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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
Januar 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. However, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
En 122 år gammel murhus dominerer gatebildet på hjørnet av Whittier Street og Cook Avenue i St. Louis, Missouri. Utbyggere reist den 2378 kvadratmeter huset i 1892. Den unike arkitekturen inkluderer en tårnbalkong i andre etasje på den nordøstlige veggen. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. I dag, 4200 Cook er
Min bestefar 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 og hans tredje kone Dolly. Bestefar ville bli født mai 28, 1913. Harry er litt av et mysterium da han døde rundt
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, eller 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri historie. Mens St. Louis var den største byen vest for Mississippi-elven, verdensutstillingen sette det på det internasjonale kartet. Mens rettferdig ville bringe beryktet, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
Fra 1931 til 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
Desember 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 begynner med millionær Cyrus J. Rutherfords arvinger samlet seg for å høre
Også kjent at The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) er den første Sherlock Holmes film med Arthur Wontner i tittelrollen. Filmen handler om en ung mann, som har vært utro på broen for å gjenvinne sin tapte formue. Professor Moriarty bruker informasjonen i et forsøk på å utpresse den unge mannen Ronald Adair, portrettert av Leslie Perrins.
På onsdag, May 9, 1900, den andre dagen av St. Louis Streetcar Strike, en bortkommen bullet drept Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, en veteran spansk-amerikanske krigen, var å se en streik rally på hjørnet av Finney og N. Taylor Avenue. Under rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a