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A painting of Harriet and Dred Scott that was hung in 1973 in the Old Courthouse in 最新杏吧原创.
Ice almost completely covers the river, looking north from the 最新杏吧原创 Levee toward the Eads Bridge, on Jan. 30, 1931. The current managed to move the ice.聽
The Merchants Exchange Building, 111 North Third Street, site of the June 27-29, 1876 Democratic National Convention, the first of the five nominating conventions held in 最新杏吧原创. The ornate building had only recently been completed. Bands played outside as fireworks were shot from 最新杏吧原创 County (Old) Courthouse one block away.
The "civic elite" members of the sheriff's posse resting in a streetcar barn聽during the streetcar strike of 1900.聽They killed and wounded striking streetcar workers, touching off class warfare in the city. Many of the posse were prominent businessmen, judges and lawyers. The transit workers were strictly working class, including immigrants of Irish extraction.
A view of the wheel reflected in the water at the Forest Park. Near the base of the wheel is the U.S.A. Life Saving Station. Photo courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society.
Weightlifter Frederick Winters of New York City finished second in the all-around dumbbell contest in the 1904 Summer Olympics in 最新杏吧原创.
Portion of a panorama showing a Sept. 13, 1920, rally and parade held by the League of Women Voters.
Charles Lindbergh in 1927 with his plane, the Spirit of 最新杏吧原创
This photograph was taken on Dec. 28, 1939, one month after Black Tuesday. The view is south along 12th Street. Glowing through the smoke in the center of the photograph is the neon sign for the Jefferson Hotel, at 12th and Olive streets. That day's Post-Dispatch called the smog the 28th "blackout" day in less than two months.聽
In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that 最新杏吧原创an J.D. Shelley had a right to buy property in the 4600 block of Labadie Avenue despite a covenant banning Black people from the area. Ethel Shelley is shown reading news of the decision in the 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch.
Edward Crawford returns a tear gas canister fired by police who were trying to disperse protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. Four days earlier, unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by white police officer Darren Wilson. The killing ignited riots and unrest in the 最新杏吧原创 area and across the nation. (Robert Cohen, 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch - August 13, 2014)
View life in 最新杏吧原创 through the Post-Dispatch photographers' lenses. Edited by Jenna Jones.
