Caption: The St. Louis Coliseum, on the southwest corner of Jefferson and Washington avenues. It was the site of the 1916 Democratic National Convention that renominated President Woodrow Wilson for a second term. The 10,000-seat auditorium opened in 1908 and and also was the scene of tennis and wrestling matches, swim meets, Veiled Prophet balls and a few sermons by the Rev. Billy Sunday before its draw waned with the opening of the St. Louis (Kiel) Auditorium in 1934. The Coliseum was demolished in 1953. (Post-Dispatch)
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