Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Μιζούρι, 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 “Uncle 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. Ο παππούς Ellis’ father
Τον Ιανουάριο 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. Ωστόσο, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, το 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, Μιζούρι. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Σήμερα, 4200 Cook is
Ο παππούς μου, Frank O.. Μεγαλύτερος αδελφός του Zimmerman ήταν ο Robert Harold “Βασανίζω” Zimmerman. Είχαν τέσσερα μεγαλύτερα ετεροθαλείς αδελφούς και αδελφές και ένα νεκρό μισό-αδελφή, αλλά ο Χάρι ήταν το πρώτο παιδί του Parker L. Zimmerman και την τρίτη σύζυγό του, Dolly. Ο παππούς θα γεννηθεί Μάιο 28, 1913. Ο Χάρι είναι λίγο μυστήριο καθώς πέθανε γύρω από το
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ή 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. Ενώ 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,
Από 1931 να 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
Τον Δεκέμβριο 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. Ο Δρ. 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. Το One Body Too Many ξεκινά με τον εκατομμυριούχο Cyrus J. Οι κληρονόμοι του Ράδερφορντ συγκεντρώθηκαν για να ακούσουν το
Επίσης γνωστό στο The Sleeping Cardinal, Σέρλοκ Χολμς’ Μοιραία Ώρα (1931) Είναι η πρώτη ταινία με πρωταγωνιστή τον Σέρλοκ Χολμς Arthur Wontner στο ρόλο τίτλου. Η ταινία αφορά ένα νεαρό άνδρα, ο οποίος έχει εξαπάτηση σε γέφυρα για να ανακτήσει το χαμένο πλούτο του. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Την Τετάρτη, Μάιος 9, 1900, η δεύτερη ημέρα του Αγίου. Louis τραμ Strike, μια αδέσποτη σφαίρα σκότωσε Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, ένας βετεράνος Spanish-American πόλεμος, Έβλεπα ένα ράλι απεργία στη γωνία του Finney και Ν. Taylor Avenue. Κατά τη διάρκεια του αγώνα, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a