This photograph provides a wide view of Locust Street headed downhill toward 18th Street. It includes several storefronts, large buildings, and a tall church steeple in the distance. The street is shared by pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, as well as motorized vehicles. Gas street lamps and telephone wires line the street.
Photograph of Locust Street in St. Louis looking west across the intersection with Broadway. The Mermod-Jaccard Building is on the right and the Mercantile Library building is across from it on the left.
Photograph of Locust Street looking west from Fourth Street toward Broadway. The four story building on the right is Odd Fellows' Hall, home to the firm of Mermod, Jaccard, & Co. The large building on the left with the projecting cornice and chimney belonged to Daniel W. Bell. The edge of the St. Louis Mercantile Library's first building is visible on the left across Broadway.
