
Date: 1977-09-12
Description: Photograph of a Union Station worker pushing a cart with passengers' luggage.

Title: Ike and Tina Turner
Date: 1970-10-24
Description: One of the most exciting, fastest-rising groups in show biz is coming to town - the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, which will be appearing Sunday evening at 8 at Kiel Auditorium. They got their start right here in St. Louis as regulars at George Edick's Club Imperial and became so successful locally that they headed for the West Coast, where they hit the fame and fortune jackpot r-r-r-eally (sic) big.

Title: St. Louis Zoo Gorilla
Date: 1958-06, 1984-03-27
Description: Photograph of Phil the gorilla and his tire in an indoor exhibit at the St. Louis Zoo.

Title: Bob Pettit
Date: 1958
Description: Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks sits with a towel around his shoulders.

Title: Girls of One of the Gymnasium Classes
Date: 1958-05-16, 1958-05-25
Description: Girls of one of the gymnasium classes engage in a game of softball on one of the playing fields at Harris Teachers College, with the main school building in the background.

Title: Ned Garver
Date: 1951-11-06, 1982-05-11
Description: Hard work usually paves the way to success and great demand. That just about explains why officals of five clubs are knocking each other over as they hammer at Bill Veeck's door trying to land Ned Garver, who notched 20 victories for the last-place Browns in 1951.

Title: St. Louis Zoo Lion Show
Date: 1947-05-23, 1947-06-15
Description: In the lion's pit at the St. Louis Zoo, three megal beasts extend a greeting at the behest of their trainer.

Title: Washington Ave St. Louis
Date: 1962-09-18, 1962-09-18
Description: Center lane loading of express busses on downtown Washington avenueat peak rush hours provides a safety zone for passengers in the middle of the street, but eliminates a badly-needed traffic lane when the need is greatest.

Title: Lou Brock
Date: 1980-06-25
Description: Reissued 1985-01-08.

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