#st louis union station

[fidjiefidjie]

Bonjour ☕️ ⛅️ bonne Journée de la Femme 🌹

Josephine Baker ,St. Louis Union Station 🇺🇸 USA 1948

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#photography #photooftheday #black and white #vintage #journée de la femme #joséphine baker #missouri #usa #st louis union station #bonjour #international women's day #bonne journée #fidjie fidjie

[aryburn-trains]

A Nickel Plate 2-8-4 stands, possibly for the first time, outside St. Louis Union Station’s great arched trainshed on May 15, 1969. It is ready to roll the Golden Spike Centennial Limited almost 400 miles to Lima, Ohio. J. David Ingles photo

#golden spike centennial limited #nyc&stl 759 #nickel plate road 759 #hico #high iron company #nyc&stl #nickel plate road #1969 #trains #passenger train #history #st louis union station #st louis #missouri

[obsessedbyneon]

Saint Louis Union Station mall, 1985. Interior. Scans from 'Shopping Centers & Malls'.

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#scan #st. louis #mall #Saint Louis Union Station mall #saint louis #1980s #eighties #shopping mall

[rodpower78]

Cotton Belt 4-8-4 #819, N&W 2-6-6-4 #1218, UnionPacific 4-8-4 #844 and SLSF 4-8-2 #1522 at the 1990 NHRS Convention at St. Louis Union Station in June 1990.

#cotton belt #norfolk & western #union pacific #slsf #railroad #frisco railroad #steam locomotive #union station #st. louis #missouri #1990

[lifestyleofluxe]

#lifestyle #luxury #Union Station Hotel in St. Louis #Missouri. [2048x1536]

[faithandarisadventures]

1904 St. Louis World’s Fair Mural Union Station St. Louis, Missouri May 2, 2022

#missouri #st louis #mural #1904 world's fair #st louis world's fair #world's fair #fast food #burger #fries #pretzel #hot dog #union station #our adventures

[jimflanigan]

Spring Break in ... St. Louis?

If you want, I don’t mind you nominating me for FOTY for taking my 15-year-old daughter to St. Louis for a working Spring Break last week. Maybe if I got her a t-shirt like this. Although I probably want to continue to use that guy’s pic and not mine. Anyway, I know you’re thinking, “Why didn’t I ever think of taking my family to the murder capital of the USA for some recreation AND forced work…

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#arch #comedy #donald trump #funny #holiday #humor #spring break #st louis #union station #vacation

[future-crab]

People in the US: find a protest for Rafah

I found out about my local protest too late to attend (I don't have a car and I live in an area with zero public transportation) so I thought I'd share this list of protests so that other people might be able to go to their's!

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February 12, 2024

AUSTIN, TEXAS | 5PM 1100 Congress

CHICAGO, IL | 4:30 PM Federal Plaza 230 Dearborn Ave

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON | 6 PM University of Washington Station

MANHATTAN, NY | 4 PM Union Square

SAINT LOUIS, MO | 2:30 PM @ Kirkwood Park 111 So. Geyser Rd.

February 13, 2024

SAN DIEGO, CA | 4:30 PM Federal Plaza

SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 5:30 PM Federal Building

ATLANTA, GA | 7 PM Israeli consulate

PHILADELPHIA, PA | 5:30 PM 1400 JFK Blvd

PITTSBURGH, PA | 5 PM 4100 Forbes Ave

HOUSTON, TX | 4 PM Houston City Hall

February 14, 2024

PHOENIX, AZ | 4 PM NE Corner of 7th St & McDowell Rd

WASHINGTON, DC | 2 PM Dupont Circle

February 15, 2024

AUSTIN, TX | 10 AM Austin City Hall, 301 2nd St

February 16, 2024

EAU CLAIRE, WI | 5 PM Corner of Hwy 93 and Golf Rd (Outside Hardee’s)

February 18, 2024

NEW ORLEANS, LA | 11:30 AM ARMSTRONG PARK

February 19, 2024

CHICAGO, IL | 11 AM Chicago History Museum, Children’s Fountain

February 25, 2024

SAINT PAUL, MN | 1 PM 1176 N Mississippi River Blvd, St. Paul, MN.

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#palestine #free palestine #free gaza #rafah #ceasefire now #stop the genocide #palestinian genocide

[mea-cuppa-part-2]

#union station #st louis #flickr

[1863-project]

I've been seeing screenshots of this tweet making the rounds lately:

I did a thread on Twitter adding some historical context, but it's easier to write long-form stuff on websites like Tumblr, so I'll do it here, too.

This is a screenshot from a 1944 election propaganda film called Hell-Bent For Election. The locomotives do indeed represent FDR (left) and his rival, Thomas E. Dewey (right). Dewey would famously try to run again in 1948 and was considered the favorite against Harry Truman, leading to the famous Dewey Defeats Truman newspaper headline. The film was directed by Chuck Jones (yes, that Chuck Jones) and distributed by United Auto Workers. It was made amidst WWII, and it isn't subtle about making sure the viewer knows a vote against FDR is a vote for Hitler. (Weirdly enough, there's a character that can easily be read as an antisemitic caricature trying to get the protagonist to vote for Dewey despite what we know was happening in retrospect; this is actually quite jarring and uncomfortable from a historical perspective.)

