Corner of Walnut and Main Street street Scene. Signage shows Fur Exchange Building, Walnut St is Funsten Fouke Fur Co. (100 Walnut St), and on Main Street is F. C. Taylor Fur Co., and Coffee Manufacture Co. There are several trucks with empty cages. The issue citation reads, "When St. Louis was a mere trading post almost 200 years ago, the settlers bartered with teh Indians for furs. Today the same business is followed in St. Louis, not with the Indians, of course, but with the trappers in the north countries who send their pelts here for the auctions which is the largest in the United States. The furriers may be found by the score in the river-front improvement area."
Early undated photograph shows the exterior building with signage reading The International Fur Exchange. In the street can see the electric trolley lines and tracks. Early model cars and on the corner is signage on the window for S. Merrill Drug Co. On the corner of the building appears to be a boy selling newspapers.
"Here for a time seal skins of U.S. Government caught on Alaskan Coast were auctioned and public auction sales of furs held three times a year. Government seal skins now sold at semi-annual public auctions on top floor are prepared for sale at 1328 S. Kingshighway."
Architectural drawing of the Broadway Street entrance of the building. "Architect's rendering of promenade at Broadway entrance to the new Equitable Building to is in the Civic Center area of St. Louis. The Building will be set on a podium elevated three feet above street level. Two promenades, each 8,000 square feet, will e provided through 32-foot setbacks on Broadway and Fourth Streets. The low-rise structure at left will be linked with the 21-story tower by a 2,500 square foot glass-enclosed garden walkway. The landscaped garden will be open the year round.