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.
Two original captions: "This map of Jefferson Barracks shows how the land is being divided there. The proposed new housing is near the west gate; the old barracks used for housing now, which will be demolished, are north of this. The 232 acres (No. 2 on map) requested by the county to add to its 147-acre park (No. 1 on map) is west of the present park." "NB: Area outlined in red now being sought
"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
The world's largest six-pack of beer, a 50-foot high inflatable replica of half a dozen cans of Budweiser, was built by Robert Keith & Co. for Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.
Another old building bites the dust as a headache ball batters down the old Battery A Armoy at Grand avenue Rutger street to make way for the new David P. Wohl Health Institute.
Volunteers in West St. Louis County unload one of several trucks filled with products donated to flood victims by Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. and some of its subsidiaries Wednesday.
St. Louis got into the spirit as Eberhard Anheuser of Anheuser-Busch, right, hands a case of Budweiser beer destined for President Roosevelt to an airline pilot.