Dedicated on Jan 20, 1917, St. Louis’ MacArthur Bridge was originally called the Municipal Bridge, or the “free bridge”. Construction began in 1907, and it cost more than $10 million to complete.
11/19/2009
Album ID: 892646
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: Jewel Box in Forest Park
26 photos
for sale
By Tim O'Neil---On Nov. 14, 1936, the dedication took place of the St. Louis Floral Conservatory in Forest Park, already going by its enduring nickname, the Jewel Box. It would become the settings for thousands of weddings, parties and wildly popular annual displays for Easter and Christmas. And it would become a favorite retreat offering the tranquilty of tropical plants, bounties of flowers and the soft bubbling of the waterfall.
11/13/2009
Album ID: 888496
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: Harry Truman @ Union Station
5 photos
for sale
Two days after the 1948 election, at St. Louis’ Union Station, President Harry Truman held up a copy of the previous day’s newspaper, and a famous photograph was made. Truman had surprised everyone with a victory over his Republican challenger, Thomas E. Dewey.
10/30/2009
Album ID: 877154
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: The Admiral's Heyday
39 photos
for sale
Prior to its days as the home of the President Casino, the Admiral Riverboat was a St. Louis fixture from 1940 through the '70's.
10/29/2009
Album ID: 876707
Photos by St. Louis Post-Dispatach staff photographers
A Look Back: the Gateway Arch
44 photos
for sale
Historical photos of the construction and early days of the Gateway Arch, one of the world’s most recognizable landmarks. Completed on October 28, 1967, the monument to western expansion was a creation by architect Eero Saarinen.
10/23/2009
Album ID: 872146
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Beauty and the Gateway Arch
31 photos
for sale
Completed in October of 1967, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis is one of the world’s most recognized landmarks. The monument to Western United States explorers is also one of the world’s most beautiful man-made structures.
10/22/2009
Album ID: 871260
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: Lake of the Ozarks, 1931
19 photos
for sale
On Oct. 16, 1931, workers inside the new Bagnell Dam flipped switches to run current from its big hydroelectric generators. High-power lines strung through dense, hilly forests carried power to a big feeder station in Wellston and to present-day Park Hills, in Missouri’s old Lead Belt.
Back then, Union Electric Light and Power Co.’s dam on the Osage River was hailed for its power to make electricity. A few rough fishing camps popped up along the dam’s creation, the Lake of the Ozarks. But it would take almost three decades to turn the 60,000-acre reservoir into a bustling summertime playground.
10/15/2009
Album ID: 865868
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers and files
Look Back: Jefferson Bank protests, 1963
17 photos
By early October 1963, demonstrations at Jefferson Bank & Trust had gone on for more than a month. Civil-rights groups demanded that the bank, with only two black employees, hire four more for office jobs. It was a year of civil-rights actions across the country, and the Jefferson Bank protests endure as the most significant local event in the modern civil-rights era.
10/9/2009
Album ID: 860234
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: Bobby Greenlease kidnapping
27 photos
for sale
Bobby Greenlease Jr.’s kidnapping and murder in 1953 was one of the most sensational crimes in Missouri in the 20th Century. His killers, Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady, were captured in St. Louis, and were executed 81 days after their crime. Two St. Louis police officers went to prison over the mysterious disappearance of half of the ransom money.
9/22/2009
Album ID: 842577
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: Daniel Boone, 1734-1820
16 photos
for sale
Frontiersman Daniel Boone moved from the crowds in Kentucky to St. Charles County, Missouri, where he lived for over 20 years before dying on Sept. 26, 1820. An explorer, legislator, militia officer, surveyor and Indian fighter, Boone’s story was a mixture of folklore and robust deeds.
