Drawing portraying a lady in St. Louis who disguised herself as a man to test her brother's affection for his sweetheart, and almost gets killed by the jealous lover.
Servicemen make up most of the advance guard of the Christmas holiday travel rush pouring through Union Station yesterday. This picture was taken on the Concourse in front of the arrivals and departure board.
Elephant trainer Floyd Smith and his five performers make a pyramid. They also have new acts with four goats—which lead elephant, Clarabelle, doesn't like.
Highlighting a year of progress in St. Louis were the completion of the Gateway Arch and the exterior of Busch Memorial Stadium. In front of the new stadium, which will be ready for baseball in May, is Stadium Parking Garage East, which opened Thursday. Located at Broadway and Walnut, it is one of the world's largest self-parking garages with spaces for 2800 cars.
Front page of Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung (Illustrated Newspaper) No. 1416 Vol. 55 from the 20th of September, 1884. There are illustrations of events from the Swabian Festival in St. Louis on the 31st of August and the 1st of September. There is also a passage from the book titled "Die Erbin von Saldern" ("The Heiress of Saldern") by Ewald August König above the illustrations. The events
Beer gardens got their real start when the great German immigration begain to flow into St.Louis in 1848. In a matter of a few short years, beer gardens were as much a part of St. Louis as the Mississippi. One such garden was at the "Grand Centre" on Gravois.
Officers who reviewed the Jefferson Barracks C. M. Brig. Gen. Carlos Black of the Illinois National Guard; Col. Walter C. Short, post commandant, and Lieut. Col. Vance Courtwright, commanding officer of the camp.
"100,000th Separatee of Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Private Donald T. Wardrip, 5923 S 6th St, St. Joseph, Missouri, was the 100,000th man to be discharged from the Separation Center, Jefferson Barracks, 8 December 1945. Private Wardrip, who is 22 years of age, has been overseas 23 months. He joined the 3rd Army on 1 November 1944 and was a machine gunner in the "B" company, 37th Tank Battalion
Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman of Temple Israel presents "The Eternal Light," Jewish symbol of the perpetual existence of God, in a candlelight service last night at one of Jefferson Barracks' chapels. The gift of Temple Israel's Junior Congregation, the light (seen in the top center of the altar) was accepted for the post by Chaplain First Lieutenant John L. Harris.