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Title: St. Louis - Washington University and Forest Park
Description: Aerial view of northwest corner of Forest Park along axis of Skinker Blvd., running ahead just to left of center of frame, top to bottom. Forest Park to right of Skinker; residential area near Skinker and Wydown at lower left corner, with just a few large homes already built. Brookings Hall area of Washington University campus visible at extreme left center edge of frame to left of Skinker.

Title: World's Fair Pavilion, 1950
Date: 1950
Description: The World's Fair Pavillion at Forest Park, circa 1950. Photograph donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Gerald R. Massie and the Massie family.

Title: 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage at the St. Louis Zoo
Description: View of the 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage at the St. Louis Zoo from Washington Street in Forest Park. A low wall around the perimeter of the Zoo provided a generous view of the immense aviary for people and cars which passed on the street.

Title: Competitive Design for the Missouri Building, 1904 World's Fair
Date: 1892-05-28
Description: A competitive design submission for the Missouri Building planned for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. The design was submitted by architect Isaac S. Taylor and the illustration was printed as no. 857 on May 28,1892 in American Architect and Building News.

Title: St. Louis - Forest Park, MO
Description: St. Louis, MO - Aerial view of the St. Louis Art Museum, with Art Hill and Grand Basin.

Title: The Jewel Box, 1955
Date: 1955
Description: The Jewel Box at Forest Park, circa 1955. The Jewel Box is a display greenhouse located at the intersection of Wells and McKinley Drives in St. Louis. The building was first opened in 1936 and underwent major renovations in 2002. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Gerald R. Massie and the Massie family.

Title: World's Largest Bird Cage, Forest Park
Description: This image is a landscape view of the 1904 Flight Cage housed at the St. Louis Zoo. The aviary was originally constructed by the Smithsonian Institution for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Following the 1904 World's Fair St. Louis purchased the cage from the Smithsonian.

Title: Art Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Description: A view of the St. Louis Art Museum in Forest Park from Art Hill. The St. Louis Art Museum was originally designed by Cass Gilbert and David Chipperfield and built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the 1904 World's Fair. Directly in front of the Art Museum is a statue called The Apotheosis of St. Louis, a likeness of King Louis IX of France who is the patron saint of the city.

Title: Tamm Avenue Bridge
Date: 1963-09-24, 1963-09-24
Description: The new Tamm Avenue Bridge over the Daniel Boone Expressway was opened to traffic early Tuesday. The new structure, with two wider lanes and sidewalks, links with Wells drive opposite the Elephant House of the St. Louis Zoo. This view looks toward the Zoo.

Title: St. Louis Zoo Building
Description: This image is a landscape view of an original building in the St. Louis Zoo and the lush garden surrounding it. The St. Louis Zoological Park is located in Forest Park within the city of St. Louis. The large building, adorned with two American flags and a chimney, has multiple floors and two outdoor observation decks. A great elephant hangs above the entrance to the building. Zoo guests are shown on a wide pathway in between the lower lawn and the lower level observation area.

Title: St. Louis - Forest Park, MO
Description: St. Louis, MO - Aerial view of south central section of Forest Park looking northeast and almost directly down onto northeastern corner of Zoo grounds including Bird Cage at lower left center area; World's Fair Pavilion at center of frame; and Post-Dispatch Lake beyond the Pavilion. Picture is flipped horizontally.

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