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Title: Sheet No. 14
Date: 1887-1888
Description: Map of the Mississippi River near Clinton, Iowa. Complied from survey of Upper Mississippi River in 1878 and 1879 under direction of Bvt. Lt. Col. F. U. Farquhar, U.S.A. Major, Corps of Engr's; with additions from notes and surveys done under the direction of Bvt. Maj. Gen'l G. K. Warren, U.S.A. Major, Corps of Engr's, Col. J. N. Macomb, Corps of Engr's and Major A. MacKenzie, Corps of Engr's

Title: Dizzy Dean and Grover Cleveland Alexander
Date: 1936-09-02
Description: Then there's Grover Cleveland Alexander, at top right, shaking hands with Dizzy Dean. Alexander, hero of the championship team's pitching staff, is on the right.

Title: Corps of Engineers Barge
Date: 1976-07-02
Description: Corps of Engineers U.S. Army barge - on which shows were put on by Loretta-Hilton Repertory Theatre players. "Str. Huck Finn" in background. 7/2/76

Title: Ozzie Smith
Date: 1986-02-26
Description: Ozzie Smith's patented back-flip.

Title: Market Street St. Louis
Date: 1957-11-14, 1958-02-08
Description: Site earmarked for new federal building in St. Louis. View looking East on Market from Sixteenth Street.

Title: The Poor Little Bride of 1860
Date: 1920-02
Description: Aunt Jemima advertisement.

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: Index Sheet
Date: 1887-1888
Description: Index of plates numbers 1 - 27. Also contains a Table of Distances in Miles by Steamboat Channel, from St. Paul to St. Louis and points in between.

Title: Map of Saint Louis
Date: 1989-02-01
Description: This 1898 map of the City of Saint Louis was created by the City Lighting Department.

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

Title: Arcturus
Date: 1976-07-02
Description: Frech boat "Arcturus". 7/2/76.

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: Boxing Factory
Date: 1943-06-02
Description: Looking S.W. toward Boxing Factory from Post Engineer parking lot.

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

Title: Frankie Baker
Date: 1899, 1942-02-13
Description: 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)

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: Evans Avenue
Date: 1959-02-10, 1959-02-11
Description: 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.

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