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Title: Pepper Martin Foul Ball
Date: 1939-03-2, 1939-03-3
Description: "Pepper Fouls/Dismay was written over Pepper Martin's face (Left) as he popped out a foul ball during a practice session at the St. Louis Cardinals spring training camp, at St. Petersburg, Fla., March 2. Behind the plate is Sam Narron, rookie catcher who came up from Rochester."

Title: Cardinals Big Batters
Date: 1939-08-19
Description: "Cincinnati, Aug. 19 - Cards Hammer at Reds' Lead - The big-bat boys of the flying Cardinals came to town today seeking to hammer the edge off Cincinnati's 5 1/2 game lead as the ball clubs headed down the National League stretch. Here are (L to R) John Mize, first baseman; Don Padgett, catcher, and Enos Slaughter, right fielder. Mize, who took the batting lead from Morrie Arnovich of the

Title: Three Cardinals Players
Date: 1939-08-19
Description: "Cincinnati, Aug. 19 - Young Hurlers Aid Cardinals - Winning 17 out of the last 19 games, the St. Louis Cardinals looked like a hot club as the Red Birds came here today for a series with the league-leading Reds. The young pitchers have played a big part in the stretch drive which carried the club to within 5 1/2 games of the leaders. Three of the youngsters, shown above left to right, are Robert

Title: Cardinals Rookie Jumping for a Ball
Date: 1939-03-2, 1939-03-3
Description: "Hi There! Redbird!/Decked out in his new St. Louis Cardinals uniform, rookie infielder Morris Sturdy, up from Rochester, goes up in the air during a Cardinal practice session at St. Petersburg, Fla., March 2. He is from Kirkwood, Mo., age 24, and last year hit .299."

Title: Manager Ray Blades and Player Joe Medwick
Date: 1939-03-23
Description: "Glad to see you, Joe/Manager Ray Blades (left) of the St. Louis Cardinals, welcomes Joe Medwick back into the fold March 22 after the star outfielder quit being a holdout and signed his 1939 contract. After a workout in the Cards' St. Petersburg, Fla., spring training camp, Medwick declared he was in great shape for the coming season."

Title: Cardinals Rookie Catchers
Date: 1939-03-3, 1939-03-4
Description: "Rookies on the Catch/Running after pop-up balls during a workout at the St. Louis Cardinals spring training camp, St. Petersburg, Fla., March 3 was this trio of rookie catchers, L. to R.: Sam Narron, of Rochester; Herbert Bremer, of St. Louis; and Charles Zachritz, of Fostoria, Ohio."

Title: Cardinals Coach and Players
Date: 1939-03-02
Description: "Coach Clyde Wares of the St. Louis Cardinals is shown with Dick Sisler, son of George Sisler, Famous St. Louis Browns star; Joe Orengo, rookie shortstop from Sacramento, Calif.; Morton Cooper, pitcher from Houston, Tex., and Stuart Martin, regular second baseman, as they took the field for an unofficial workout one day ahead of the scheduled opening of the Cardinals' training season at Waterfront Park here recently. Left to right: Coach Wares, Sisler, Orengo, Cooper and Martin."

Title: Chamber of Commerce Annual Baseball Dinner
Date: 1939-04-18
Description: "Harmony, of a sort, was added to the Chamber of Commerce annual baseball dinner last night at Hotel Jefferson with these six Cardinals exercising their vocal chords. From the left: Pitcher Clyde Shoun, Pitcher Bob Weiland, Pitcher Bill McGee, Infielder Frank Crespi, Outfielder Pepper Martin and Pitcher Bob Bowman. Weiland, McGee and Martin were members of the late "Mudcats," a Redbird Music Group."

Title: Outfielder Terry Moore
Date: 1940-03-05
Description: "Terry Moore, fleet Cardinal outfielder, at training camp in St. Petersburg, Fla."

Title: Cardinal Rookies Discussing Gloves
Date: 1940-03-05
Description: "Cardinal rookie hurlers get together and discuss gloves at St. Petersburg. From left: Murry Dickson, Ernest White, Harry Breeheen, and Elwin Roe."

Title: Hardy Salt Company Landmark
Date: 1960-06-23
Description: Long job confronts painters putting a new white coat on the 230-foot stack of the Hardy Salt Company, a landmark for 41 years at 800 South Vandeventer ave. The tapered, reinforced concrete structure is the tallest stack in St. Louis it measures 16 feet 8 inches at the base and 10 feet 10 inches at the top.

Title: Hallenberg-Wagner
Description: Hallenberg-Wagner Motor Co. promotes the sell of used cars.

Title: Americans Landing in France
Date: 1917, 1964-08-12
Description: "The Yanks Came/Eighty-one days after the United States declared war on Germany, the first regiments of the American Expeditionary Force landed in France, June 26, 1917. Here Yanks from the first convoy line up after debarking at St. Nazaire. The 14 vessels of the convoy carried about 14,500 troops. By the end of World War I Nov. 11, 1918, the Americans had 1.4 million men in France and had

Title: American Troops Preparing to Go Home
Date: 1923-02-03
Description: Two photos showing two different moments before American Troops leave Germany. "Above - Major General Henry T. Allen, commanding the last of the American troops in Germany, inspects his men before they embark on the transport St. Mihiel for home. General Allen is directly in the center. Below - American soldiers entrain at Coblenz, bid their German wives farewell, if only for a short time. The women went to the port of embarkation on a separate train."

Title: American Troops Leaving the Rhine
Date: 1923-02-03
Description: "The American troops marching through Coblenz to entrain for the embarkation port, where they boarded the transport St. Mihiel, the streets were lined with a guard of French troops, who took over control of the city after the departure of the Americans. There were many tear dimmed eyes among the hundreds of Natives who lined the streets to wave farewell to the American boys with whom they had become fast friends."

Title: American Troops Leaving Coblenz
Date: 1923-02-02
Description: "First Photos of American Troops Leaving Coblenz for Home./French civil and military authorities at Coblenz tribute to the American troops leaving the city for the U.S. photo shows the last of the American troops passing through the square for final review."

Title: German Infantrymen and Weaponry
Date: 1964-07-29
Description: "Ready for the Russian Rush/The Germans had better arms and better transportation than the Russians in World War I. Their machine guns devastated the masses of Russians rushing at them in attack. By the end of the first winter one Russian in four went into the field without a gun. Here German infantrymen aim their machine guns at the Russians from a trench at the Vistula River in Russia, in 1916."

Title: Corn Harvest
Date: 1943-10-31, 1943-11-21
Description: "Thanksgiving Harvest, 1943/Thanksgiving, which in more carefree, perhaps more careless, pre-war days meant to many Americans little more than a delicious roast turkey or a thrilling football tussle, will be observed for the second time during World War II next Thursday within an atmosphere of sobriety nearer to the spirit of the early colonists, who after the first harvest in 1621 set aside a

Title: Russian Troops in Poland
Date: 1964-06-30
Description: "Moving Toward Revolution/Russia, one of the first countries into World War I, was one of four empires destroyed at its end. Defeated by the Germans, Russia erupted in revolution in the fall of 1918. After Lenin took over, Russia surrendered. A new world power had come into being. Here, during the war, Russian troops move through a snowy street in a town in Poland. Exact location and date of

Title: Bench Thanksgiving Dinner
Date: 1981-11-26
Description: "A bench in Lafayette Park opposite the White House is the setting for a unique Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday. Washington's Community for Creative Non-Violence sponsored the dinner for homeless men, women and children from the community. After the dinner, the sponsoring organization intended to erect tents to shelter the homeless and to be a visible reminder of their protest of Reagan administration cutbacks in social programs."

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