Homer G. Phillips moved to St. Louis after World’s Fair and became prominent in civil rights and politics. He was murdered in 1931, and the Board of Aldermen voted quickly to name the new black hospital in his memory.
6/17/2010
Album ID: 1026084
Photos by Post-Dispatch photographers
Look Back: Scott Air Force Base
20 photos
for sale
On June 14, 1917, the Army Signal Corps signed a lease on 624 acres near Belleville to construct one of nine new U.S. bases to train aviators. Thus began Scott Air Force Base, the nation’s fifth oldest continuously operating military flying field.
6/11/2010
Album ID: 1022564
Photos by Post-Dispatch photographers
Look Back: Zoo’s Monkey Show
12 photos
for sale
In 1959, Robert Tomarchin sold the St. Louis Zoo a chimp, but had second thoughts. He broke into the zoo, busted “Mr. Moke” out and took him on the lam.
6/3/2010
Album ID: 1017404
Photos by Post-Dispatch photographers
Look Back: Admiral cruises end
20 photos
for sale
A Coast Guard inspector’s hammer had punched a hole through the hull of the S.S. Admiral, and there would be no more cruises for the beloved St. Louis riverboat.
5/18/2010
Album ID: 1001892
Photos by Post-Dispatch photographers
Digging the Tucker Tunnel
8 photos
As St. Louis plans to fill in the tunnel that runs under Tucker Blvd., we take a look back at the massive undertaking it took to dig the tunnel in 1931. The Illinois Terminal Railroad ran commuter and cargo trains from Alton, Edwardsville, Granite City and other communities across McKinley Bridge.
5/14/2010
Album ID: 1004444
Look Back: Streetcar Strike, 1900
10 photos
On May 8, 1900, streetcar workers voted to strike against the St. Louis Transit Co. When the strike ended four months later, 14 people had been killed. It would take 18 years and another strike for streetcar workers to win union recognition.
5/6/2010
Album ID: 999086
Photos by Missouri History Museum
Look Back: 1904 World’s Fair
31 photos
On Saturday, April 30, 1904, the earlybirds filed through the turnstiles to St. Louis’ World Fair in Forest Park. When it closed seven months later, about 20 million people had passed through those gates to view the wonders of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
4/30/2010
Album ID: 991296
Photos by Missouri History Museum
Look Back: 1931 kidnapping
14 photos
for sale
Dr. Isaac Kelley Jr., a prominent St. Louis surgeon was kidnapped, and his captors later released him to a Post-Dispatch reporter. The case remained unsolved for nearly three years.
4/23/2010
Album ID: 986516
Photos by Post-Dispatch photographers
Origins of the Gateway Arch
15 photos
for sale
This week five finalists are announced to design the Gateway Arch grounds of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. As this process starts to, we take a look back at the origins of this favorite St. Louis landmark.
4/6/2010
Album ID: 975632
Look Back: Santa Maria replica
18 photos
for sale
A replica of Christopher Columbus’ sailing ship, the Santa Maria, arrived in downtown St. Louis on March 29, 1969. The vessel was to be another nod to the city’s brief history as a Spanish colony two centuries ago. Just one month later, a wild thunderstorm roared through St. Louis with tornadoes, 70 mph winds and two inches of rain. The storm broke the moorings of the Santa Maria and the old Becky Thatcher restaurant boat, carrying the boats two miles downstream. They crashed against a dock on the Illinois bank, and the Santa Maria sank like a tub.
