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

Title: Douglass Bridge
Description: Photograph of the Douglass Bridge.

Title: JOHN J. BOHLKEN
Description: John J. Bohlken. Charlie Germann with fish.

Title: Saint Louis Riverfront
Description: Boats lined up along the St. Louis levee. Union Elevator visible on the Illinois shore. Boats are, from left to right, unnamed, the snagboat C. R. Suter, the showboat French's New Sensation, and a steamer ----lyde. Date range of photograph could be from 1888 to about 1910.

Title: Joseph P. Williams
Description: Photograph of the steamer JOSEPH P. WILLIAMS

Title: Del Commune
Description: Photograph of the towboat DEL COMMUNE. In the lower right corner of photograph are the words,“St. Louis MO. Engineer District Floating Plant / Tow Boat Del Commune Broadside View / MAR 28, 1938 / 3377."

Title: Hannibal, Missouri
Description: Photograph from the steamboat DELTA QUEEN of Hannibal, Missouri, from the Mississippi River

Title: St. Louis Manual Training School
Date: 1881-05-28
Description: Drawing of the St. Louis Manual Training School, chairs, and faces. A page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

Title: Silver Moon Hotel
Description: The caption on the back of this photograph indicates that it is the Silver Moon Hotel which was replaced by the Arcade Building. Other accounts suggest this was known as the Hotel Moser, which had the Silver Moon Restaurant on the first floor.

Title: C. A. CULBERSON
Description: Woods Brothers boat, channel work pictures

Title: Missouri River
Description: This picture showing where the river has done most damage. (Hamburg, Iowa)

Title: J.S.
Description: p. 1071 - on Upper Mississippi River, believed to be '1902-1910' Davenport, Iowa. First as sternwheel 'J.S' J.S. 'first ' J.S. excursion boat built at Jeffersonville, Indiana. 1901 - size 175'x33'x5.5'. engines 18"x7' stroke, built for Captain John Streckfus Sr. Originally placed in Davenport - Clinton, Iowa daily trade, offering "moonlight excursions". In this trade she was found to be too large and heavy to run the rapids every day. She was withdrawn and operated exclusively as an excursion boat, and made great success as such. She was lost by burning, on June 25, 1910 at "bad ax bend," near Victory Wisconsin. It is said that the fire which caused her destruction was touched off by a passenger who was confined in the jail located in hold.

Title: Coridore Southern Hotel
Description: Photograph of a billiards room at the Southern Hotel in St. Louis. Corinthian columns support large beams across the ceiling.

Title: Metal Lathers Local 73 at the St. Louis Zoo, 1930
Date: 1930
Description: The men of Metal Lathers Local 73 at the St. Louis Zoo, circa 1930. Included in the photo are Harry Hagen, Herman Beermann, Henry Beerman, Brian Frederickson, Tom Frederickson, and Joe Cook. Henry Beerman, who is the son of Herman Beermann, had the spelling of his last name changed. Photograph donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by the Gymnastic Association Sokol.

Title: Fort Gage
Description: "Fort Gage" - U. S. Engineer Corps towboat mastered by Capt. Morey Brady. The boat was sold to Capt. Robert Roehrig, who used her during the 1940's in his enterprise called 'Roehrig Marine Service' at the St. Louis levee.

Title: Boatman's Bank Building
Date: 1900-03
Description: 14x11 in photograph of the old Boatman's Bank building in March of 1900. A sign for Shapleigh Hardware adorns the building and there is an advertisement in the foreground for recreational boating on the Meramec River.

Title: Jimmy and Freddy Moore
Date: 1954-07-14
Description: Jimmy Moore, left, and his brother Freddy, who lived on Hunt Avenue, try to cool off on July 14, 1954. The day's temperature was a record 115 degrees, making it the hottest day ever in St. Louis history. Here, the Moore boys enjoy what they called 'The Original Water Park.' Photograph donated by J. R. Moore.

Title: Chestnut fr. 4th West
Date: 1872
Description: Photograph of Chestnut Street in St. Louis looking west from Fourth Street. The court house is on the left and the Planter's Hotel is on the right., This image of the Planter's Hotel matches another looking north on Fourth Street in 1872. By 1874, the hotel was renovated and expanded.

Title: C. R. SUTER
Description: M. S. Snagboat "C R Suter" At foot of ways. Gasconade Boatyard

Title: FAIRMONT
Description: Photograph of the FAIRMONT

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