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241. The Tale of the Fox The Tale of the Fox Summer//1997 Article about the restoration of the Fabulous Fox Theater in Saint Louis, "opened as a movie palace in 1929," with a main lobby "supposed to resemble Buddhist monastery halls" and host to vaudeville and...
242. The Union Cause in St. Louis in 1861: An Historical Sketch The Union Cause in St. Louis in 1861: An Historical Sketch 1909 Photo of Captain Roderick Rombauer, a Union officer in the Civil War in Saint Louis, Missouri.
243. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878 Biographical sketch of Peter Tiernan, a Missouri state representative and book printer of Kansas City. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1842 and starting out as a newspaper journalist there and in Leavenworth,...
244. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878 Biographical sketch of Andreas Wilhelm Winzenburg, or Andreas Winzenburg, a cigar manufacturer of Clinton, Missouri. Born in Prussia, Germany in 1841 and emigrating to Saint Louis, Missouri in 1856 before...
245. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878 Biography of Captain Barton Able (1824-1877), a Missouri riverboat captain based in Saint Louis and involved in the growth of the city through transportation, including river commerce and railroad bridges,...
246. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878 Biographical sketch of Dr. Thomas Kennard, a Saint Louis physician born in Maryland in 1834 and moving to Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1858.
247. The Village under the Hill: A Sketch of Early St. Louis The Village under the Hill: A Sketch of Early St. Louis October//1927 Nostalgic history of the city of Saint Louis from its beginnings as a Spanish and French fort in the 1700s. Describes its overgrowth and removal of the original town structures, with an illustration of...
248. The Wave of Reform The Wave of Reform October//1905 Photos and descriptions of Edward Hoch, governor of Kansas, Joseph Folk, governor of Missouri, and Ethan Allen Hitchcock, or Ethan Hitchcock, "secretary of the interior in President Roosevelt's cabinet,...
249. The Witty, Wacky World of Al Hirschfeld The Witty, Wacky World of Al Hirschfeld March-June//1977 Photos, illustrations (caricatures by the artist), and biographical article about Al Hirschfeld, a "74-year-old world-renowned caricaturist" specializing in drawings of movie personalities and other celebrities....
250. This Is St. Louis This Is St. Louis May-August//1979 Overview of the development of Saint Louis as a city, since its founding in the 1760s, through rapid growth in the late 1800s and into the 20th century, with descriptions of its economy, architecture,...
251. Thoughts about the City of St. Louis, 1854 Thoughts about the City of St. Louis, 1854 October-December 1936 Series of articles by John Hogan, a Methodist preacher, business man, and Congressman, giving some "pen pictures of St. Louis in the early [eighteen] fifties, and mark[ing] the solid improvements and rapid...
252. Through Dungeons Dark: The Story of Kate Richards O'Hare Through Dungeons Dark: The Story of Kate Richards O'Hare Spring//1993 Photos and biographical article about Kate Richards O'Hare, or Kate O'Hare (1876-1948), "a prominent columnist for various radical newspapers, and a national leader of the Socialist Party of America,"...
253. Through the Eyes of a Fairgoer: The 1904 World's Fair Memoir of Edward V. P. Schneiderhahn Through the Eyes of a Fairgoer: The 1904 World's Fair Memoir of Edward V. P. Schneiderhahn Summer 1992 Article reprinting and commenting on the thorough memoir of a German tourist of the 1904 World's Fair, with critiques of each palace of displays and comparisons to previous World's Fairs, also with photos...
254. Tracing the Santa Fe Trail Tracing the Santa Fe Trail 2011 This book on the Santa Fe Trail provides full-color images and "historical commentary to create a photographic journey that adroitly blends past and present." The chapters include Missouri Landings and...
255. Transportation: A Model for Airport Terminals Transportation: A Model for Airport Terminals November/11/1972 Photo and article about "the new, $250-million Kansas City International Airport" and its "[n]ovel design" compared to problems in developing a modern airport across the state in Saint Louis, Missouri....
256. TV Lectures on Religion Succeed TV Lectures on Religion Succeed March/30/1955 Various reports of religious news in Saint Louis, including the "success of the current university-level television course on 'Religions of Man' over station KETC," an honor for Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman,...
257. TWA Will Start St. Louis Jet Run TWA Will Start St. Louis Jet Run May 22, 1959 News of the first regular jet service to and from Missouri. "The first commercial jet air transportation from a Missouri city will be inaugurated July 21 when Trans World Airlines starts a 2-hour service...
258. Two More Family-Planned Auto Tours Two More Family-Planned Auto Tours May//1967 Map, illustration, and article about an automobile tour planned for a family traveling to Saint Louis, Missouri and circling north to Springfield, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri, then southwest to Springfield,...
259. UMSL: The Home of the Citizen-Student UMSL: The Home of the Citizen-Student May-August//1979 Article about the nature of the University of Missouri-Saint Louis as "a public urban university" promoting the concept of "citizen-students" with many students becoming educated professionals staying...
260. United Canvass Brings Results United Canvass Brings Results December 14, 1955 Various news reports about Saint Louis area churches and synagogues, including Lutheran, Jewish, Methodist, Baptist, etc.