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The Billiken is a charm doll created by an American art teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, who is said to have seen the mysterious figure in a dream. It is believed that
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of November 7, 1909, the Billiken sketch at the left is by Florence Pretz and the drawing of Pretz is by journalist Marguerite Martyn.
Billiken statue on the campus of Saint Louis University
The mascot of the Saint Louis Billikens
Two Billikens from the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition of 1909
Saint Louis Billikens
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The St. Louis Billikens are the collegiate athletic teams that represent Saint Louis University, located in St. Louis, Missouri. The Billikens compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic
Billiken
…the athletic mascot of Saint Louis University, because the figure was said to resemble coach John R. Bender. The school's athletic teams remain the Saint Louis Billikens to this day. A bronze statue of the Billiken stands in front of the Chaifetz Arena on the Saint Louis University Campus. A junior version of the Billiken…
SLU women's soccer match in 2003
The Center for Global Citizenship, formerly West Pine Gymnasium, at Saint Louis University
St. Louis Post-Dispatch photograph of Brad Robinson, who threw the first legal forward pass in 1906
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