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St. Louis City Directories, Gazetteers, Rosters, and Guides
This collection contains resources that cover the people and places in the city of St. Louis, including but not limited to residential, business, and street directories, membership rosters for organizations, clubs, and social societies, and descriptive guidebooks of notable residents, businesses, institutions, and landmarks. A comprehensive list of directories for St. Louis available at other institutions can be accessed at List of St. Louis City Directories, Gazetteers, Rosters, and Guides or at this list created by the Missouri History Museum. Washington University in St. Louis has a particularly strong collection digitized as part of its St. Louis Circuit Court Records Project.
St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
draggable directories
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- Pen and Sunlight Sketches of St. Louis
- A promotional directory featuring illustrations and descriptions of the major buildings, monuments, and businesses in St. Louis for the year 1892, as well as a brief history of the city's founding and development.
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- St. Louis Pictorial Advertiser and Illustrated Business Directory, for the Years 1858 and 1859
- A business directory distributed to hotels, railroad stations, reading rooms, and steamers for the use of travelers. It pairs descriptions of major cities in the United States with illustrated advertisements for businesses, including St. Louis.
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- St. Louis Up To Date
- This promotional directory for the year the 1895 features a history of St. Louis, a listing and description of major businesses and industries operating in St. Louis, and photographs of landmarks and buildings.
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- The Masonic Manual and St. Louis Guide
- A handbook produced for visitors to the Knights Templar Triennial Conclave of 1886 hosted in St. Louis, it lists Missouri members of the various Masonic Bodies, has advertisements for Mason supported businesses, and features descriptive guides for many major points of interest in St. Louis, including parks, libraries, sports teams, and buildings.
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