Printed illustration of horse drawn carriage on Olive Street in St. Louis, Missouri. A large high school can be seen in the background. The building was built in 1855 in the Lucas Place neighborhood.
16x20 in photograph of the first public high school in St. Louis at the corner of Fifteenth Street and Olive Street in 1870. The building was built in 1855 in the Lucas Place neighborhood.
Lithograph of the Polytechnic Building at Seventh and Chestnut in St. Louis. The Polytechnic housed the the library of the St. Louis Public Schools, which became the St. Louis Public Library. It was also an administrative office for the district and housed many small cultural institutions such as the Missouri Historical Society.
