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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 “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. Grandpa Ellis’ father
En xaneiro de 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. Porén, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, o 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. A súa singular arquitectura inclúe un balcón de torre no segundo andar do muro nordeste. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Hoxe, 4200 Cook é
O meu avó 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 e súa terceira esposa Dolly. Vovô nacería maio 28, 1913. Harry é un pouco misterioso xa que morreu ao redor do
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ou 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,
A partir de 1931 para 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
En decembro de 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 comeza co millonario Cyrus J. Os herdeiros de Rutherford reuníronse para escoitar o
Also known at The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Hora Nefasta (1931) é a primeira película Sherlock Holmes, protagonizada por Arthur Wontner no papel-título. A película trata dun home novo, que está a facer trampas na ponte para recuperar a súa fortuna perdida. Profesor Moriarty usa a información nun intento de chantagear o mozo Ronald Adair, interpretado por Leslie Perrins.
O mércores, Maio 9, 1900, o segundo día de St. Louis Streetcar folga, unha bala perdida matou Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, un veterano da Guerra Hispano-Americana, estaba asistir a un mitin folga na esquina da Finney e N. Taylor Avenue. Durante o mitin, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a