DISCOVERIES MADE CLEANING OUT OLD DRAWERS
Recently I’ve been searching for an envelope of photos taken of me on stage and in costume for number of plays in which I have performed. The photos were last seen in the early 90s and I have no idea where I put them for safe keeping. I must have tucked them away in a very safe place, because I haven’t been able to find them since. Well, I thought I was getting close today, because I found the 12 album pages that preceded the theatrical era photo pages. They contained photos of my military history and photos of the summer I lived in Chicago. I also discovered one that I had forgotten I’d even taken.
It doesn’t look very impressive, but I took the photo on February 14, 1965, which just happened to be the 2o1st anniversary of the founding of the city of Saint Louis. The photo shows the approximate site where the founding took place.
Today the same site looks like this … 
In case you’re wondering how they built the Arch, look closely at the top photo. Those tracks on the outside of each leg of the arch were used by specially built “creeping” cranes to slowly climb to the top. On the left leg you can see a segment that had been assembled on the ground being moved into place. I also was able to get a photo of the center and last segment being put into place six months later. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to locate that photo. Yet!
Posted on October 25, 2012, in LIFE WITH BOB and tagged Gateway Arch, old photos, Saint Louis. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
... a somewhat unknown or perhaps imaginary actor, writer, director, producer, photographer, friend, brother, uncle and all round good fellow that you really should get to know because he lives with that most glamorous fourpaw Mademoiselle Renee. (Mlle. Renee for short)
Now, you see that is really cool.
Linda–whytraven from LJ.
You’ll find those photos one day! I can’t tell you how often I’ll put something in a significant place and say to Tom, “Now in a few months when I run around saying, ‘Where did I put this?’ you can remember it for me!” Only when that happens, he’s almost always forgotten just as I have.
If only Renee could talk!
I think what I’m looking for is in tubs on the top shelf of the walk-in closet. And that’s one of the two places in the house Renee refuses to enter.