Post-Dispatch photos: Saturday, April 07, 2012
Date: 4/7/2012 Album ID: 1447611
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Workers at Anheuser-Busch load another truck in the early hours of April 7, 1933, the first day of legal beer since 1920. Other trucks awaiting loads lined Arsenal almost to Jefferson Avenue. (Post-Dispatch)
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A scene from the party at the Hotel Jefferson, 12th (now Tucker) Boulevard at Locust Street, in the first hour of April 7, 1933. More than 600 people had made reservations for the ballroom in anticipation of legal beer, and cheered loudly when the first deliveries pulled up outside. (Post-Dispatch)
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A waiter in a downtown hotel serves his happy customers in the early hours of April 7, 1933. Most of the hotels were crowded with people who awaited the first shipments from the city's two breweries. (Post-Dispatch)
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Pure Holdings officers pose for a photo Tuesday morning April 3, 2012, at Brennan's in the central west end. They are from left: President John Giarrante,  Chief Executive Officer Don Davis, and Vice President Marc Braeckel.
Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Samples of Pure Holdings Purus Vodka were on display Tuesday April 3, 2012, at Brennan's in the central west end.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Orin Johnson recites a monologue as Pontius Pilate in the Journey of Decision stations of the cross ceremony at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows on Friday, April 6, 2012. Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, marks the day Jesus was crucified by Pilate.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Worshipers move between stations during the Journey of Decision stations of the cross ceremony at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows on Friday, April 6, 2012. Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, marks the day Jesus was crucified by Pilate.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Vivian Roche, center, is consoled by members of the Red Cross at the scene of a fatal fire in the 5900 block of Hilgard Place in St. Louis on Friday, April 6, 2012.  Roche's husband David Roche died in the fire that began around 1:30 p.m, the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Martin Mathews, 87, Co-Founder of the Mathews-Dickey Boys' & Girls' Club, talks with Jade Coleman, 10, and her cousin Jesiah Buchanan, 2, both from St. Louis, in the club on Saturday, March 3, 2012.  
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Martin Mathews, 87, Co-Founder of the Mathews-Dickey Boys' & Girls' Club, walks through the Hall of Fame in the club Saturday, March 3, 2012.  
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Col. Robert S. Pruett, Chief of Police of Bellefontaine Neighbors cuts the grass on some ball fields the city of Bellefontaine Neighbors gave Mathews-Dickey Boys' & Girls' Club to on Saturday, March 3, 2012.  The city gave the club title to ball fields in an effort to help cut a growing crime problem.  
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Emily Underwood (left), public programs coordinator for the Missouri History Museum, and intern Katie Adams talk with Jordan Suber (center), 17, before a screening of a documentary film at the Missouri History Museum on Thursday, April 5, 2012.  Suber took part in the Teens Make History program at the museum and now works part time at the museum. 
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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A worker sprays water on the trees and the north side of the Midwest Litigation Services Center on North 11th Street Friday, April 6, 2012. A steam pipe on the street believed to contain asbestos ruptured yesterday morning.
Photo by Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Workers remove the runoff water from the bottom of the Midwest Litigation Services Center on North 11th Street after it was sprayed down Friday, April 6, 2012. A steam pipe on the street believed to contain asbestos ruptured yesterday morning.
Photo by Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Jim Dolan, dressed as GI Joe character Cobra Commander, pressents his company Action Online during Capital Innovators Demo Day on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at The Pageant in St. Louis. 
Photo by Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Several dozen people marched three miles between the St. Louis County Government Building and St. Mary's Hospital where Anna Brown was arrested and later died in a jail cell. Photo by Emily Rasinski, erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Jordan Suber (center), 17, stands the auditorium of the Missouri History Museum after preparing it for a screening of a documentary film on Thursday, April 5, 2012.  Suber took part in the Teens Make History program at the museum and now works part time at the museum.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Webster Groves pitcher Peter Forsee makes a throw in the second inning the Kirkwood vs Webster Groves boys baseball game on Friday, April 6, 2012.  Forsee pitched a complete game and earned a 5-2 win.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Pastor Stacy Garner uncovers the cross on Thursday March 29, 2012, that was salvaged after a tornado destroyed the Ferguson Christian Church last year on Good Friday. Garner said the cross will be installed in the new church's sanctuary.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Electrician Steve Scott, 24, with CMC Electric, runs the wiring for the new lights in the sanctuary of the Ferguson Christian Church on Thursday, March 29, 2012. Construction is scheduled for completion in July.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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