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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: Union Station
Date: 1974-11-15
Description: Photograph of Union Station's nearly empty Midway.

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: Levee Construction and Equipment
Date: 1952-09-20
Description: Showing levee construction and Equipment, which is almost completed. Moving some of equipment out today. River in background is channel that was cut by flood last spring and it is to be re-routed into a new channel that the dredge is making the pilot canal for. Station 18+100'. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

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

Title: Capitol
Date: 1928-10-03
Description: Steamer Capitol and the Salvation Lass.

Title: Capitol
Date: 1928-10-21
Description: Sunday afternoon, Oct-21-1928.

Title: George T. Horton
Date: 1953-07-10
Description: M/V (George T. Horton) of John I. Hay Co. passing service base.

Title: Kansas City Skyline from Ste. Genevieve
Date: 1952-10-20
Description: Approaching Kansas City while enroute from St. Joseph, Mo. To St. Louis. At right is dredge (William H. Black), which preceded us down river. Kansas City District.

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.

Title: Plug at Opening of New Channel
Date: 1952-10-03
Description: Showing the plug that will be blasted out to complete the opening of new channel. Channel diversion.

Title: 20th Annual Fair Association Show
Date: 1880-10-30
Description: 20th annual show of the St. Louis Fair Association. Shows the Agricultural Hall, Art Hall, The Cascade, and the Main Entrance.

Title: Das Schwabenfest in St. Louis
Date: 1884-09-20
Description: Front page of Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung (Illustrated Newspaper) No. 1416 Vol. 55 from the 20th of September, 1884. There are illustrations of events from the Swabian Festival in St. Louis on the 31st of August and the 1st of September. There is also a passage from the book titled "Die Erbin von Saldern" ("The Heiress of Saldern") by Ewald August König above the illustrations. The events

Title: Illustrations of the West End Club-House
Date: 1886-10-09
Description: Illustrations of the interior and exterior of the West End Club-House, owned by the St. Louis Club, with caption.

Title: Casoloma Ballroom, 1940
Date: 1940-01-20
Description: The Casoloma Ballroom, located at 3453 Iowa Street, lays covered in ice, January 20, 1940. The Casoloma suffered a fire, and after firefighter's put out the blaze, the dripping water froze in the cold winter temperatures. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Norbert Rechtien.

Title: Dred Scott's Grave
Date: 1957-02-10
Description: 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.

Title: Sioux City
Date: 1953-10-17
Description: M/V (Sioux City) of the Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Line - passing dredge.

Title: Wooden Mat Construction
Date: 1943-10-15
Description: Close-up looking W. to N.W. showing portion of Wooden Mat under construction. Work started June 5, 1943.

Title: American Railroad Journal November 10, 1849
Date: 1849-11-10, 1849-11-10

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.

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