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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 “Ujak 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
Siječnja 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. Međutim, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 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. Njegovu jedinstvenu arhitekturu čini balkon tornjić na drugom katu sjeveroistočnog zida. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Danas, 4200 Cook je
Moj djed je Frank O. Zimmerman je najstariji brat Robert Harold “Pljačkati” Zimmerman. Imali su četiri starije polu-braća i sestre i pokojnog polusestru, ali Harry je bio prvo dijete Parker L. Zimmerman i njegova treća supruga Dolly. Djed bi se rodio svibnja 28, 1913. Harry je pomalo misteriozan jer je umro oko
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ili 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,
Iz 1931 to 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
U prosincu 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. Doktor. 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 begins with millionaire Cyrus J. Rutherford’s heirs gathered to hear the
Poznat po The Sleeping kardinala, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatalna Sat (1931) je prvi Sherlock Holmes film u kojem glumi Arthura Wontner u naslovnoj ulozi. Film se odnosi na mladića, koji je varao na mostu povratiti svoje izgubljene bogatstvo. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
U srijedu, Svibanj 9, 1900, Drugi dan sv. Louis Streetcar Strike, zalutali metak ubio Franka Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, Španjolski-američki ratni veteran, gledao štrajk rally na uglu Finney i N. Taylor Avenue. Tijekom relija, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a