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Title: Admiral - R. Ann Amantea Blum
Date: 1968-10
Description: p11-3-1-41-25

Title: Soulard Farmers Market
Date: 1968-07-25, 1968-08-18
Description: Photograph of the Soulard Farmers Market.

Title: Residents of Pruitt-Igoe
Date: 1968-11-09
Description: Residents of Pruitt-Igoe await their turns at their new medical center in their neighborhood.

Title: Al Fleishman
Date: 1968-05-04
Description: Photograph of Al Fleishman, Saint Louis public relations executive.

Title: Alfonso J. Cervantes and Carmen Cervantes, Alfonso J. Cervantes and Carmen Cervantes
Date: 1968-08-28, 1968-08-31
Description: Mrs. Alphonso J. Cervantes lights a candle for the birthday boy. Mayor Cervantes celebrated Tuesday with his wife, a trayful of cabled messages from friends and a mini-cake, a gift of Globe-Democrat photographer Jack Fahland.

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

Title: Duncan Bauman and Lee Coffee
Date: 1968-07-08, 1968-07-09
Description: Globe-Democrat Publisher G. Duncan Bauman presents $500 check to Lee Coffee for his first place effort of losing 43 pounds of blubber.

Title: Arcadia Ballroom
Date: 1968-05-26
Description: A shot of the entire Arcadia Ballroom.

Title: Admiral Meal Ticket
Date: 1968-08-01
Description: Meal ticket/check used aboard the Admiral steamboat., p3boats-3

Title: Charles Koen
Date: 1968-09-07, 1968-11-20
Description: Battle of Police, Militants Subsides Into Verbal Feud: At Black Liberator's press conference Friday, from left, are Charles Keonm head of the group; Leroy Cooks and Robert Curtis, attorney for the Liberatros.

Title: Admiral First Deck
Date: 1968-10
Description: Photograph of the port side of the Admiral steamboat's first deck, looking toward the forward landing stage.

Title: Stix , Baer & Fuller Department Store
Date: 1968-11-30
Description: Huge crowd crossing street at 7th and Washington downtown Friday as the biggest shopping Day of 1968 resulted in stores packed to the doors.

Title: Mercantile Trust Company's Inquiry Station and Automatic Signature Verification System
Date: 1968-05-04, 1968-05-04
Description: (left) This is an inquiry station at the Mercantile Trust Company that is equipped with closed-circuit T.V. monitor and keyboard. By turning to this unit, the teller can check the signature of a customer within 6 to 10 seconds. (right) Above is the automatic storage retriever unit, the "brain" of Mercantile's Automatic Signature Verificiation System. Attached to the main unit is an operator's

Title: Peggy Squires (Gateway National Bank Teller)
Date: 1968-06-17
Description: The teller, Miss Peggy Squire, 19, said the note mentioned two other man behind her in the lobby who would shoot her if she sounded the alarm or turned around. The robbers also handed Miss Squires a brown cloth bag with drawstrings that the note instructed her to fill with money.

Title: Patrolman Standing Outiside At The Gateway National Bank Drive-Thru
Date: 1968-06-17
Description: Patrolman stands guard at walk up window of the Gateway Bank, 3412 Union where two holdup men held Peggy Squires, bank teller.

Title: Boatmen's Bank - Bankmark
Date: 1968-01-19, 1968-01-19
Description: "Bankmark has been selected as the name for the new charge card system which is being introduced into the St. Louis trade area by Credit Systems, Inc., it was announced by James E. Brown, president. Mr. Brown said that a fourth bank - Brentwood Bank of Brentwood - has joined the system as a principle member. Others include Boatmen's National Bank, First National Bank in St. Louis, and The Mercantile Trust Co., N.A. who founded Credit Systems, Inc. The symbol, though modern in design, is ancient in meaning. The shape of early coins, which were hammered rather than cast, is portrayed by the overall appearance of the seal. Three pillars suggesting the bank, the merchant, and the consumer are prominent. The horizontal element above the pillars extends service to all."

Title: Gunman Threatens Teller and Robs Bank
Date: 1968-08-10, 1968-08-10
Description: The Southern Commercial and Savings Bank, 7201 South Broadway, was robbed of an undetermined sum of money at 12:30 p.m. Friday by an armed man who told teller Mrs. Opal Byington (above), "Give me the money or I'll blow your guts out."

Title: Department of Welfare Division of Children's Services Administration Office
Date: 1968-04-10
Description: Off to a new home with happy, adoptive parents. There are always qualified couples ready to adopt babies, but it is more difficult to place older children.

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