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Title: Alfonso J. Cervantes, Alfonso J. Cervantes
Date: 1960-05-10
Description: Pic taken in front of city hall Mayor Cervantes new Cadillac. His chauffeur, Bill Jud stands in background

Title: Capitol
Date: 1928-10-15
Description: N. O. left dock 10:30 Oct 15 1928. Laid up Louisiana Ave for repairs. Note this shows how boat is looking outside of ferry dock. Her stern is in much closer to dock than Capitol last season.

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: Mike Shannon
Date: 1965-04-11
Description: Photograph of St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mike Shannon in the batting cage.

Title: Operation NEAT
Date: 1967-04-03, 1967-04-04
Description: Mayor Alfonso J. Cervabtes (front left) leads an inspecting delegation through an alley between Washington and Delmar boulevards Monday to open Operation NEAT (Neighborhood Effort - Action Today). The mayor's program is designed to solve problems that are causing unsanitary condition and deterioration in neighborhoods. Monday's emphasis was on rat eradication. With Mr. Cervantes are members of inspecting teams in rat eradication, sanitation and building, and members of area beautification committees.

Title: Michael R. Aldritch
Date: 1970-03-04
Description: Sgt. Aldritch is a regular, and always welcome, visitor to the Webster Groves Number 11 Youth Center.

Title: County Grand Jury Inspect Barracks Housing Project
Date: 1956-04-11
Description: Propane Tanks Learning Against Building Cited as Hazard.

Title: Eads Bridge-Foggy, Foggy Dew on Waterfront
Date: 1972-01-20, 1972-01-20
Description: Eads Bridge is partially hidden in the swirls of heavy fog.

Title: A Picture Taken At The Coro Foundation
Date: 1977-05-16, 1977-05-16
Description: The organization provides on the job training for college graduates. Aliah Mubarak, a Coro Foundation fellow, center, with Bob Friedenburg, program director, left, and Don West director of training.

Title: Eads Bridge-Messy Mississippi
Date: 1977-09-06, 1977-09-06
Description: Recent heavy rains have caused the Mississippi River to rise, sending driftwood, old tires and an assortment of other objects on a trip downriver. The debris shown here jammed against a barge just north of Eads Bridge.

Title: Barges Lodge Against Eads Bridge
Date: 1973-05-22, 1973-05-22
Description: Three barges lodged against the Eads Bridge after they broke loose from their tow in 1973, and the bridge had to be closed to railroad traffic until an evaluation of the damage was made.

Title: Anheuser-Busch Brewery - Cold Brewery
Date: 1959-01-05, 1959-01-06
Description: "Cold Brewery - Temperatures near zero yesterday created enough steam to make the Anheuser-Busch brewery at Seventh and Lynch streets look as if it was a raging inferno. It was, however, an exception to that old adage about smoke and fire. There was plenty of the former, but none of the latter."

Title: Capitol
Date: 1926-10-09
Description: Str. Capitol's present location. Roy.

Title: Clayton Fire Inspection
Date: 1956-07
Description: Clayton Fire Marshall, Roy Weekerlin, showing Edward Garnholz, a roof that needs repairing.

Title: Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Laboratory Tests
Date: 1957-07-21, 1957-07-21
Description: One of many laboratory tests done by laboratory techs to analyze products.

Title: Griesedieck Brothers Brewery's Bag of Hops
Date: 1957-07-21, 1957-07-21
Description: Hops come by the carload. They are kept refrigerated to prevent deterioration.

Title: Plaza Apartments - Reaching for the sky
Date: 1959-09-02, 1959-09-04
Description: "Reaching for the Sky: Soaring higher and higher are the six 13-story apartment buildings under construction in the downtown Plaza Redevelopment Project. Steel being hoisted by the crane in this picture will be fitted into upper-floor construction of one of the buildings at Seventeenth and Pine streets. The buildings, which are to be completed simultaneously, according to present construction

Title: Plaza Apartments - At breakfast
Date: 1960-06-22, 1960-06-26
Description: Captioned on back: "Breakfast can be leisurely for Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Laskwitz, now that they live at 30 Plaza Square. Instead of a 17-mile drive from Florissant, he can now walk to work in five minutes."

Title: Wall Falls
Date: 1958-02-25, 1958-02-25
Description: A wall of the old Telegraphers' National Bank Building forms a pile of debris after its sudden collapse during wrecking operations at the Broadway and Pine street site yesterday.

Title: Plaza Apartments - Gardening
Date: 1976-07-15, 1976-07-17
Description: Caption on back: "Flower Lady: Mrs. Connie Sullivan of Plaza Square waters flowers at the apartment complex Thursday. Mrs. Sullivan asked the city to plant flowers, a request that was granted under the condition that she would take care of them… and she has, for five years."

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