The St. Louis Zoo's ever-popular Zooline entered the railroad business on Aug. 29, 1963, with a ceremony at the original station near the bear pits. Zoo director Marlin Perkins and Zoo board chairman Howard Baer whacked at a "golden spike" to complete the 1.5 mile loop of track.
8/27/2010
Album ID: 1065014
Photos by St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: The marriage of Lt. Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent
12 photos
On a hot Aug. 22, 1848 Julia Dent married Lt. Ulysses S. Grant in her family's city residence at 701 South Fourth Street.
8/20/2010
Album ID: 1061137
Photos by Missouri Historical Society, Library of Congress and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Arch as Art
38 photos
for sale
The world-renowned Gateway Arch is the unquestioned symbol of St. Louis, drawing an estimated 4 million visitors annually to visit this simple yet elegant national monument. It attracts photographers from all over the globe. Here are some of our favorite images from the staff of the Post-Dispatch.
8/17/2010
Album ID: 1058739
Photos by St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: East St. Louis bank protests
25 photos
for sale
"Lie-ins" at downtown East St. Louis financial institutions took place in August of 1963. On Aug. 15, more than 200 chanting protesters entered First National, lay down and sang, "We shall not be removed." Police commandeered a passing Bi-State bus to haul people to jail.
8/13/2010
Album ID: 1057485
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: anti-Irish riots
4 photos
On election day, Aug. 7, 1854 riots rocked the Irish 5th ward, spilling out into other St. Louis areas with Irish residents. Battles ranged as far west as Franklin and Eighth streets, now part of the America's Center convention hall.
8/5/2010
Album ID: 1053723
Photos by Missouri History Museum
Look Back: Great Flood of 1993
28 photos
for sale
The Great Flood of 1993 damaged or destroyed 55,000 homes and killed 50 people in the Midwest, most of them in vehicles that became trapped in high water or flash floods. The Mississippi crested at St. Louis on Aug. 1, rising halfway up the grand staircase at the Arch and almost 20 feet over flood stage -- six feet higher than the formerly great flood of 1973. The Mississippi remained above flood stage for five months.
7/31/2010
Album ID: 1049624
Photos by St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff photographers
Look Back: Pruitt-Igoe housing project
22 photos
for sale
On July 23, 1953, St. Louis'' first integrated public housing, Igoe, accepted its first four white and three black families. Between it and Pruitt, which housed black families, there were 33 eleven-story buildings for 2868 low-income families, with monthly rent beginning at $20. Pruitt-Igoe was blown up less than 20 years later.
7/24/2010
Album ID: 1045829
Photos by Post-Dispatch staff photographers
SS Andrea Doria sinks
2 photos
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SS Andrea Doria,after striking the MS Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket, MA on July 25, 1956.
7/10/2010
Album ID: 1041596
Photos by Ken Gouldthorpe/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Look Back: A game for ordinary people
18 photos
for sale
Forest Park became a home to popular golf course in 1912.
7/3/2010
Album ID: 1034979
Photos by Post-Dispatch photographers
Look Back: St. Louis Ordnance Plant
36 photos
for sale
The St. Louis Ordnance Plant made 6.7 billion cartridges during World War II, but work for the 16,000 employees ended on June 27, 1945, as the war wound down. Production resumed during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Today, 2,000 employees of Social Security, Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies have offices in some the old Ordnance Plant buildings.
