1. Bonus Meeting at Bellefontaine Cemetery-Saturday September 6th at 10:30 AM. We will be taking an entertaining bus tour of all of the World’s
Fair-related sites at the famous BellefontaineCemetery. See where Fair officers, David Francis, Fair architects and the like are
laid to rest. We will have a
knowledgeable Cemetery tour guide on the bus and you may get out at certain
locations, if you like. Reservation
are required and forms will be sent out in a summer newsletter. Bellefontaine is located at 4947 West Florissant Ave., 63115; from Hwy. 40, take Kingshighway
north and then go right on West Florissant to the main entrance on the left. We will meet outside the visitor center just inside the main entrance.
2. Regular Meeting: St. Louis Public
Library employees, Jean Gosebrink, Special Collections Specialist, and
Adele Heagney, St. Louis History Specialist, will be talking about their
new book, “Historic Photos of St. Louis,” which features outstanding
images of
St.Louis
through the years. From the early waterfront, to the construction of Eads Bridge, through the 1904 World’s Fair and on to 1920s filling
stations. You will get a first-hand
look at the development of the “Gateway to the West” through photos from
the area’s most well-known
archives.