OP probably doesn't know this, but FDR isn't being depicted as a bullet train. The Shinkansen doesn't show up until the 1960s, and at any rate, the US was very much at war with Japan at the time this film was made, so there's no way FDR would be depicted using Japanese railroad technology even if it did exist at the time. What he is being shown as, however, is a streamliner.

Notice this gap here? Streamlined steam locomotives usually still had their drive wheels exposed to a degree to make maintenance easier. In particular, FDR resembles a New York Central Mercury (4-6-4 Hudson) with his chin as an added cowcatcher.

The streamlined cladding for the Mercury was designed by Henry Dreyfuss, who would go on a few years later to design arguably the most famous streamlined NYC Hudson locomotives: the Dreyfuss Hudsons.

You can see a bit of influence from these in the FDR locomotive, as well, as it has a ridge along the top. These pulled prestigious passenger trains known for high speed, including the flagship 20th Century Limited. FDR was, of course, from old money and could afford that sort of thing, but that's likely not the reason they depicted him as a streamliner here.

Streamlined locomotives emerged in the 1930s despite the economic hardships in the United States at the time. They were designed to evoke a sense of speed and modernity, and they represented a society moving forward. By depicting FDR as one, it projects a sense of strength, especially in comparison to the tired old Dewey locomotive, which looks nearly half a century old. This was a crucial portrayal considering that FDR had polio (or possibly Guillain-Barré Syndrome, another explanation) and due to ableism he had to hide that affliction to avoid being seen by opponents (both political and wartime) as "weak." Additionally, Dewey's consist (the train cars he's pulling) is made up of outdated policies, including a caboose labeled with "Jim Crow."

I find the use of a streamliner rather ironic because at the time this film was made, many streamlined locomotives were being un-streamlined so the extra metal could be used for the war effort. It's a bit of an odd choice from that angle, but it's clear that the imagery of streamliners and what they represented in the minds of the public was still going strong.

Also worth noting: yes, FDR won the November 1944 election and began a fourth term in office. He died only a few months later, in April 1945, and was succeeded by his Vice President, Truman, who finished his term and then, as mentioned above, beat Dewey again in an upset to win a full term in 1948.

(Truman gleefully holding up the incorrect Chicago Tribune at St. Louis Union Station, 1948)

So that's that, I suppose! You can watch the film here, as it's in the public domain:

(If you enjoy my historical writing, consider donating to my Ko-Fi so I can keep AGI running as smoothly as the 20th Century Limited! Thanks for reading!)

#history #I like trains #WWII #FDR #Thomas Dewey #Youtube

[amtrak-official]

well, it's not a train station anymore... it's an aquarium, high ropes course, restaurant plaza, and ferris wheel, they decided they didn't liiike the union station anymore (actually idk the reason but... no longer a train station)

Then instead of calling it St. Louis Union Station, we should call it St. Liars Disunion station. Because if there are no trains than that's what they are, liars

#asks

[soberscientistlife]

Cathay was born and enslaved in 1850 in Jackson County, Missouri. In September 1861 Union troops impressed Cathay and she joined the Army to work as a cook and washerwoman for Union Army officers. On November 15th, 1866 Williams disguised herself as a man and enlisted as William Cathey, serving in Company A of the 38th Infantry, a newly-formed all-black U.S. Army Regiment, one of its earliest recruits.

Cathay initially served at Jefferson Barracks outside St. Louis and was later posted at Fort Cummings and Fort Bayard in New Mexico Territory. Like other black soldiers stationed, she endured inadequate supplies and inferior weapons. Cathay concealed her femininity for two years despite numerous Army hospital visits before her true gender was discovered by the Fort Bayard post surgeon. She was discharged at Fort Bayard on October 14, 1868 on a surgeon’s certificate of disability.

Cathay was hospitalized circa 1890 for over a year in Trinidad. In June 1891 she filed an invalid pension application based on medical disability incurred during military service as William Cathey. The Army rejected her pension claim on February 8, 1892, citing no grounds for a pensionable disability, but did not question her gender identity as William Cathay. The date of Cathay Williams’ death is unknown.

#black history facts #black history

[aryburn-trains]

The Golden Spike Centennial Limited at St. Louis Union Station. May 14, 1969

#golden spike centennial limited #nyc&stl 759 #nickel plate road 759 #hico #high iron company #nyc&stl #nickel plate road #gm&o #gulf mobile & ohio #1969 #trains #passenger train #history #st louis union station #st louis #missouri

[obsessedbyneon]

Saint Louis Union Station mall, 1985. Next to being a small time train station, there is a parking lot,public park and mall underneath the roof. A good eye for detail was introduced. I'm not sure, but it seems it incorperated also some historical buildings on site.

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#scan #master post #st. louis #union station mall #mall #shopping mall #saint louis #1980s

[guerrerense]

Frisco #2008 por Jim Strain Por Flickr: EMD E8 2008 @ St. Louis Union Station Kodachrome my collection, Paul Kutta photographer

[salantami]

St. Louis Union Station is a National Historic Landmark and former train station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. At its 1894 opening, the station was the largest in the world that had tracks and passenger service areas all on one level. Traffic peaked at 100,000 people a day in the 1940s. The last Amtrak passenger train left the station in 1978.

In the 1980s, it was renovated as a hotel, shopping center, and entertainment complex. 

It preserves its historic elements in a setting for 21st century travelers. St. Louis Union Station Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton,