Hi There is a neat spread about the Veiled Prophet parade in the Anzeiger des Westens newspaper, 03 Oct 1897, pp. 20-21. In the 1930s, when my aunt lived in an apartment at Sarah and Lindell, we had a great view of the V.P. parade on the street car tracks on Lindell. In those days, by drawing power from the street car electrical system, the floats, although horse-drawn, were brilliantly lighted. I suppose safety rules now would make it difficult to do such a thing; 440 volts DC can be lethal. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks

Hi Bob: My 19 year-old aunt & godmother Adele Stoltman was in that parade as a "maid-of-honor" in 1930. Do you know where it started and ended then? Thanks for the personal description - helps bring life to the story - sending to her 'Notes.' Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Doerr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:55 AM Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Veiled Prophet > Hi > > There is a neat spread about the Veiled Prophet parade in the > Anzeiger des Westens newspaper, 03 Oct 1897, pp. 20-21. > > In the 1930s, when my aunt lived in an apartment at Sarah and Lindell, we > had a great view of the V.P. parade on the street car tracks on Lindell. > > In those days, by drawing power from the street car electrical system, the > floats, although horse-drawn, were brilliantly lighted. I suppose safety > rules now would make it difficult to do such a thing; 440 volts DC can be > lethal. > > Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks > > > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website > (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a > look. > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005 > >