St. Louis: 10 Claims to Fame

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The Saint Louis Arch and downtown skyline are silhouetted against a twilight sky, with city lights reflecting in the Mississippi River in the foreground.

Ice-cream cones

Aerial view of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, rising beside the Mississippi River with bridges and cityscape in the background.

Anheuser-Busch brewery

T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Josephine Baker poses in a feathered costume with an elaborate feathered headdress, smiling and raising one arm, circa 1926.

St. Louis 1904 Olympic swimmers

Thomas Mickell Burnham: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Young boy concentrating on his work at a desk in a kindergarten classroom, with other children seated and working in the background.

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The Saint Louis Arch and downtown skyline are silhouetted against a twilight sky, with city lights reflecting in the Mississippi River in the foreground.

Gateway Arch; St. Louis, Missouri

Gateway Arch and downtown St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., on the Misssissippi River.

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Ice-cream cones

Ice-cream cones

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Aerial view of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, rising beside the Mississippi River with bridges and cityscape in the background.

Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch framing downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

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Dred Scott

Dred Scott

Dred Scott.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 3a08411u)

Anheuser-Busch brewery

Anheuser-Busch brewery

Anheuser-Busch brewery, St. Louis, Missouri.

Bev Sykes

T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.

American-English writer T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot working on his play The Cocktail Party in his office at the Institute...

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Josephine Baker poses in a feathered costume with an elaborate feathered headdress, smiling and raising one arm, circa 1926.

Josephine Baker

Born in St. Louis, Josephine Baker took her flamboyant singing and dancing to Paris,...

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St. Louis 1904 Olympic swimmers

St. Louis 1904 Olympic swimmers

Swimmers diving into the water at the 0.5-mile (805-meter) championship race at the...

Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis (ID: N45181)

Thomas Mickell Burnham: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Thomas Mickell Burnham: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, oil on canvas by Thomas Mickell Burnham,...

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Young boy concentrating on his work at a desk in a kindergarten classroom, with other children seated and working in the background.

Kindergarten student

Kindergarten classroom.

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Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals watches the ball after swinging his bat during a baseball game, with a catcher, umpire, and crowd in the background.

Stan Musial

St. Louis Cardinals player Stan Musial following through after a hit during a Major...

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