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Title: Substandard Dwelling Unites
Date: 1941-01
Description: From: Report / City Plan Commission of St. Louis. [St. Louis] : City Plan Commission of St. Louis. 1942.

Title: Marietta, Ohio Flooding
Date: 1941
Description: Photograph of Marietta, Ohio during the Ohio River Flood in 1941.

Title: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Date: 1935-07-14, 1941-11-09
Description: The Missouri Botanical Gardens - Known the world over as Shaw's Garden, this is one of the finest such units in the world, second only in size to the famous Kew Gardens in London. It is the gift to the city from Henry Shaw, who started it in 1859 and by his will provided for its perpetuation. Its greenhouses alone cover more than 2 acres and its collection of orchids is the finest in the world.

Title: Marietta, Ohio Flooding
Date: 1941
Description: Photograph of Marrietta, Ohio at flood stage.

Title: Dike 148.3-R
Date: 1941-09-04
Description: Upper Mississippi River, U. S. Engineer Office, St. Louis, Missouri. Dike 148.3-R, New Calico Island, Cornice Island. Patton, Tully Trans. Co.

Title: Marietta, Ohio Flooding
Date: 1941
Description: Photograph of Marietta, Ohio during the Ohio River Flood.

Title: The Great Tornado
Date: 1896-05-27, 1941-09-28
Description: Houses were reduced to rubble, trees twisted to stumps and streetcars to splinters by the 1896 tornado, as this photograph taken on Lafayette avenue, looking east from Jefferson avenue, reveals.

Title: A Luxurious Home for Birds
Date: 1941-11-09
Description: The Bird House—not to be confused with the Bird Cage—was completed during recent years and in it are to be found specimens that have sent scouts to the four corners of the world to collect. One may spend hours in this delightful spot watching the feathered inmates at rest and play.

Title: Awaiting Repairs
Date: 1941-09-19
Description: and used her as a tourist boat. She sank below Grand Tower, Illinois, on May 19, 1947. A. I. Baker: Origin rather indefinite but she was an old time small towboat rebuilt and renamed the repeatedly until she became the A. I. Baker in 1923. She was long owned and operated by the Ayer and Lord Tie Co. of Paducah, Ky. She was dismantled in 1943 by her then owners, the Lea River Lines. Iren Chotin: A

Title: The Guardian
Date: 1941
Description: A detailed image of a crossbuck with lights at a railroad crossing with a view of two buildings and a powerline in the background.

Title: Jefferson Barracks Bridge, 1941
Date: 1941
Description: The Jefferson Barracks Bridge in the process of being built, 1941. This shot is looking towards the Illinois shore near the railroad tracks below Jefferson Barracks. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Norbert Rechtien.

Title: Eads Bridge Tunnel
Date: 1941-07-06, 1941-07-06
Description: A view through the arches of the Eads Bridge just before entering the tunnel.

Title: High School Graduates
Date: 1941-06-21
Description: Ten pretty high school graduates have been hired as pages by the Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company to replace office boys promoted to fill vacancies created by older employes being called into the army and others who quit for defense jobs.

Title: Jefferson Barracks - Nurses Lineup
Date: 1941-04-28, 1941-04-28
Description: "They are mustering in the nurses, too, at Jefferson Barracks. In this group are representatives from many cities. Top row, from the left, Miss Eleanor Dyer, St. Louis; Miss Kathrine Brown, Columbia, Mo.; Miss Beulah Bagener, Keokuk, Ia.; Miss Lila Knapp, Omaha; Miss Mary Opal Browne, St. Louis; Miss Edith Shoemaker, chief nurse; Miss Elnora Mollison, Lincoln, Neb.; Miss Dorothy Speer, Keokuk, Ia.; Miss Molly Walter, Hot Springs, Ark.; Miss Esther Weber, St. Louis; Miss Marjorie Beiley, Fenten, Ia.; Miss Ellen Dooley, St. Louis; Miss Myrtle Bryan, St. Louis. Front row, from left, Miss Alice Simpson, St. Louis; Miss Helen Ruth Hill, Independence, Mo., and Miss Virginia Hanna, Miss Adolpha Meyer and Miss Ruth Mathis, all of St. Louis."

Title: Jefferson Barracks - Winter Garden Skating Party
Date: 1941-03-22, 1941-03-22
Description: "A soldier's life isn't always so tough, as evidenced by these pictures taken when 200 of the boys from Jefferson Barracks were entertained at a skating party given for them at the Winter Garden. Mrs. Dorothy Hyland of the Mason road was in charge of the refreshment stand and is shown handing out doughnuts."

Title: Jefferson Barracks - U.S.O., Socializing and Soda
Date: 1941, 1941
Description: A soldier and civilian hostess are shown at a United Service Organization event at Jefferson Barracks.

Title: Jefferson Barracks - Reception Center Buildings
Date: 1941-03, 1941-03
Description: "Closup of two Barracks Buildings for new reception center."

Title: Jefferson Barracks - Remodeled as Stop-Over Site
Date: 1941-03-05, 1941-03-05
Description: soldier will be five days, during which time he will undergo physical examinations, become outfitted and be given scant preliminary training. Then off he'll go to Camp Soandso to keep his year's date with Uncle Samuel. The new buildings, some of which are shown here, will accomodate 1000 men at a time. This particular part of the Barracks is an entirely separate unit from the Air Corps Division."

Title: Jefferson Barracks - Open House Socializing
Date: 1941-09-15, 1941-09-15
Description: "It's Not All Drilling in the Army - Private Russell Morrison recieves plenty of attention from these young ladies at yesterday's open house. The private was telling about "back home" in Mayfield, Ky., with a decided Southern drawl. The young ladies, from the left, are Misses Dorothy Spehr, Dolores Sharserre, Betty Kracht, Dorothy Zimmermann and Dorothy Richter, all of St. Louis."

Title: Jefferson Barracks - New Staff
Date: 1941-07-08, 1941-07-08
Description: "The Jefferson Barracks staff was augmented by 90 new officers yesterday, most of whom were following civilan pursuits until they reported for active duty. Capt. I. G. Siemens (left), post executive officer, and Lieut. Col. Raymond R. Brown, commanding officer, met with them at the post theater to discuss the work before them."

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