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Title: Wooden Mat Construction
Date: 1943-10-01
Description: Looking S. W. showing start of Wooden Mat. Lancaster Corp. Work started Une 5, 1943.

Title: Capitol
Date: 1928-10-15
Description: N. O. left dock 10:30 Oct 15 1928. Laid up Louisiana Ave for repairs. Note this shows how boat is looking outside of ferry dock. Her stern is in much closer to dock than Capitol last season.

Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1937-10-29
Description: October 29, 1937. - Lower end of cut where Ste. Genevieve began dredging. About station 295-00. Grand Tower Pile Dike and Revetment Contract, 1937-38: Woods Brothers Construction Company. Note: Photographs could not be taken at regular intervals because of adverse weather conditions.

Title: Midwest Cities
Date: 1953-10-01
Description: M/V (Midwest Cities) of Lake Tawkers Corp. - passing dredge, mile 235.7.

Title: Timber Dike Construction
Date: 1947-10-14
Description: Timber piling clump dike, Chester to Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Mile 111.9 L. Dike partially completed. Three clumps (9 piling) required to complete. Upper Mississippi River, St. Louis Dist. C. of E.

Title: Gateway Arch
Date: 1965-10-19, 1965-10-20
Description: Only one more section remains to be inserted - and that is to take place at the "topping out," now due for Oct. 28 - before the two legs of the Gateway Arch are joined. The next to last section, above, was put into place Tuesday, leaving a space of only two and a half feet between the legs of the 630-foot Arch. The legs appear to be joined in the picture below, taken after the next to last section was inserted, but that's due to the camera angle.

Title: Sainte Genevieve and William H. Black
Date: 1952-10-01
Description: The dredges (Ste. Genevieve) and (William H. Black) as they dredge opposite each other with 100' separating dredges to mark completion of the Diversion Channel Project. An Earth wall 50' thick will not be dredged. It will be blasted out. Dredges at station 6+00' and 7+00'. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

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: River Clutter
Date: 1952-10-23
Description: A slight idea of the millions of piling that clutter the Missouri River (Mile 198.0). Below: Booneville, Mo. Kansas City District, enroute to St. Louis.

Title: Four Army Tugboats
Date: 1953-08-10
Description: Second tow of four Army tugs being delivered to New Orleans. These Tugs are built at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas for the Army. Tow is passing dredge (Mile 39.0).

Title: Ken Boyer Grand Slam
Date: 1964-10-11, 1964-10-12
Description: CARDS TEAMMATES WELCOME KEN BOYER, third baseman, as he reaches home on a sixth inning grand slammer in the fourth World Series game, Sunday. Greeting him are Carl Warwick, Dick Groat and Curt Flood, all of whom were on base when he hit the homer. At left is Bill White, the next batter.

Title: Capitol Barn Dance
Date: 1924-01-16
Description: Barn Dance Wed. Nite Jan 16-1924

Title: Fort Dearborn
Date: 1953-10-24
Description: M/V (Fort Dearborn) of John I. Hay Co. - passing dredge at mouth of the Meramec River, mile 160.0

Title: Capitol
Date: 1939-10-04
Description: Excursion steamer CAPITOL drydocked at Paducah, Kentucky.

Title: Capitol - 2nd deck
Date: 1924-01-16
Description: Barn dance aboard the excursion steamer CAPITOL. Wed Nite Jan 16th 1924.

Title: Tennessee
Date: 1953-07-10
Description: Steamer (Tennessee) of Mississippi Valley Barge Line passing service base.

Title: Robert L. Burnes and Pancho Segura
Date: 1959-10-20
Description: BOB BURNES, SPORTS EDITOR, of The St. Louis Globe-Democrat annd (sic) KMOX Radio sportscaster interviews tennis star Pancho Segura. Burnes regularly interviews the nation's leading sports figures on his early program.

Title: Capitol, Wheel Rebuilding
Date: 1929-10-29
Description: Picture of crane and shaft

Title: A. H. Truax
Date: 1953-11-10
Description: M/V (A. H. Truax) passing dredge in upper end of canal.

Title: Floyd Near Plug Opening
Date: 1952-10-04
Description: Opening that was blasted in plug to start flow of river through diversion channel. Head elevation approx. 2 feet. Towboat (Floyd) in Background. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

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