Through their giveback program, Closets for a Cause, Saint Louis Closet Co. officially donated $3,359.12 to the Cancer Support Community of Greater St. Louis. This nonprofit’s mission is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by the community. “We are thrilled to partner with Saint […]
After an extensive national recruitment process, Peter C. Marsac has been appointed as Maplewood’s new Fire Chief. Marsac was serving as the Interim Fire Chief following the retirement of Terry Merrell in July of 2021. He will oversee the Fire Department’s $3.3 million budget and 20 employees. Marsac has worked with the City’s Fire Department […]
The images in this post were run not long ago as part of The Amazing Lillian Herold Weber Collection – Part Four. Since then, with the help of the donor and my Brentwood correspondent, we’ve analyzed them a bit further. I think we have a clearer understanding of what we’re looking at now than we […]
The Owner of the Goldsmith Studio Had Disappeared On A Fishing Trip Readers with most of, or at least a large part of, their memory cells intact may recall that at the end of my last post about the images from Goldsmith Studio, the proprietor had gone missing. Eager to confront this mystery, I launched […]
As most of you know I have been running a series of posts that have been supplied from the collection of Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley. This is number eight. The collection included a large number of images of friends and acquaintances of Emma’s, one has to assume. Many of these had nothing written on them […]
They all were either friends or acquaintances of Emma Beauvais Thomas. We may never know which. Here are their images and many others from: The Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley Collection – Part Seven. Regular followers of this space will already know that many of my most recent posts have featured vintage images that were once […]
Acting Maplewood Police Chief Matt Nighbor reported on Friday to Maplewood block captains of a report of shots being fired near the 2400 block of Laclede Station Road. He said on Wednesday, February 23, at approximately 11 p.m., officers responded to the 2400 block of Laclede Station Road for a report of “shots fired”. Maplewood […]
Former Maplewood mayor, James P. White, died on February 24, according to posts on social media and direct contact with a neighbor of the White family. White served two term as mayor of Maplewood, 2009-2017. Prior to that he served as Maplewood Police Chief. See his obituary here. Visitation will be held at J.B. Smith […]
They all were either friends or acquaintances of Emma Beauvais Thomas. We may never know which. Here are their images and many others from: The Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley Collection – Part Six. Regular followers of this space will already know that many of my most recent posts have featured vintage images that were once […]
Some Maplewood businesses are moving within Maplewood, some are moving in, and some are closing. Sole Survivor has moved from the corner of Manchester and Sutton just 500 feet east, to 7358 Manchester, next to Great Harvest Bread and La Cosecha Coffee. To the other side of Sole Survivor is the empty spot left by […]
They all were either friends or acquaintances of Emma Beauvais Thomas. We may never know which. Here are their images and many others from: The Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley Collection – Part Five. Regular followers of this space will already know that many of my most recent posts have featured vintage images that were once […]
This trove contains many fascinating early images. According to a couple of history of photography websites, George Eastman, the founder of the Kodak Company, invented film to replace the apparatus and chemicals that professional photographers were using. If that weren’t enough, he also created a way to make photography less expensive and available to amateurs. […]
Before you read this post, I believe you would do well to read my first post about The Love Song of Mr. Thomas. It contains a lot of information that I don’t intend to repeat. This post is to let interested parties know that all of the letters that Mr. Thomas wrote to his wife-to-be, […]
Never Before Published – Vintage Images of the Thomas Home and Grounds One of the tactics I used to try and better understand Emma’s collection of photos and documents was to separate the images by the way they had been mounted. Nearly all were on cardboard of one sort or another. In my last post, […]
In the Maplewood City Council, Ward 3 council member Jenny Schmidt is not running for reelection. Two residents filed for the seat and will be on the ballot on April 5. They are Nick Homa and Mary Killian (see her info here). Both have sent information to 40 South. This is information that Nick Homa […]
In the Maplewood City Council, Ward 3 council member Jenny Schmidt is not running for reelection. Two residents filed for the seat and will be on the ballot on April 5. They are Mary Killian and Nick Homa (see his info here). Both have sent information to 40 South. This is information that Mary Killian […]
In Maplewood’s Ward 1, longtime city council representative Karen Wood decided not to run for the seat. Two residents are running for the position: they are Matt Coriell and Shana Jones. Both have Facebook pages for their campaigns stating their reasons for running and positions. The election will be held on April 5. In Ward […]
In the news recently, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is suing several school districts, including Brentwood and Maplewood Richmond Heights, to halt what he calls their unlawful mask mandates. Fox 2 — Missouri American Water to invest $52 million in new pipes for St. Louis County – FOX 2 KSDK — Missouri attorney general sues […]
In 1896, William Lyman Thomas Took a Little Trip – To Memphis. Images he brought back have recently surfaced as part of his daughter’s collection. The trove, as I received it, was in a large box. It consisted of two folders, each containing some images, but the largest number, 200+, were in the bottom of […]
I have no memories of ever wanting to be a historian.* Just happened. I have been interested in old houses for as long as I can remember. Mostly I never gave a thought to who built them or the families that lived there. I toured a lot of historic buildings and listened to the guides’ […]
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