ALT St. Louis CITY SC badge: navy and magenta shield featuring a stylized Gateway Arch formed by bold pink stripes and vertical "CITY" with "ST LOUIS" lettering and small "SC" at the bottom.

ALT Bird's-eye architectural drawing of a riverside civic plan showing a long arched bridge over a wide river, a formal waterfront mall and park with tree-lined promenades, surrounding city blocks laid in a grid, and a tall landmark tower at a central plaza.

ALT Collage of nine classic Gothic and horror book covers arranged in a 3x3 grid, including The Call of Cthulhu, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Fall of the House of Usher, Dracula, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Metamorphosis, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Carmilla, and Frankenstein.

ALT Halloween poster advertising festivities with bold headline, silhouetted children in costumes (zombie, trick-or-treater with pumpkin bucket, witch, fairy) walking past an outlined civic building beneath a full moon with bats on an orange background.

ALT Two smiling people wearing colorful feathered headbands sit at a table with a mandala coloring page, enjoying a craft or costume activity in a meeting room.

ALT Smiling person wearing glasses and purple-and-green streamers, raising one arm in a colorful school activity room with star-decorated cabinets, a sink area, and a bulletin board behind them.

ALT An adult volunteer helps a child choose materials for a craft, holding open a black bag while colorful rolls of duct tape and other craft supplies are laid out on a table in a classroom-like space.

ALT Smiling young person posing playfully with one foot raised and hand on hip in a bright children's reading area—star-patterned floor, low cabinets and sink, and a colorful bulletin board encouraging reading.

ALT Step for Fitness — Every Tuesday 5:30–7 P.M., Schlafly Library; a bright studio class of diverse older adults doing step exercises, a smiling woman in pink leading near a mirrored wall.

ALT Two young women staff a compact rolling "Book Boutique" cart from the St. Louis Public Library, arranging and displaying books under a striped, fringed canopy.

ALT Collage of eight children's book covers arranged in a three-by-three grid on a black background (one panel left blank), showcasing whimsical, autumnal illustrations and titles like Leroy Has Something to Say; The Skeleton and the Cat; Daniel Finds a Poem.

ALT Library audiobook section with low shelves packed with Playaway devices and audiobooks, a display sign and potted plant on the counter, large windows, bright overhead lighting, and a restroom sign visible in the background.

ALT Two smiling women stand side by side holding a glass award between them in front of a backdrop patterned with "Missouri Library Association" logos.

ALT Graduation ceremony group portrait showing graduates in blue caps and gowns standing on a stage holding diplomas, smiling and lined up for a celebratory class photo with two staff members at one end.

ALT Row of graduates in blue caps and gowns processing down an auditorium aisle as family and friends watch from red seats

ALT Young woman in a blue graduation cap and gown holding a bouquet and certificate smiles next to a young girl flashing a peace sign in front of a St. Louis Public Library backdrop.

ALT Graduate in blue cap and gown receives a diploma and shakes hands with a presenter on stage while an official at a podium looks on.

ALT Man in glasses standing in a library reading Why Tammy Wynette Matters with a surprised, open-mouthed expression, holding the book close; wooden shelves and other books are visible behind him.

ALT Bold retro comic-style poster reading "POP CULTURE UNIVERSE" in large black letters over a pink halftone background, framed by cream comic clouds; subtitle reads "ICONS, IDOLS, IDEAS."

ALT Early Voting text above a row of white voting booths, each partition showing a waving U.S. flag and the word VOTE, promoting early voting.

ALT A community library craft session with children and adults seated at tables using glue, colored sand, and activity sheets while a wall screen labeled "Upcoming Programs" lists upcoming events.

ALT Three participants — a young boy, an adult wearing a knit cap, and a teen girl — concentrate on a tabletop sand/paint art activity in a community room, with bottles of colored sand and a partially filled peacock design on a tray.

ALT A woman wearing a hijab guides a young girl creating colorful sand-and-glue art at a long table in a children’s activity room, with trays of colored powders, stencils and glue bottles nearby and a large teddy bear by the window.

ALT A tray set up for a coloring craft: a printed peacock outline partially filled with pink, green and yellow pigment, with small squeeze bottles, a plastic spoon and a wooden skewer for applying color.

ALT Young girl standing in a classroom smiling proudly while holding a homemade yellow sun craft decorated with colored paper strips and foam shapes, with scattered toys, a table, and a whiteboard in the background.

ALT Young child standing in a classroom holding a colorful round paper craft decorated with foam shapes and paper spikes, looking to the side.

ALT Two children standing in a classroom hold up colorful paper sea‑creature crafts—one red with radiating tentacles, one blue with wing‑like fins—proudly showing their handmade art from a library craft activity.

ALT Poster for Operation Food Search offering FREE MEALS, featuring a red tomato logo, blue fruit and vegetable icons, and bold white and yellow text on a blue background.

ALT Volunteers planting a new garden on a sloped bed outside the ornate entrance of St. Louis Public Library Cabanne, with people digging, carrying tools, and an American flag nearby.

ALT Community volunteers planting a mulched street-side garden bed beside a St. Louis Public Library book-return kiosk — one person kneeling to set plants while two others stand watching and holding gardening tools.

ALT Two volunteers planting bulbs in a dry patch of soil beside a stone building, one crouched placing bulbs into the ground while the other holds a green mesh bag of bulbs.

ALT Two volunteers planting seedlings in a mulched garden bed by a brick building — one stands in a pink shirt and gloves watching while the other kneels with a trowel placing young plants in the soil.

ALT Eight Friedens Cemetery burial record cards arranged in a 2x4 grid, each card listing a deceased person's name, grave/lot numbers, section and date of interment in typed and handwritten text.

ALT FREE TICKETS TO THE St. Louis Symphony Orchestra — modern curved-arch symphony hall entrance with a small crowd arriving, vintage "Powell" marquee on the left, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra logo.