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Title: Control Tower
Date: 1940-04-28
Description: Photograph from inside the control tower south of Union Station. A worker looks out over the railway lines as a train passes.

Title: Leo Durocher and Buckey Harris
Date: 1948-07-14
Description: Leo Durocher and Buckey (sic) Harris (right), managers of the rival clubs, were all smiles before the game got under way. Harris pulled the surprise package out of the game in Vic Raschi who not only pitched two hitless innings but drove across two vital runs.

Title: St. Louis Zoo Lion Show
Date: 1951-05
Description: Photograph of lions lifting their training into the air by pulling a rope beneath him during a lion show at the St. Louis Zoo. A crowd looks down at the scene from above.

Title: Bob Pettit
Date: 1957-02-17
Description: A fractured wrist bone will necessitate the Hawks' Bob Pettit wearing a cast on his left arm for the rest of the season. Pettit suffered the injury during the game with Boston Friday night and will try playing with the handicap for the first time today at Minneapolis.

Title: Headed Overseas
Date: 1953-12-22
Description: Headed overseas before Christmas, Pvt. George A. Posey wistfully spent his last few minutes in St. Louis yesterday at Union Station with his girl friend, Miss Margaret Scheer, 226 Fannie ave., Luxemburg, as the Southwest Hight School Choir strolled through the station singing Christmas carols. Posey, who had been stationed at the Army Medical Depot here, was off for Seattle and duty overseas.

Title: Sumner High School
Date: 1950-02-05
Description: Second oldest in service among St. Louis high schools, Sumner, now located at Pendelton and Cottage avenues, has sent out nearly 8000 graduates from this building and its former home at Eleventh and Spruce streets.

Title: Chain of Rocks Park Fire
Date: 1977-05-31, 1977-06-01
Description: Amusement park fire under inquiry: Firemen, silhouetted against blazing amusement rides at the Chain of Rocks Fun Fair Park, fight the fire which caused an estimated $180,000 in damage.

Title: Ford Frick
Date: 1957-07-09
Description: Photograph of baseball executive Ford Frick and New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel together at the 1957 All-Star game. The two are smiling as Frick crosses his fingers.

Title: Charles H. Yalem Children's Zoo Playground
Date: 1969-05-09
Description: Photograph of an older visitor taking a ride down a slide at the Charles H. Yalem Children's Zoo.

Title: Union Station
Date: 1985-01-06, 1985-01-07
Description: Workers remodel the lobby inside the terminal at Union Station. The station is the source of many golden memories for Missourians, who are sharing them with redevelopers.

Title: Soldier's Memorial
Date: 1940-07-25
Description: On the plaza, in front of Soldiers' Memorial, Cook "Slim" Hering (left) polished off the pots and pans, while James Higginbottom, assigned to K. P. (Kitchen Police), helped "Shorty" Wagner pack up dishes after lunch had been served to the soldiers.

Title: Early Union Station
Description: Photograph of Union Station in its early days. Crowds of passengers stand in the midway, surrounded my excursion opportunities and information desks.

Title: Mighty Minnie
Date: 1957-07-09, 1957-07-10
Description: Minnie Minoso, Chicago White Sox outfielder, kisses the ball which he caught for the final out in the ninth inning.

Title: Terry Moore
Date: 1979-05-07
Description: Terry Moore is remembered fondly by Cardinal fans as perhaps the greatest defensive center fielder the game has ever known and for the quiet but intense leadership he brought to the Red Birds as team captain. He was always the one to whom the others looked for guidance in trying moments.

Title: It Isn't Always Empty
Date: 1959-08-23
Description: There are hours and days when Union Station takes on the appearance of several years ago when more than twice as many passenger trains as now use the station were scheduled daily. Here's the rotunde at 3:35 p.m. on a recent week day. Promotions by some of the railroads serving St. Louis are reversing the declining passenger trend.

Title: Union Station
Description: Photograph of a crowd of passengers waiting to board their train.

Title: United Fund
Date: 1958-09-27
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Schultz, 5361 Minerva ave., with their two younger children, Carol, 7, and Jeffrey, 3. Mr. Schultz says, "I found out that when you don’t know anybody to turn to, United Fund will go to bat for you."

Title: Pigskin Park-and-Ride Scores at Union Station
Date: 1959-10-03, 1959-10-04
Description: on one side part of what it gained at the other back in 1929 when 10 new tracks were added at the west side of the train shed. In those days, an average of 650 trains used to station every day. Nowadays, the average is slighty over 100.

Title: Union Station
Date: 1960-11-13
Description: Building of the Union Station and the opening in 1894 received elaborate coverage in The Globe-Democrat under McCullagh's direction.

Title: Ted Williams and Willie Mays
Date: 1966-07-12
Description: Photograph of Ted Williams, player for the Boston Red Sox, and Willie Mays, of the San Francisco Giants, laughing together.

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