At left is the way Frankie Baker appeared back in 1899 when she shot Allen (Johnny) Brit, the murder on which she claims the famous Frankie and Johnny ballad was based. At the right is the way Frankie appeared yesterday when she arrived in St. Louis to press her $200,000 character defamation suit against a film company for a movie version of the murder. (Feb. 13, 1942)
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.
After the 1959 tornado, with walls sliced away, homes in multiple-family dwellings in the 3800 block of Evans Avenue are revealed in cross section. The buildings were badly damaged, their contects largely intact.
Bill of Lading for the steamer W. F. NISBET of the St. Louis and Tennessee River Electric Light Packet, for delivery of 102 tons of No. 1 pig iron to St. Louis, Missouri, for the La Grange Iron Company, July 28 1886.
Mayor Alfonso J. Cervabtes (front left) leads an inspecting delegation through an alley between Washington and Delmar boulevards Monday to open Operation NEAT (Neighborhood Effort - Action Today). The mayor's program is designed to solve problems that are causing unsanitary condition and deterioration in neighborhoods. Monday's emphasis was on rat eradication. With Mr. Cervantes are members of inspecting teams in rat eradication, sanitation and building, and members of area beautification committees.
PREPARING FOR EASTER EGG HUNT are members of the Hazelwood Fire Department, who are cooking and coloring 240 dozen eggs for the event, which starts at 2 p. m. Sunday behind the Hazelwood City Hall, 9150 Highway 66. They are Charles Hauck of 617 Holiday Ave., chairman of the hunt; Capt. Joseph McNamara, 7113 Fordshire la.; Wayne Sanders, 803 Bellflower dr.; Bernie McGuire, 7109 McGuire la.; and
Father Edward Dowling S. J., one of those interested in erecting stone at forgotten resting place, points with cane to exact spot of Dred Scott's grave in Calvary Cemetery while great-grandson, John A. Madison, his wife and children look on.
Percy Green, caught with a can of spray paint and a stencil in his hands, was charged with property damage in connection with the defacing of buildings at St. Louis University, authorities said Tuesday. Green, 43, of the 4100 block of North Newstead Avenue, leader of a civil rights group called Action, was charged with third-degree property damage in warrants issued Tuesday by the circuit attorney's office. He was released on $500 bond.