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Title: Lunch Room
Description: Men working with pick axes at the side of the Lunch Room restaurant. Advertisement for Coca-Cola on the side of the restaurant.

Title: The Rolling Stones
Date: 1981-11-21, 1984-05-10
Description: The Rolling Stones as they appeared on stage Thursday night at the Checkdome. Charlie Watts, drummer for Rolling Stones, seen here in concert at the Arena in 1981, uses Gretsch drums.

Title: Just a Pickin'
Date: 1966-03-27, 1966-03-28
Description: Charles Fulks, 5301 Minerva ave., tries out a guitar at the music booth of the E. J. Korvette display. Nearly 100,000 persons attended the Modern Living Show which lasted six days.

Title: Martha Gellhorn
Date: 1940-03-16
Description: Martha Gellhorn, author of "A Stricken Field," is a St. Louisan, and the daughter of Mrs. George Gellhorn of 4366 McPherson avenue. She was in Spain during the civil war and has recently returned from Russia and Finland. Her previous book, "The Trouble I've Seen," has been published in both England and France in addition to this country.

Title: Soulard Farmers Market
Date: 1955-12-11
Description: Photograph of the interior of the Soulard Farmers Market.

Title: A Luxurious Home for Birds
Date: 1941-11-09
Description: The Bird House—not to be confused with the Bird Cage—was completed during recent years and in it are to be found specimens that have sent scouts to the four corners of the world to collect. One may spend hours in this delightful spot watching the feathered inmates at rest and play.

Title: Harris Teachers College
Date: 1955-05-13
Description: Harris Teachers College has its cafeteria in a basement corridor, so crowded that it must be used as a "one-way street." A cafeteria and a gymnasium are the school's critical needs which would be met through the school bond issue to be voted on May 26, the same date as the St. Louisans will vote in the $110, 639,000 municipal bond issue. The two will be on separate ballots.

Title: St. Louis Zoo
Description: Visitors admiring one of the animal exhibits housed in the St. Louis Zoo.

Title: William P. (Dinty) Colbeck
Date: 1975-09-06
Description: William "Dint" Colbeck succeeded William Egan as head of the Rats after Egan's murder.

Title: St. Louis Zoo Elephant Show
Date: 1980-05-15
Description: Carolyn, portraying a bench, and Pearl perform one of their tricks at the St. Louis Zoo while trainer Donn Gibson takes a bow.

Title: After the Last Haircuts
Date: 1964-11-30, 1964-12-01
Description: Barbers sit in empty chairs as Fred Harvey barber shop in Union Station closed its doors Monday, and for the first time in the station's 70-year history travelers will not be able to get haircuts and shaves in the station. Seated on the gloomy occasion, from front to rear, are Albert Schwent, Terry Corzine and Charles Kimberlin.

Title: MacArthur Bridge
Description: Elevated roadway above 6th Street with streetcar tracks in process of being laid, approach to Free Bridge (now MacArthur Bridge). The elevated rail bed is to the left.

Title: Soldiers at Union Station
Date: 1944-12-24
Description: Soldiers gathered at Union Station before the booth maintained by the Military Reservation Bureau, a branch of the Army Transportation Corps to handle ticket matters for all servicemen on official business.

Title: Powell Symphony Hall
Date: 1968-01-25
Description: Impressive outdoor view of Powell Symphony Hall as first-nighters begin arriving. Searchlights added to the aura of glamour.

Title: Davis Cup Champs Meet President
Date: 1964-01-16
Description: Members of the Davis Cup tennis team pose proudly with President Johnson and the famous trophy they returned to the United States with their victory in Australia. Taking part in the ceremony at the White House are, from the left, team captain Bob Kelleher, Dennis Ralston, Chuck McKinley, President Johnson, Mrs. McKinley, Marty Riessen and A. Edward Turville, president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. The trophy will be on display in St. Louis Thursday.

Title: Brooks Robinson
Date: 1966-07-12
Description: Photograph of baseball player Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles filling a cup from a cooler while glancing up at the camera.

Title: Rock Island "Rocket"
Date: 1937
Description: This new "Rocket" of the Rock Island Lines was on exhibition at Union Station yesterday prior to beginning scheduled twice-a-day round trips between Chicago and Peoria, Ill., Sunday.

Title: Market Street St. Louis
Date: 1957-11-14, 1958-02-08
Description: Site earmarked for new federal building in St. Louis. View looking East on Market from Sixteenth Street.

Title: Union Station
Date: 1974-11-15
Description: Photograph of Union Station's nearly empty Midway.

Title: Dunbar Elementary School
Date: 1965-09-09
Description: Dunbar Elementary School principal Andrew J. Brown examines books which were sprayed with paint by vandals sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday. The school's PTA has offered a $25 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the vandalism. The school is located at 1415 North Garrison ave.

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