Promotional map from the Wabash Railroad showing track locations and industrial areas of St. Louis, MO that were served by the Wabash. Additional information is included to promote the railroad's service for shippers.
This map, plotted out by Norbury Wayman, shows the various locations of steamboat lines and related companies on the St. Louis levee, detailing three periods of time; before 1865; 1865 - 1900; and 1900 - 1953. Lines and companies are donated by name, location and years of operation. Nearby streets are mapped as well, for easy frame of reference. Scale in feet: 100 ft. = 1 inch.
A map from the invitation to the Representative to the Prepatory Commissions for the United Nations from St. Louis leaders, in a work titled "Saint Louis Invites the United Nations." This plan called for the UN to consider Saint Louis for the home of the United Nations. Weldon Spring, Missouri, a suburb of Saint Louis, was the proposed site in the plan.
Plate number seven. Obsolete dwellings breed slums. Slums are the direct outgrowth of obsolete substandard housing., From: Report / City Plan Commission of St. Louis. [St. Louis] : City Plan Commission of St. Louis. 1942.
Works Progress Administration official project number 44328 under direction of Assessors Office Ralph W. Coale Assessor. Plate Number Six. Blight is directly related to age of houses. Majority of residential buildings in the central area were constructed more than fifty years ago. These have outlived their usefulness and should be replaced in large numbers., From: Report / City Plan Commission of St. Louis. [St. Louis] : City Plan Commission of St. Louis. 1942.
