The real question is, where did you buy your beanshooter and beans to harass the girls on the floats? Also, were the trolley cars, upon which they sat, horse-drawn and not motor-drawn? ===+Bill Bob Doerr <[email protected]> wrote: 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. "You can't know if 18-, 19-, or 20-year-olds ever believe what you're saying" --Tyrone Willingham Bill Olbrich 8723 Brigeport Ave St. Louis, MO 63144 (314) 961-3036 <[email protected]>

The floats were out of range. The cars were horse-drawn, electrically lighted from the trolley wire and grounded tracks. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill olbrich" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Veiled Prophet > The real question is, where did you buy your beanshooter and beans to harass the girls on the floats? Also, were the trolley cars, upon which they sat, horse-drawn and not motor-drawn? > ===+Bill > > Bob Doerr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > > "You can't know if 18-, 19-, or 20-year-olds ever believe what you're saying" > --Tyrone Willingham > Bill Olbrich 8723 Brigeport Ave St. Louis, MO 63144 (314) 961-3036 <[email protected]> > > > ==== 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. > > >