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Title: Baldwin, Captain Ed
Description: As a young man Capt. Ed Baldwin. 1870. "Mountain" steamboat pilot. Return to Miss Rosa Wellenkamp, Washington, Missouri.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph from the steamboat DELTA QUEEN, view from the sun deck to the Texas deck and the ship's bell.

Title: H. E. MYRTLE
Description: Photo. H. E. MYRTLE.

Title: Sainte Genevieve
Date: 1954-09
Description: Ste. Genevieve car ferry Sept. 1954

Title: Gale C
Description: Photograph of m/v GALE C. with tow, going under a bridge.

Title: St. Louis Club
Description: Photograph of the St. Louis Club on Lindell just west of Grand Avenue. The St. Louis Club opened in 1900 and served as an important meeting place for the organizers of the 1904 World's Fair. The building was taken over by Saint Louis University in 1992 and converted into an art museum.

Title: Potter
Date: 2008-12
Description: On the bridge

Title: FORT CHARTRES
Description: Photo of Ft. CHARTRES (U.S. Dredge No. 6).

Title: Ozzie Smith
Date: 1985-05-23
Description: Ozzie didn't disappoint fans with his opening-day flip.

Title: To the People of the State of Illinois
Date: 1834-07-14
Description: An open letter from gubernatorial candidate R. K. McLaughlin to the voters stating his election platform.

Title: Becky Thatcher
Date: 1969
Description: Str. Becky Thatcher from Gateway Arch - 1969. Photo by Capt. Jim Blum.

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: The Portland was built in 1947 as a harbor tug. She is aprox 220 feet long, and her paddle wheel is 25 plus feet in diameter. She has 7 rudders. In 1980 the Port of Portland who owner her, retired her. They planned to restore her to daily passenger excursions, but gave up due to lack of funding. She was given to the Oregon Maritime Museum a few years ago, and the with massive volunteer help have restored her. The pictures are on her first trip since 1980. She is on a steel hull, Boiler Deck, and Main Deck. Floor. The rest is wooden. So hopefully, an exemption can be gotten to allow her to operate as basically is, or funds to change wood to steel. She is very typical of the Western Steam Paddle Wheeler.

Title: A Sunday Service in St. Louis
Date: 1882-04-15
Description: Image from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on April 15, 1882. The image of a revivalist preaching on the levee in St. Louis was based on a sketch by Charles Upham.

Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1938-01-09
Description: Jan. 9, 1938. -- Upstream view showing Ste. Genevieve and Grafton in distance.

Title: Locust. From 4th West. 1870
Date: 1870
Description: Photograph of Locust Street looking west from Fourth Street toward Broadway. The four story building on the right is Odd Fellows' Hall, home to the firm of Mermod, Jaccard, & Co. The large building on the left with the projecting cornice and chimney belonged to Daniel W. Bell. The edge of the St. Louis Mercantile Library's first building is visible on the left across Broadway.

Title: BENTON
Description: Photograph of the BENTON.

Title: Missouri Portland Cement Docks
Description: Photograph of the Missouri Portland Cement Company factory and loading docks on the Mississippi River. A steamboat (the Belle of Calhoun) is visible in the background at one of the docks., This is the full image of a duplicate photograph in the collection, which identifies the steamboat.

Title: Front of Two Urban Residences
Description: Photograph of the front of two city houses side by side. Buildings in foreground partially obstructing the house fronts. Young child in alley in foreground.

Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Description: Tobin's loading dock. Taken from "Devils Bake Oven".

Title: Red Cross Unit Czech Sokol Ladies
Date: 1943-02-14
Description: The Czech Sokol Ladies unit of the Red Cross at the Czechoslovak Society of America's National Hall in St. Louis on February 14, 1943. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by the Gymnastics Association Sokol.

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