Seventh Street and Washington Avenue in the Rain

Lemen, Richard W.
Holt, Charles Clement, 1866-1925

picture

Storefronts
Street-cars
Local transit

Saint Louis (Mo.)
Washington Avenue (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Seventh Street (Saint Louis, Mo.)

1920-1929

This photograph shows the corner of Seventh Street and Washington Avenue in the rain. Several pedestrians, including businessmen, are walking down the sidewalk. One woman looking into a store window is taking shelter under an umbrella. There are streetcars, motor cars, and and horse-drawn carriages in the street. Streetcar and telephone wires crisscross overhead. Each of the the buildings are several stories tall and are adorned with advertisements and electric marquees.

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