Photograph of the German Pavilion at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. This pavilion was best known for its bells which could be heard from a great distance.
Photograph looking south from the top of the courthouse in St. Louis looking across Market Street to the buildings beyond. Part of Broadway is visible on the right with the facades of the St. James Hotel and the Olympic Theatre.
Aerial view from almost directly above at unidentified location. Believed to be old American Car Company facility in 1700 block of Vandeventer. Multiple track rail line on edge of factory site at lower left of frame along edge of factory site.
Ferry boat and steamer Providence. Wiggins ferry? Note bull rail on main deck. Julius Walsh, Kuntz; ferryboater, 3; working --- North Market, 24 hr. service = ran to Venice on Sun. beer open. Capt. Menke got showboat for Sunday trade
Steamer MARY MORTON was built in Dubuque, Iowa in 1880, owned by the Diamond Jo Line and named for the wife of Diamond Jo Reynolds. The Mary Morton once sank near Clarksville, Missouri (Sept. 10, 1882) and was raised. The boat was chartered to the Anchor Line in 1897 and continue running the St. Louis - Memphis trade. She sank in October that year at Crain's Island near Grand Tower, Illinois, and was lost.