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Title: View from the Buffalo Tower
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of the 1904 World's Fair from the top of the Buffalo Tower. The view looks out over the Plaza of Orleans to the distant eastern restaurant pavilion on Art Hill. The roofs of the Palace of Liberal Arts (left) and the Palace of Manufactures (right) are clearly visible.

Title: St. Louis Court House in 1840
Description: This lithograph shows a street view of the St. Louis Courthouse in 1840. The image includes pedestrians on the street and looks North from Market and Fourth Streets.

Title: From Courthouse. North
Description: Photograph of St. Louis looking north from the courthouse. Looking across Chestnut Street, the Planter's Hotel on the right takes up a large portion of the image. Various buildings on Broadway can be seen on the left.

Title: Sainte Genevieve, First Brick House
Description: First brick house west of the Mississippi, built about 1785 at Ste. Genevieve, still standing and formerly used as a courthouse. Now a soft-drink parlor downstairs.

Title: Sunken Gardens, Christ Church Cathedral, and Public Library
Description: This image is a view of the sunken garden in Lucas Park looking toward the southeast. Immediately beyond the park, from left to right are building which include Christ Church Cathedral in the foreground, the Civil Courts building in the background, and the St. Louis Public Library respectively.

Title: Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri
Description: View of Union Station hotel and train station from the corner of Chestnut Street and 18th Street in downtown St. Louis. Numerous commuters and vehicles are shown entering and exiting the immense station.

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: Globe-Democrat Building
Description: 6.25x9 in photograph of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Building at Pine and 6th Streets.

Title: Missouri Building
Date: 1904
Description: Photograph of the Missouri building at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. This was a temporary structure demolished after the fair. The World's Fair Pavilion was then built on this site.

Title: Chamber of Commerce
Description: 9.25x7 in photograph of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce taken from the intersection of Third and Chestnut Streets.

Title: Old Courthouse. 1870.
Date: 1870
Description: 20x16 in photograph of a one-story log structure. The front is labeled Old Courthouse. 1870. On the back is written "1st Theatre / Blacksmith."

Title: Benoist Residence in 1790
Date: 1790
Description: 20x16 in Photograph of the Benoist Home at the northeast corner of Main and Elm. The Benoist family is most strongly associated with the banking firm of Louis A. Benoist & Company.

Title: Palaces of Education and Social Economy
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of the Palaces of Education and Social Economy at the 1904 World's Fair. This image is of the buildings at night viewed from across the Grand Basin.

Title: 4th Str. fr. Market Str. N.
Description: Photograph of Fourth Street in St. Louis looking north from Market towards Chestnut. The courthouse and the second Planter's Hotel are on the left.

Title: Public School Polytechnic Building
Description: Lithograph of the Polytechnic Building at Seventh and Chestnut in St. Louis. The Polytechnic housed the the library of the St. Louis Public Schools, which became the St. Louis Public Library. It was also an administrative office for the district and housed many small cultural institutions such as the Missouri Historical Society.

Title: St. Louis Courthouse
Description: 8.5x7.25 in photograph of the Old St. Louis Courthouse on Fourth Street between Market and Chestnut.

Title: St. Louis Court House
Date: 1870
Description: 16x20 in photograph of the St. Louis Court House in 1870.

Title: Benoist Home 8th & Pine
Date: 1870
Description: 14x11 in Photograph of the Benoist Home at the corner of 8th Street and Pine. The Benoist family is most strongly associated with the banking firm of Louis A. Benoist & Company.

Title: Palace of Liberal Arts
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of the Palace of Liberal Arts at the 1904 World's Fair. The picture was taken from the southwest looking across the corner of the lagoon. A gondola and a water pipe are in the foreground. Maps of the fair indicate that the pump house for the lagoon would have been here.

Title: Palaces of Electricity and Machinery
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of the Palaces of Electricity and Machinery at the 1904 World's Fair. The image is of the buildings at night viewed from Art Hill looking across the Grand Basin.

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