Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Strýc Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father
Ledna 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Však, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. V březnu 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
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. Jeho unikátní architektura zahrnuje věžový balkon ve druhém patře severovýchodní stěny. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Dnes, 4200 Cook je
Můj dědeček Frank O. Zimmerman’s oldest brother was Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman. They had a four older half-brothers and sisters and a deceased half-sister but Harry was the first child of Parker L. Zimmerman a jeho třetí manželka Dolly. Děda se narodí května 28, 1913. Harry je tak trochu záhadou, když zemřel
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, nebo 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,
Od 1931 na 1954, Lum a Abner obsadila místo mezi nejpopulárnější show v Old Time Radio éry. Chester Lauck a Norris Goff navštěvoval University of Arkansas spolu. Lauck a Goff později vyvinula se svou show Lum a Abner založený na život v Arkansasu. Přehlídka udeřil šňůru s mnoha posluchačů. My wife’s grandmother once told
Prosince 1, 1944, Universal Pictures released the latest horror film in the Frankenstein series, House of Frankenstein, with an all-star cast. Boris Karloff, who originally played Frankenstein’s monster, returns to the series as the mad scientist Dr. Niemann. An earthquake releases him and his hunchbacked assistant Daniel from prison. Dr. Niemann intends to exact revenge on the men who
On Thanksgiving Weekend 1944, Paramount Pictures released One Body Too Many, a comedy-mystery film starring Jack Haley. Haley famously played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The film also starred Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley and Bela Lugosi in supporting roles. One Body Too Many začíná milionářem Cyrusem J. Rutherfordovi dědicové se shromáždili, aby slyšeli
Také známý na spící kardinál, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal hodina (1931) je první Sherlock Holmes film v hlavní roli Arthura Wontner v titulní roli. Film o mladého muže, který byl podvádění na mostě získat své ztracené bohatství. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Ve středu, Květen 9, 1900, Druhý den sv. Louis Tramvaj Strike, zbloudilá kulka zabila Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, Španělsko-americká válka veterán, se díval na stávku rally na rohu Finney a N. Taylor Avenue. V průběhu rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a