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Blueberry Hill had opened at 6504 Delmar Boulevard in 1972. The jukebox sign with its distinctive script was introduced in 1975.
The President's Office in the Woman's National Daily Building also served as the Directors' Room and the office for the managing editor of "The Woman's National Daily," George W. Stearns. Mr. Stearns is at the table facing forward. This room was on the upper level of the front pylon, and was decorated by artist Ralph Chesley Ott in the same striking Egyptian motif as the rest of the building. This motif was even carried through to the large stained glass skylight above the table. This photograph appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on June 11, 1909 as part of a series called "Views of the Lewis Publishing Co.'s Great Plants in University City.
On August 29, 1903, David R. Francis, former governor of Missouri and president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, laid the cornerstone for the new Lewis Publishing Company headquarters on Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis County. In this photograph Governor Francis is holding the trowel as workmen are lowering the cornerstone into place. At the far left is a model of the building. Standing next to the model are Major H. L. Kramer, a vice president of Lewis Publishing Company, and Mabel Lewis. Edward Gardner Lewis is standing just to the right of the cornerstone. Others on the platform are unidentified business associates.
Futon Express, Delmar Loop, University City, Mo.
This window display changes all the time and usually includes the man and/or the alligator, especially in the summer. One day, the alligator got frisky.
This is what I hope God looks like.... I wouldn't mind being greeted at the gates by this guy... Very nice guy that had a vendor table set up. You could tell watching him talk to people he had some great stories and a real love for people.
Delmar Garden Amusement Park opened at the end of the 19th century west of the St. Louis City limits. The Delmar streetcar "looped" through the corner of the Park, giving the area its name. The Park offered a variety of entertainment, including theatrical productions, music and dining.
The fact that the sign looks like someone already "culture jammed" it really sells just how much the Delmar Loop is starting to look like downtown Ferguson.
The Epworth League built the Hotel Epworth to house visitors to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. After the Fair, it was renamed the Park Hotel, and became a popular residential hotel. This photograph shows the east facade of the building. The dense group of saplings in the foreground is actually the nursery for Parkview Subdivision, just to the east. Today, this building at Melville and Washington belongs to Washington University.