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Throwback Thursday: 1904 World’s Fair | St. Louis
1904 World's Fair, St. Louis History, Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: 1904 World’s Fair | St. Louis

Posted on October 24, 2019by Ted Wight

In April 1904, St. Louis opened its doors to the world for what was officially called the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,…

The Concept of Ladies’ Day Baseball Games Originated in St. Louis
St. Louis History, Throwback Thursday

The Concept of Ladies’ Day Baseball Games Originated in St. Louis

Posted on March 28, 2019by Ted Wight

“Women vote, smoke, drink and vie with men for jobs today. But although we have ‘Ladies Days’ at baseball parks,…

Throwback Thursday: Why does St. Louis have such good water?
St. Louis History, Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: Why does St. Louis have such good water?

Posted on February 7, 2019by Ted Wight

This wasn’t always the case. St. Louis made up for its terrible water with “inex- haustible quantities of the best…

Throwback Thursday: St. Louis’ Oldest Restaurants that are Still Open
Food and Drink, St. Louis History, Throwback Thursday, Uncategorized

Throwback Thursday: St. Louis’ Oldest Restaurants that are Still Open

Posted on January 24, 2019by Ted Wight

The St. Louis food scene has been getting a lot of buzz lately. Food & Wine called it “seriously good…

Throwback Thursday: The Forgotten Foods of the St. Louis World’s Fair
St. Louis History

Throwback Thursday: The Forgotten Foods of the St. Louis World’s Fair

Posted on December 6, 2018by Ted Wight

We St. Louisans always call it the World’s Fair, as though there were no other. But not many of us…

Throwback Thursdays: Awnings
St. Louis History, Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursdays: Awnings

Posted on September 6, 2018by Ted Wight

The end of the summer is here and it is interesting to see the use of awnings on these historic…

St. Louis History

8 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Gateway Arch

Posted on June 6, 2018by Ted Wight

1. Forty blocks of St. Louis were demolished to build the arch and its surrounding park. In what St. Louis…

St. Louis History, Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: The Hamptons for the Beer Barons of St. Louis

Posted on May 17, 2018by Ted Wight

The few square miles now making up Sunset Hills was once the playground of the rich and famous beer brewer…

St. Louis History

The Blizzard of 1982 | January 31, 1982

Posted on January 31, 2018by Ted Wight

“Students at the former Lafayette School, 815 Ann Avenue in Soulard, play on the piles of shoveled snow on Tuesday,…

St. Louis History

Throwback Thursday | The Brothel of Ladue | 6 Town and Country Drive

Posted on August 3, 2017by Ted Wight

Starting in the early 1920s, Madam Mae Traynor ran a profitable brothel in a substantial neighborhood in the Village of…

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