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.
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.