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Title: Fred Swain
Date: 1909-08-20
Description: The Fred Swain was built at Stillwater, Minnesota in 1900. She was a sidewheeler with no texas. Her dimensions were:- 142 x 28.3 x 4.5 feet; tonnage, gross and net, 124 tons. She operated mostly on the Illinois River around Peoria. On August 20, 1909, she burned to the water's edge at Peoria, Illinois; fifty-eight persons were aboard but no lives lost.

Title: Mike Shannon
Date: 1965-04-11
Description: Photograph of St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mike Shannon in the batting cage.

Title: John F. Kennedy
Date: 1960-10-03, 1960-10-04
Description: Launching a 12-speech day which carried him through southern Illinois and on to Springfield, Senator John F. Kennedy campaigned vigorously Monday on the East Side after an overnight stop in St. Louis. At Granite City (above left), he met one of the day's biggest turnouts, an estimated 3000 persons who gathered in the Bellemore Village Shopping Center. Another large crowd was on hand to hear the

Title: William Reybein
Date: 1952-08-19
Description: William Reybein on the Missouri River (Mile 562.5).

Title: Fort Jackson
Date: 1953-04-15
Description: M/V (Fort Jackson) passing service base. The river was very rough at the time.

Title: Street Scene in Cairo, Illinois and Government Auction on the Levee At Cairo, Illinois
Date: 1866-04-28
Description: Passing along the levee at Cairo, with its dust, filth, and obtrusive drinking-saloons, gaping wide open for victims to trash within, ti would appear to a stranger, from the great number of such places, that the people of Cairo had powers not accorded elsewhere to ordinary mortals of resisting the effects of 'tangle-leg,' 'red-eye,' 'twist-knee,' and other brands peculiar to the locality. Outside of each place are gathered a knot of hard-looking fellows. There is a suspicious air of 'lying-in-wait' common to these frequenters of the levee which is not calculated to inspire confidence in a stranger.

Title: Capitol
Date: 1929-02-08
Description: Steamer Capitol New Orleans Feb-8-29. Showing - Pipe Railing on big stage after repairing, \u2026 solid job. Jos. S. Boat scrubbed down to 2nd deck. Have fastened up roll cover on ticket box so it looks right. Entrance to Capitol is clear.

Title: Masonic Temple, St. Louis Missouri
Date: 1927-04-05
Description: This image is an excerpt from a publication titled The American Architect and was printed on April 5, 1927. Shown are four different areas within the Masonic Temple which was designed by Eames & Young. The interior views consist of large halls, auditoriums, and meeting areas.

Title: Difficulties of a Working General Among the Bayous
Date: 1863-04-11
Description: Bayou Navigation in Dixie.-From a sketch by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.-[See page 235.]

Title: Tennessee Belle
Date: 1925-04-08
Description: No. 195 Muscle Shoals Dock. Photo by G. W. Landrum Florence, Ala. April-8-1925. Capts Ed-, Charles Beard pilots. Capt. B. J. Carragher master. 83rd anniversary renioun of the Battle of Shiloh survivors.

Title: Fort Dearborn
Date: 1953-08-08
Description: M/V (Fort Dearborn) of the John I. Hay Co. passing dredge at Burnham Island (Mile 39.0).

Title: Bill White
Date: 1960-04-10
Description: Re-issued 1961-04-09 and 1963-04-07.

Title: Kokoda
Date: 1953-04-07
Description: Steamer (Kokoda) of the Federal Barge Line Passing Service Base. This is one of the DPC vessels built during the war.

Title: Robert Wadlow
Date: 1936-08-09
Description: Left to right: Gov. Horner, E. L. Harding, Harold T. Wadlow, Robert Wadlow, and John Casey.

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: Execution of Gordon the Slavetrader, New York, February 21, 1862
Date: 1862-03-08, 1862-03-08
Description: Originally appeared in Harper's Weekly March 8, 1862.

Title: Havana Zephyr
Date: 1953-08-08
Description: M/V (Havana Zephyr) of the Street Towing Co. passing dredge at Burnham Island (Mile 39.0).

Title: Admiral Exterior
Date: 1968-07-04
Description: p11-3-1-40-12

Title: Ste. Genevieve Crew
Date: 1954-04-18
Description: Group picture of entire Ste. Genevieve crew.

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.

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