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Title: Potter
Date: 2008-12
Description: St. Louis Harbor from the bridge of the Potter, December 2008

Title: Golden Eagle and Admiral
Description: Steamers GOLDEN EAGLE and the ADMIRAL at the Saint Louis riverfront.

Title: St. Louis Riverfront
Date: 1935-06-09
Description: Ed Bruckner Mate. 6/9/35. Saint Louis, Missouri riverfront at flood stage. Eads Bridge in background. Elevated railroad tracks to the left of photo.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947-05-17
Description: "Golden Eagle" below Eads Bridge St. Louis MO. Picture taken May 17, 1947 before departure for her last trip to Nashville, Tenn. She sank next morning May 18 at Grand Tower Island after striking rock formation and fearing a 6 foot hole in the center seam in the hull. The Pilot Nathan Smith beached her and all passengers & crew were saved. Repeated floods in the summer of 1947 made raising of the

Title: Admiral
Description: The Admiral at the Saint Louis riverfront. Gateway Arch in the background. Dec. 2, 1967. Goldenrod Showboat visible as well. Hilton under construction.

Title: Gordon C. Greene
Description: Photograph of the steamer GORDON C. GREENE mid-stream at St. Louis, Missouri.

Title: Sainte Genevieve
Description: The Sainte Genevieve with helper tugs at Saint Louis. Gateway Arch and downtown in the background. Goldenrod Showboat to the right.

Title: Sainte Genevieve
Description: Photo of the dredge Sainte Genevieve at Saint Louis. Gateway Arch in background.

Title: St. Louis Riverfront From the Deck of the Golden Eagle
Date: 1946-07-13
Description: Golden Eagle trip July 13 - 1946. St. Louis riverfront.

Title: WRIGHT
Description: Wright, U.S. Snagboat. U.S. Government Yards and Fleet of Mississippi River Commission, St. Louis, Mo.

Title: Eads Bridge
Description: Photograph of the Eads Bridge, Mississippi River, St. Louis, Mo.

Title: St. Louis Riverfront
Date: 1865
Description: Panoramic photograph of St. Louis, Missouri, 1865. Identifiable steamboats (from left to right) are: EDWARD WALSH, WARSAW, U. S. Mail Line C. E. KILLMAN, SULTANA, and EMPRESS. The Old Courthouse rises above the rest of the skyline.

Title: Golden Eagle
Description: Photograph of the GOLDEN EAGLE at southbound on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. Eads Bridge in background.

Title: Soldiers Departing, 1942
Date: 1942
Description: Families and residents of St. Louis gather on the levee to send off soldiers departing for World War II, circa 1942. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Norbert Rechtien.

Title: Jefferson Barracks Bridge, 1941
Date: 1941
Description: The Jefferson Barracks Bridge in the process of being built, 1941. This shot is looking towards the Illinois shore near the railroad tracks below Jefferson Barracks. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Norbert Rechtien.

Title: Gale C
Description: m/v GALE C. Photograph in front of Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri. UTM Company.

Title: Flood at St. Louis, June 18, 1858
Date: 1858-06-18
Description: A photograph taken by Marine Co. documented the damage in St. Louis from a severe flood on June 18, 1858. The streets were completely covered in water and make-shift planks provided a safe walking platform for people to safely cross from boats to the semi-submerged buildings. Two people can be seen assessing the flood damage from the rooftop of the tallest building on the left of the photograph, while others on the right stand safely on the deck of a steamboat..

Title: Becky Thatcher II
Description: The steamboat Becky Thatcher II on the Mississippi River at Saint Louis. Eads Bridge in the background.

Title: Henry Sackman
Date: 1918
Description: Wreck of the Henry Sackman, railroad ferry owned by Wiggins Ferry Company at Saint Louis. Dismantled 1918.

Title: Geisler, Henry C.
Date: 1956-06-26
Description: Photograph of pilot's license for Henry C. Geisler.

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