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Title: Phil the Gorilla
Date: 1959-06-02, 1959-06-03
Description: Phil the gorilla, as impressive in death as he was in life, still draws crowds at the St. Louis Zoo, where the mounted figure is on display in the Old Elephant House, next door to the ape house where he lived before his death last December. The massive figure, standing erect in a characteristic pose, holds the fascinated gaze of three young visitors, Karen, 3, and Debra Hartman, 5, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lyode Hartman, 943 St. Charles st., St. Charles, Mo., and Pam Karrenbrock, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Karrenbrock, Wentzville, Mo.

Title: Bob Pettit
Date: 1958
Description: Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks sits with a towel around his shoulders.

Title: Cold Turkey?
Date: 1975-11-28
Description: Enjoying Thanksgiving dinner and all the trimmings outside Busch Memorial Stadium Thursday are Big Red fans Tom Burnham, Ken Bushart, Jim Perry, Joe Perry, John Hubbard and Jerry Perry. Indigestion came later when the Buffalo Bills feasted on the Cardinals, 32-14.

Title: Admiral Boarding/Disembarking
Date: 1971-05-11
Description: p11-3-1-40-5

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: Union Station
Date: 1974-11-15
Description: Photograph of Union Station's nearly empty Midway.

Title: John F. Kennedy
Date: 1960-10-03, 1960-10-04
Description: Launching a 12-speech day which carried him through southern Illinois and on to Springfield, Senator John F. Kennedy campaigned vigorously Monday on the East Side after an overnight stop in St. Louis. At Granite City (above left), he met one of the day's biggest turnouts, an estimated 3000 persons who gathered in the Bellemore Village Shopping Center. Another large crowd was on hand to hear the

Title: Washington Ave St. Louis
Date: 1960-12-19
Description: Photograph of Washington Ave decorated for the winter holidays.

Title: Mail Automat
Date: 1962-11-14, 1962-11-15
Description: Another bygone activity at Union Station: Railway mail service. A new automatic mail-sack handling system which saves $1,000,000 a year, displaces 175 jobs and speeds up mail distribution from trains at St. Louis' Union Station was dedicated Wednesday. Photo above shows the mail coming down hoppers to be dumped into chutes leading to trains.

Title: Taxicabs, Taxicabs
Date: 1956-08
Description: Fleet of taxis parked outside the Black and White Cabs company. Eads Bridge in the background.

Title: Beer Gardens
Date: 1976-09-11, 1976-09-11
Description: Mrs. Anne Noenning, far right, Ralph Fassel, far left, and friends raise their beer glasses in a toast at the Bavarian Inn Beer Garden.

Title: Beer Gardens
Date: 1976-09-11, 1976-09-11
Description: Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bles perform a fancy version of the polka on the dance floor at the Bavarian Inn Beer Garden.

Title: Beer Gardens Band
Date: 1976-09-11, 1976-09-11
Description: Lou Nuspl, far left, leads the "Polka Toppers" band in an old-time tune for the dancers.

Title: Beer Gardens Band
Date: 1976, 1976
Description: A beer garden band plays music for customers to dance to at the Beer Gardens.

Title: Beer Gardens Band
Date: 1977, 1977
Description: A couple dances to the band at the Bavarian Inn Beer Garden.

Title: Flag Pole
Date: 1963-11-22
Description: A shot of the flag pole on top of the Armory building.

Title: Flag Pole
Date: 1963-11-22
Description: A shot of the flag pole on top of the Armory building.

Title: Press Sheets Of A New Campaign For Anheuser-Busch
Date: 1981-03-17, 1981-03-17
Description: Dan Dierdorf, Ed Zimmerman, and John Milanovits look over a press sheet of a new campaign for Anheuser-Busch at Quest Lithographers Inc.

Title: Executive Creative Director Views A Budweiser Commercial
Date: 1980-10-11, 1980-10-11
Description: Larry Stillman, seated, executed creative director of D'Arcy, views a Budweiser commercial with his team.

Title: Eads Bridge-Peeking Through
Date: 1981-02-19, 1981-02-19
Description: The early morning sun tries to burn its way through the fog that hovered over the Eads Bridge Wednesday.

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