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Title: Harris Teachers College
Date: 1955-05-13
Description: Harris Teachers College has its cafeteria in a basement corridor, so crowded that it must be used as a "one-way street." A cafeteria and a gymnasium are the school's critical needs which would be met through the school bond issue to be voted on May 26, the same date as the St. Louisans will vote in the $110, 639,000 municipal bond issue. The two will be on separate ballots.

Title: St. Louis Zoo
Description: Visitors admiring one of the animal exhibits housed in the St. Louis Zoo.

Title: Robert L. Burnes and Pancho Segura
Date: 1959-10-20
Description: BOB BURNES, SPORTS EDITOR, of The St. Louis Globe-Democrat annd (sic) KMOX Radio sportscaster interviews tennis star Pancho Segura. Burnes regularly interviews the nation's leading sports figures on his early program.

Title: William P. (Dinty) Colbeck
Date: 1975-09-06
Description: William "Dint" Colbeck succeeded William Egan as head of the Rats after Egan's murder.

Title: Bob Gibson
Description: Photograph of Saint Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson after throwing a pitch.

Title: St. Louis Zoo Elephant Show
Date: 1980-05-15
Description: Carolyn, portraying a bench, and Pearl perform one of their tricks at the St. Louis Zoo while trainer Donn Gibson takes a bow.

Title: Map Showing Existing Track Layout in Downtown St. Louis
Date: 1930-03
Description: From: Report of the Transportation Survey Commission of the City of St. Louis / submitted to the Board of Aldermen.

Title: After the Last Haircuts
Date: 1964-11-30, 1964-12-01
Description: Barbers sit in empty chairs as Fred Harvey barber shop in Union Station closed its doors Monday, and for the first time in the station's 70-year history travelers will not be able to get haircuts and shaves in the station. Seated on the gloomy occasion, from front to rear, are Albert Schwent, Terry Corzine and Charles Kimberlin.

Title: Soldiers at Union Station
Date: 1944-12-24
Description: Soldiers gathered at Union Station before the booth maintained by the Military Reservation Bureau, a branch of the Army Transportation Corps to handle ticket matters for all servicemen on official business.

Title: Powell Symphony Hall
Date: 1968-01-25
Description: Impressive outdoor view of Powell Symphony Hall as first-nighters begin arriving. Searchlights added to the aura of glamour.

Title: Dick Groat
Date: 1963-04-07
Description: Photograph of Cardinals shortstop Dick (Richard Morrow) Groat. Groat played shortstop for the Saint Louis Cardinals from 1963-1965.

Title: Carte Generale de Canada
Date: 1705
Description: A soldier who traveled extensively through the early military defenses of New France, Lahontan related a very early picture of the western lands, one of the most comprehensive to his time and his maps of the Great Lakes and the Upper Mississippi are some of the first to show the Missouri-Mississippi river confluence. Lahontan was an especially valuable correspondent on the state of the native peoples of the French colonial lands.

Title: Lambert Airport, Old Terminal
Date: 1978-03-21
Description: Photograph originally taken in 1940s.

Title: Davis Cup Champs Meet President
Date: 1964-01-16
Description: Members of the Davis Cup tennis team pose proudly with President Johnson and the famous trophy they returned to the United States with their victory in Australia. Taking part in the ceremony at the White House are, from the left, team captain Bob Kelleher, Dennis Ralston, Chuck McKinley, President Johnson, Mrs. McKinley, Marty Riessen and A. Edward Turville, president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. The trophy will be on display in St. Louis Thursday.

Title: Brooks Robinson
Date: 1966-07-12
Description: Photograph of baseball player Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles filling a cup from a cooler while glancing up at the camera.

Title: Report on the Fire Departments of Cincinnati and St. Louis and the Use of Steam Fire Engines
Date: 1858-03
Description: Report detailing the benefits of steam fire engines, as well as the process of transitioning to using them as primary engines.

Title: Rock Island "Rocket"
Date: 1937
Description: This new "Rocket" of the Rock Island Lines was on exhibition at Union Station yesterday prior to beginning scheduled twice-a-day round trips between Chicago and Peoria, Ill., Sunday.

Title: St. Louis - North Side, MO
Description: St. Louis, MO - Unidentified aerial view. Possibly view of Penrose industrial area and nearby North Side residential districts, looking northwest.

Title: Martin L. Duggan
Date: 1969
Description: Associate Managing Editor, St. Louis Globe-Democrat

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.

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