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A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Njena edinstvena arhitektura vključuje stolpni balkon v drugem nadstropju severovzhodne stene. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Danes, 4200 Cook je
Moj dedek je Frank O. Zimmerman je najstarejši brat je bil Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman. Imeli so štiri starejše pol-brate in sestre in pokojniku polsestra, ampak Harry je bil prvi otrok Parker L. Zimmerman in njegova tretja žena Dolly. Dedek bi bil rojen maja 28, 1913. Harry je malce skrivnosten, saj je umrl okoli
Decembra 27, 1941, Republic Pictures released the first chapter of the fourth Dick Tracy serial, Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941). Once again, Ralph Byrd played Detective Dick Tracy. In this series, Dick Tracy works with “The Commission” to attack crime but suspects one of the members of the commission is the mysterious Ghost. The Ghost’s henchman Lucifer, played
Ko sem prvič začel trenirati borilne veščine v 1995, zgodbe, povezane z ustanovitvijo večine borilnih veščin, so bile precej fantastične z nadčloveškimi podvigi fizične moči in borbenih sposobnosti, ki so jih pripisovali njihovim ustanoviteljem. Ali kung fu, Karate ali Judo, ustanovitelj je prevzel veščine, pridobljene v prejšnjih borilnih veščinah, spremenil in premagal vse. Te trditve so
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ali 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
On St. Patrick’s Day, Marec 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisanov pred utopitvijo
Iz 1931 za 1954, Lum and Abner occupied a spot among the most popular shows during the Old Time Radio era. Chester Lauck and Norris Goff attended the University of Arkansas together. Lauck and Goff later developed their show Lum and Abner based on life in Arkansas. The show struck a cord with many listeners. My wife’s grandmother once told
V poznih 1960 in začetku 1970, moji stari starši uporabljajo za mesečno zabavo kartice gosti s tremi Babico Ellis’ sestre in njihovi možje. Stric Tony in teta Agnes Giraudo, Uncle Oscar and Aunt Dorothy Von Berg along with Uncle Art and Aunt Betty Clemmings would join Grandma and Grandpa to play Pinochle. Each family would host one
V petek, Oktober 14, and Saturday, Oktober 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Decembra 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the