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Title: The Green Eyed Monster
Date: 1879-12-06
Description: 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.

Title: Washington Ave St. Louis
Date: 1960-12-19
Description: Photograph of Washington Ave decorated for the winter holidays.

Title: Memphis Zephyr
Date: 1953-06-30
Description: M/V (Memphis Zephyr) of Street Towing Co. passing service base.

Title: Percy Green
Date: 1968-04-06
Description: Mid City Community conference at 4007 Delmar blvd. From left around table: Rev. H.J. Glasco, pastor, Mt. Bethel Baptist Church and SCLC representative in St. Louis; Rev. Arthur Marshall, pastor of Metro AME Zion Church; W.M. Bailey, chairman, West End Community conference; Percy Green, ACTION; M. Hatchett, NAACP; Solomon Rook, CORE; Father Francis Soyle, ex. director, Archdiocan commison on Human Rights.

Title: Geisler, Henry C.
Date: 1956-06-26
Description: Photograph of pilot's license for Henry C. Geisler.

Title: Havana Zephyr
Date: 1953-09-06
Description: M/V (Havana Zephyr)of Street Towing Co. - passing dredge (Mile 136.9).

Title: Codrington
Date: 1953-05-26
Description: M/V (Codrington) passing service base.

Title: Turner's Festival
Date: 1881-06-25
Description: Shows the 23rd Federal Festival of the Turner's of North America in St. Louis. Shows procession past Schnaider's Garden, Turn Hall, and 5th and Elm. Shows the Turner's athletic competition as well.

Title: Lady Linda
Date: 1953-06-11
Description: M/V (Lady Linda) passing service base.

Title: Post Engineer Parking Lot
Date: 1943-06-02
Description: Taken from Post Engineer Government parking lot, looking South toward Merchant's Bridge.

Title: Vicksburg
Date: 1953-04-06
Description: Steamer (Vicksburg) of the Federal Barge Line passing service base. This vessel is 33 years old. It and its sister boats are about to be junked.

Title: St. Louis Levee
Date: 1858-06-16
Description: . ALONZO CHILD: Built at Louisville, Kentucky in 1857. Dimensions:1 222 x 36 x 6.5 feet; 493 tons. She had six boilers and her engines were 24 inches in diameter and 7-foot stroke. Along with other Confederate-owned steamboats, she was up Yazoo River on November 16, 1862 and at Yazoo City in May, 1863. At that time it was described in a report by a Union officer as a \"large boat whose machinery has been

Title: Ozzie Smith
Date: 1986-02-26
Description: Smith has agreed with Cardinals' brass that he should not risk injuring his tender throwing arm.

Title: Letter from Zebulon Pike to Captain Daniel Bissell, June 11, 1806
Page From: info:fedora/umsl:39462
Date: 1806-06-11
Description: Letter from Zebulon Pike to Daniel Bissell in June of 1806 discussing military affairs and the maintaining of Pike's home.
Text: No 5 Bell Foutain. 11 June 1806. Dr. Sir Yours of the 28th June & 2� July was handed me by W. Nughz and shall be noticed in rotation, as in the first you are more than commonly complementary, but work me up after by the notice of my omission in not sending you a return of the Detachment but see here a plain tale will put you down. I was informed on my return, that all my Detachment
Show moreNo 5 Bell Foutain. 11 June 1806. Dr. Sir Yours of the 28th June & 2� July was handed me by W. Nughz and shall be noticed in rotation, as in the first you are more than commonly complementary, but work me up after by the notice of my omission in not sending you a return of the Detachment but see here a plain tale will put you down. I was informed on my return, that all my Detachment
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Title: Gene C. Hutchinson
Date: 1953-06-03
Description: M/V (Gene C. Hutchinson) passing service base.

Title: Sp-Am War I
Date: 1949-11-06
Description: Long rated as one of the state's crack National Guard units, Light Battery A had its banner hanging from a tree to mark its camp ground and to guide visitors about the company's section in CampStephens.

Title: Jefferson Barracks Soldiers
Date: 1938-06-04
Description: Buttons got a special shine yesterday at Jefferson Barracks, where Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring inspected the Sixth Infantry.

Title: Baseball On The Barracks Schedule
Date: 1937-07-06
Description: The better seems to be claiming the pitcher substituted a cannonball for a baseball in one of the games frequently staged between companies.

Title: Exuberant Blackhawk Veterans
Date: 1945-06-20
Description: Members of the first full unit to return from Europe, arrived last night at Jefferson Barracks.

Title: Camp Stephens in Jefferson Barracks
Date: 1949-11-06, 1949-11-06
Description: Leveling rifles for Boehl's camera is a company of the Seventh Regiment, U.S. Volunteers, a unit authorized by Congress. Idea was to enlist recruits in Missouri and southern states where yellow fever had been severe. Theory was they were immune to disease, which was claiming more lives than guns. The 7th was recruited among Negroes in Missouri and neighboring states for what might very well have turned out to be a deadly assignment, five years prior to Dr. Walter Reed's discovery of the yellow fever cycle.

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