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Flying kites off stern
Title
Flying kites off stern
Date
1972-07
Description
Two Men handle a kite on a boat's stern.
Watching the lock walls rise beside them
Title
Watching the lock walls rise beside them
Date
1972-07
Description
Watching the lock walls rise beside them, the Delta Queen's passengers are all well aware that they are experiencing the final act in a chapter of American history. How sad to think that future generations may well be deprived of this unique mode of travel and escape from our society's breakneck pace.
It Isn't Always Empty
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.
Union Station
Title
Union Station
Description
Photograph of a crowd of passengers waiting to board their train.
Departure for homes
Title
Departure for homes
Date
1972-07
Description
People socialize and get ready for going home in a parking lot.
Queen is awarded golden antlers.
Title
Queen is awarded golden antlers.
Date
1972-07
Description
The Delta Queen's crew is given a pair of golden antlers.
Ideas for Union Station
Title
Ideas for Union Station
Date
1970-02-20
Description
Photograph of the interior of Union Station.
Union Station
Title
Union Station
Date
1974-11-15
Description
Photograph of Union Station's nearly empty Midway.
Debarkation at Peoria
Title
Debarkation at Peoria
Date
1972-07
Description
A group of people load a taxi in Peoria.
Home for Christmas
Title
Home for Christmas
Date
1956-12-23
Description
Home-bound for Christmas, a bustling, noisy crowd jammed the main waiting room of the Union Station here yesterday. Many flocked around the information desk to get last-minute news of trains, some of which were running behind schedule because of the heavy holiday traffic.
Picnic at Starved Rock
Title
Picnic at Starved Rock
Date
1972-07
Description
A group of people have a picnic in Starved Rock, Illinois.
Landing at Havana, Illinois
Title
Landing at Havana, Illinois
Date
1972-07
Description
A group of people on the Delta Queen look out towards the shore of Havana, Illinois, where the boat is about to land.
Union Station
Title
Union Station
Description
An aerial photograph of passengers and workers at Union Station's Midway.
Gang plank entertainment
Title
Gang plank entertainment
Date
1972-07
Description
Women smiling towards something off-camera. One woman, second from left, holds racing horns. A couple others wear sashes, as if in a beauty pagent.
Women in smart pant suits, businessmen with briefcases, youths with knapsacks, families with babies'
Title
Women in smart pant suits, businessmen with briefcases, youths with knapsacks, families with babies'
Date
1974-04-05, 1974-04-15
Description
. Opponents say the plan would "massacre" a viable national transportation system and would have almost no effect on the country's massive national deficit. Supporters say such cutbacks are the only way to get Amtrak out of the taxpayers' pockets. According to a Department of Transportation study, Amtrak is losing $500 million a year. By 1984, $1 billion a year, money that must be paid by the taxpayer.
Visitors come aboard
Title
Visitors come aboard
Date
1972-07
Description
A group of visitors board a boat.

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