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Title: An "Old College Try" Went Away
Date: 1951-09-24
Description: "[continued from title] for the Cubs in the second inning of yesterdays twin-bill opener with the Cardinals at Sportsmans Park. Catcher Harry Chiti (No. 32) and Third Baseman Ransom Jackson (No. 2) of Chicago both streaked dangerously near the Cardinal dugout in pursuit of a foul fly off the bat of Stan Musial, but the ball fell for a strike before Musial forced Red Schoendienst at second base on

Title: Stop Thief!
Date: 1951-07-27
Description: "Pitcher Tom Poholsky tags out home plate bandit Willie Jones for the last out in the fifth inning of the Cards' game with the Phils last night at Sportsmans Park. Jones attempted the steal after Poholsky made a bad throw to Catcher Bill Sarni. Poholsky covered the scoring dish and thwarted the theft."

Title: These Were The Cardinals Of 1926, The City's First Champions
Date: 1951-06-24
Description: , Third Baseman Lester Bell, Scout Jack Ryan, Outfielder Ray Blades, Shortstop Tommy Thevenow, Dr. Harrison J. weaver, trainer who took over in 1927, and Butch Yatkeman, equipment manager now but batboy then. They'll be at Sportsmans Park this afternoon."

Title: Can't Wait to Get Their Papers
Date: 1959-06-01
Description: "Doing a brisk business as The Globe-Democrat reappears on St. Louis streets is Nathan Reeves, news vendor at Eighth street and Washington avenue. Theater crowds swarmed around his stand as the first papers arrived and he quickly sold out as did other newsboys throughout the city."

Title: P-094 Milroy, Henry Bruce Diary
Date: 1836
Description: This diary documents Rebecca and Henry Bruce Milroy’s convalescent journey from Washington County, Indiana to Natchez Mississippi, as well as Henry’s return trip after his wife’s death. The 42 page diary includes near daily entries from October 26, 1836 to January 1, 1837. The author describes several towns they pass through, places they stay, steamboats they take passage aboard, people they

Title: Miss Helen Louis Graves
Date: 1960-12-12
Description: Miss Helen Louis Graves, a recipient of the Globe-Democrat Women of Achievement Award, sits at a piano.

Title: Mrs. C. Oscar Lamy
Date: 1960-12-12
Description: Mrs. C. Oscar Lamy, a Globe-Democrat Woman of Achievement, sits at a desk next to flowers and a telephone.

Title: Parking Lot at 12th and Cole Streets
Date: 1953-10-9
Description: This photo shows a building as it is being demolished at 12th and Cole Streets in preparation for a parking lot. Next to the soon to be empty lot is the KWK radio station with a lot filled with cars. Behind the half-demolished building is a tall radio tower.

Title: Rising Water Along Riverside
Date: 1958-07-21
Description: Water began getting high along the riverfront. The Harbor Master's building shows the current water line stage. This image was taken from moored barge, for of Market.

Title: Guests Laughing Together Before the Luncheon
Date: 1961-01-24
Description: "Sharing a joke before the luncheon begins are, from left: the Rev. Eugene P.Murphy S.J.; Mrs. William Davis Gunter, daughter of Mrs. C. Oscar Lamy, 1960 Woman of Achievement; Mr. Gunter and Mrs. John Barlow."

Title: Two Women Entering the Women of Achievement Luncheon Wearing Fur Coats
Date: 1961-01-24
Description: "In the foyer of the Khorassan room are Miss Margaret Shapleigh (left) and Mrs. W. K. Clutton."

Title: A Former Woman of Achievement and Friend
Date: 1961-01-24
Description: "Looking forward to the luncheon are Mrs. Edwin M. Clark (left), 1956 Woman of Achievement, and Mrs. Robert N. Arthur."

Title: Friends of a Woman of Achievement
Date: 1961-01-24
Description: "Friends of Mrs. G. Chabourne Taylor are Miss Gloria Oberstein (left) and Mrs. Edward C. Simmons."

Title: New Box Seats at Muny Opera
Date: 1960-05-29
Description: "New box seats at Muny opera get a coat of paint as members of the dancing chorus look on during a break in rehearsals for the first production, which opens June 9. The girls are (left to right) Sandra Simpson, Kathleen Shipp, Charlene Mehl and Renita Cozean. The painters are members of Local 46 of the Painters Union. There are 914 new stadium type box seats, which replace the old temporary seats. larger and more comfortable, they are being painted light green to match a new coat of paint on the floor of the section."

Title: "Brigadoon" Rehearsal
Date: 1950-06-08
Description: "Three of the principals in 'Brigadoon,' which opens the Muny Opera's thirty-second season tonight, get off for a bit of private practice in a corner of the new rehearsal hall. They are James Mitchell, Virginia Bosler and Olga Lunick. At right is a view of the imposing exterior of the new structure, part of a $750,000 expansion program at the theater."

Title: Postal Workers Sending a Message
Date: 1957-08-30
Description: "Two king-size postcards were mailed to President Eisenhower yesterday by postal employees of St. Louis and St. Louis County, urging him to approve legislation to increase postal workers' salaries 26 cents an hour. The cards, measuring 15 pounds each and required $7.24 postage each. They were signed by 3000 of the 5000 postal employees in the area."

Title: Small Arms Plant Inspection
Date: 1953-03-13
Description: "An inspection of the Small Arms Plant, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., was made by 16 journalists and government specialties from nine Atlantic Treaty organization countries. They arrived Wednesday for a four-day visit as part of a tour sponsored by the Department of State, Department of Defense and the Mutual Security Agency. Maj. W. C. Vaughan (man with hat), commanding officer of the plant, conducted

Title: Testimonial Dinner
Date: 1960-04-15
Description: "Testimonial dinner proceeds are presented by joseph P. Holloran, co-chairman of the committee which arranged the affair, to Mother Aurelia Mary of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Looking on at the ceremony in the clock tower courtyard of their convent at 6400 Minnesota Ave. are Donald Gunn, co-chairman of the dinner committee with Mr. Holloran, and Sister Francesca Marie, bursar general of the order. Proceeds from the $50-a-plate dinner in the Khorassan Room of the Chase Hotel Feb. 23, totaled $45,797."

Title: Food Shoppers Awards
Date: 1957-03-25

Title: Flagpole Being Erected in Front of New Federal Building
Date: 1961-05-12
Description: "Largest flagpole in Missouri is erected in front of the new Federal Office Building at Fifteenth and Market streets by the Millstone Construction Company. The pole is 110 feet high with an additional 1.3 feet in the ground. Made of aluminum and topped by a large eagle emblem, it was shipped to St. Louis in two sections, welded together and then lifted into position Friday by a crane with an

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