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Showing posts with label St. Louis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Louis. Show all posts
Monday, January 12, 2026

Sale of 1122 North Eighth - 1895

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.  I continue my  project  to transc...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

A Place of Many Names - Eighth Street Yard, Castle Thunder, Wild Cat Chute

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When researching the neighborhoods your ancestors lived in, it's important to know all the names the area was known by. Sometimes there ...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Amanuensis Monday: The Education of Herman Feinstein

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Partnership between St. Louis County Library and Newspapers.com

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According to the April edition of PastPorts  (the St. Louis County Library's History and Genealogy Newsletter) St. Louis County Librar...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Wordful Wednesday: Oxenhandler Funeral Home advertisement - with photographs

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December 1937 advertisement. From The Modern View , a local community newspaper. Edward Louis Oxenhandler was the brother-in-law of ...
Monday, August 8, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: St. Louis Synagogue Confirmation Classes of 1926

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

St. Louis Post Dispatch Archives Searchable Back to 1874

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A week ago, the St. Louis Post Dispatch announced that their archives back to 1874 were now searchable.  They are being hosted by Newspapers...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Sepia Saturday 297: Washing Lines

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Sepia Saturday - A weekly meme providing a visual prompt for participants to share their own photographs. (I'm going to share some poet...
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Monday, July 15, 2013

Amanuensis Monday: New Institute for Hebrew Children - December 13, 1900

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my project to transcr...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Amanuensis Monday: A Concert in Carr Park - August 10, 1902

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my project to transcr...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Correction: These Sunken Gardens aren't those Sunken Gardens

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A year ago I compared a photograph form the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair to a 1914 postcard of the construction of the St. Louis City Pu...
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Barrels; Bee Boxes; Bridges

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The prompt at SepiaSaturday  this week contains a lot of snow, a man with a white beard, an overcoat, a lamp post, barrels, houses, a fenc...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

Amanuensis Monday: Little Jerusalem - St. Louis - 1900

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my proje...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Amanuensis Monday: Nightshirt Parade in Little Jerusalem - 1900

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my project to transc...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Amanuensis Monday: Henry Vidaver on Abraham Lincoln

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my proje...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Not-So-Wordless Wednesday: The Sunken Gardens - From 1904 to Today

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The St. Louis Public Library has an online exhibit concerning the 1904 World's Fair (aka The Louisiana Purchase Exposition)  In this ...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Amanuensis Monday: A Historical Look at United Hebrew Synagogue - 1915

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my project to tra...
Friday, March 4, 2011

St. Louis City Public Library - Genealogy and Local History Branch

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St. Louis City's Central Library (with most of their genealogy collection) closed in the middle of 2010 for construction.  They won...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Amanuensis Monday: A Synagogue is Built in St. Louis - 1880

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my project to transcr...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Wordless Wednesday: A Monument to Fascism?

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It's amazing the bits of history one can find online.  The below article appeared in Life Magazine, March 8, 1948 - p. 113.  (move mo...
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