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Title: Saint Louis Art Museum
Description: Photograph of the Saint Louis Art Museum building. People are walking in front of the building and into and out of it. A horse-drawn carriage is parked in front of the building., It does not appear that the Apotheosis of St. Louis (statue of King Louis IX) has been installed in front of the museum yet. The museum relocated to this building, which was built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the Worlds' Fair, after the fair ended in 1904. The Apotheosis was installed in 1906.

Title: Chestnut Street West From 4th Street
Description: Photograph of the intersection of Chestnut and 4th Street looking west along 4th Street. The Old Courthouse is visible on the left. Many automobiles are visible along 4th Street., Among the businesses visible along 4th Street are a hat company, a life insurance company a hotel and a burlesque theater.

Title: City Street Construction
Description: Photograph of construction in a city street. A section of cobblestones has been removed along a busy sidewalk. A boy with newspapers is standing in the construction area, other boys on the sidewalk appear to be engaged in a game.

Title: Restaurant Menu Sign Board
Description: Photograph of menu sign board on sidewalk in front of restaurant. Menu items with prices are visible.

Title: Sunken Garden
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of the Sunken Garden at the 1904 World's Far with the U.S. Government building in the background. The picture was taken from across the lagoon. The Palace of Liberal Arts is on the left and the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy is on the right. There are two gondolas in the foreground.

Title: Christmas Tree on North Tucker
Description: Photograph of what appears to be a Christmas Tree arch display being set up on North Tucker Boulevard. The intersection with Washington Avenue is in the background.

Title: Industrial Smokestacks
Description: Photograph of smokestacks against an industrial background., The distinctive outline of the Cupples Station complex is in the far background.

Title: Urban Horse Herd Closeup
Description: Photograph of herd of horses in urban neighborhood. Two men can be clearly seen corralling the horses. This is a close-up from another photograph in the collection.

Title: Car Parked On Seventh Street
Description: A photograph of an automobile parked on Seventh Street.

Title: Market Street Lunch Room
Description: Photograph of lunch room and store at 1310 Market Street. A menu board is visible in front of the lunch room, a man is looking out of the doorway. The store advertises a "patent medicine" and multiple cigar brands.

Title: Horse And Hole Two
Description: Photograph of a horse either being lowered into or lifted out of a hole in a city street. A ladder has been lowered into the hole, several men are in the foreground directing the block and tackle. One worker is handling the block and tackle rope. A crowd of observers is visible in the background., There is a sequence of photographs in the collection of work around this hole in the street, either a horse is being lifted out of it or lowered into it.

Title: Alaska House and Totems
Date: 1904
Description: Photograph of the totem poles around the Alaska house at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.

Title: Tower Grove Dairy Employee
Date: 1900
Description: An employee for the Tower Grove Dairy delivering goods to residents of St. Louis, circa 1900. Tower Grove Dairy was owned and operated by August Knobbe, a resident of St. Louis. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by JoAnne (Knobbe) Behm.

Title: Palace of Machinery
Date: 1904
Description: Photograph of the Palace of Machinery at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. The picture was taken facing north down the lagoon and takes in the Palace of Transportation and the dome of Creation in the distance.

Title: Train In Front Of Warehouses
Description: Photograph of Terminal Railroad Association train engine with tender stopped in rail yard, warehouses in the Cupples station block are visible in the background. The Simmons hardware company occupied many of the buildings.

Title: View of Buffalo Tower
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of a vista looking down the lagoon at the 1904 World's Fair. The image was taken in front of the Palace Mines and Metallurgy, notable for its obelisks, and takes in a view of the Palace of Liberal Arts and the distant Buffalo Tower. A large equestrian statue is in the foreground.

Title: River Des Peres
Description: Photograph of river at low level running through a neighborhood. People are in the riverbed and a shack that has fallen off its foundation is also visible along the bank.

Title: Barber Pole and Man
Description: A photograph of a Barber pole with a man in the background., This is the only photograph in the collection framed on the diagonal.

Title: Mengel And Vogt Druggists
Description: Photograph of the Mengel & Vogt pharmacy at Taylor and Page Avenues. A woman is standing next to a pole in front of the building. The building still exists and appears to be vacant.

Title: Streetcar Street Repair
Description: Photograph of streetcars on street under repair, a modified streetcar with the cab removed is in the foreground. Men are visible in the background on the sidewalk in front of the businesses.

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