became one of the most prolific St. Louis scenic photographers active in the latter half of the 19th Century. The Boehl/Koenig partnership lasted until 1897. Boehl retired from photography in 1919 and died later that year on the 12th of December.
The Emil Boehl Collection consists of three series. The collection contains images dating from 1850 to ca. 1906. The collection’s archival materials include
Page 3 Carpenter-Moore Family Riverboat Scrapbook A -- City of Monroe was part of the Anchor Line and served cities between St. Louis and New Orleans from 1887 to 1905. This page is part of a scrapbook that contains hundreds of photographs of riverboats operating on the Mississippi River from the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries.
Page 1 Carpenter-Moore Family Riverboat Scrapbook A -- City of St. Louis was part of the Anchor Line and served cities between St. Louis and New Orleans from 1883 to 1903. This page is part of a scrapbook that contains hundreds of photographs of riverboats operating on the Mississippi River from the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries.
The collection concerns the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair of 1864 and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. It includes photographs, official fair newspapers, a typescript history, brochures, and other ephemera of two of St. Louis's most noteworthy and historic celebrations.