1950 Press Photo Mayor Joseph M. Darst of St. Louis in New Orleans - noa84547

In 1762 aNew Orleans merchant named Pierce Laclede Liguest announced that he had found "a situation" for a community just below the junction of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. That community today is St. Louis. Its Mayor Joseph M. Darst, is in New Orleans "looking over the situation" for a proposed St. Louis-New Orleans world's fair in 1953.

Photo is dated 1950.

Photo measures 8.25 x 10 inches.