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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 “Osaba 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. Aitona Ellis’ father
Urtarrilaren On 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. Hala ere, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. Martxoan 1897, St du. 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. Bere arkitektura berezia ipar-ekialdeko hormaren bigarren solairuan dorre-balkoi bat barne hartzen du. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Gaur egun, 4200 Cook da
Nire aitona 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 eta bere hirugarren emaztea Dolly. Aitona jaio zen maiatzean 28, 1913. Harry pixka bat misterioa da inguruan hil baitzen
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, edo 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,
Etatik 1931 arte 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
Abenduaren on 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. Niemannek mendekua egiteko asmoa du gizonen aurka
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 Cyrus J milioidunarekin hasten da. Rutherforden oinordekoak entzuteko bildu ziren
Sleeping Cardenal at ere ezaguna, Sherlock Holmes’ Ordua konponezin (1931) lehen Sherlock Holmes film Arthur Wontner protagonista izenburua rola da. Filmaren gizon gazte bat kezkatzen, nork du iruzurra dira zubi at bere aberastasuna galduak berreskuratu. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Asteazkenean, Maiatzaren 9, 1900, St bigarren egunean. Louis Streetcar Strike, stray bala batek hil Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, -American Espainiako Gerra beteranoa, zen greba rally bat ikusten Finney eta N txoko. Taylor Avenue. Rally zehar, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a