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Title: The master rings for "All Stop"
Date: 1972-07
Description: The master rings for "All Stop" as the Queen is secured against the lock wall and the upper gates swing shut. With the river at a low stage, the Queen was dropped about fifteen feet this morning. The city of Alton was just beginning to waken, and no spectators were on hand to watch the Queen during her final lockage at Alton.

Title: Illini
Date: 1953-09-05
Description: M/V (Illini) of Illinois Farmers Supply Co. - passing dredge (Mile 136.9).

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: Mark Twain
Date: 1953-05-09
Description: Steamer (Mark Twain), which will participate in Dedication Parade for Chain of Rocks Canal tomorrow. This is one of the few remaining sternwheel steamers.

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: Admiral - R. Ann Amantea Blum
Date: 1967-08
Description: p11-3-1-41-25

Title: Steamboat Captain Ernie Wagner.
Date: 1972-07
Description: Steamboat captain Ernie Wagner leans on the starboard bridge wing.

Title: Admiral Boarding/Disembarking
Date: 1954-07-02
Description: p11-3-1-40-5

Title: Alone on the foredeck, a hand coils lines under the watchful eye of the mate and passengers.
Date: 1972-07
Description: Alone on the foredeck, a hand coils lines under the watchful eye of the mate and passengers. The landing stage has been secured since its last use at some small river town where passengers boarded.

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: Beardstown, Illinois
Date: 1981-08
Description: 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

Title: Das Sängerfest in St. Louis, Mo.
Date: 1872-07-13
Description: Front Page of Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung from the 13th of July, 1872, depicting a concert hall and its auditorium where a singing festival was held. The caption below the auditorium specifically mentions the reception concert. The illustrations were done by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler. The text is from "Herrn Mahlhuber's Reiseabenteuer" by Friedrich Gestäcker (Gestaecker).

Title: Sioux City
Date: 1953-07-08
Description: Recently built M/V (Sioux City) for the newly formed Missouri River line named the (Sioux City and New Orleans) Barge Line. This is the boat's first north bound trip.

Title: Celebration at Opening of Davis Island Dam
Date: 1885-10-07
Description: Crowd gathered to view the opening of the Davis Island Dam. Many steamboats are lined up in the background.

Title: Departure for homes
Date: 1972-07
Description: People socialize and get ready for going home in a parking lot.

Title: Percheron
Date: 1953-06-16
Description: Tug (Percheron) passing service base. This tug sank about 20 months ago at Dam no. 48. on Ohio after hitting submerged barge.

Title: Admiral
Date: 1953-06-03
Description: Excursion steamer (Admiral) passing service base.

Title: Capitol
Date: 1938-07
Description: Capitol July 1938. Nearing St. Paul.

Title: Indianola
Date: 1863-03-07
Description: The United States gun-boat Indianola (iron-clad) running the blockade at Vicksburg.

Title: Soulard Farmers Market
Date: 1968-07-25, 1968-08-18
Description: Photograph of the Soulard Farmers Market.

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