Union Station in 1955 seen from Chestnut Street looking across Aloe Plaza. Photograph donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Gerald R. Massie and the Massie family.
This image is a landscape view of an original building in the St. Louis Zoo and the lush garden surrounding it. The St. Louis Zoological Park is located in Forest Park within the city of St. Louis. The large building, adorned with two American flags and a chimney, has multiple floors and two outdoor observation decks. A great elephant hangs above the entrance to the building. Zoo guests are shown on a wide pathway in between the lower lawn and the lower level observation area.
Photograph of Mielke's Lunch Stand, the Hotel Francis and Walter J. Noble Whiskey and Wine store. People are standing in front of the stores looking at the photographer. Many business signs and a menu for the lunch stand are visible.
The page depicts Nicholas, the future Czar of Russia, Mustapha-Ben-Ismail of Tunisia and Lord Salisbury of England. There are a couple of chairs used by President Garfield and the Mayor of Boston in the middle of the page. At the bottom of the page is an illustration of the Manual Training School of Washington University in St. Louis.
9.25x6.75 in photograph of the Odean Theater at 1038 N. Grand Avenue in St. Louis. It was built as a masonic temple in 1904 and was later home for the Saint Louis Symphony.
The "New Post Office" and its surrounding grounds, including a large fountain, are shown in this image. The large, multi-storied building is located at 1720 Market Street next to Union Station in the city of St. Louis. This post office was built to replace an older post office which was built in 1912 and located on Walnut and 18th Street.
20x16 in photograph labeled on the back as "Turner Block 4th St. between Chestnut & Pine. E Boehl, Photog. 514 Wash. Ave." Image is of four and five story buildings that appear to have cast iron facades. The office of the St. Louis Daily Record occupies the top floor.
Photograph of the St. Louis Club on Lindell just west of Grand Avenue. The St. Louis Club opened in 1900 and served as an important meeting place for the organizers of the 1904 World's Fair. The building was taken over by Saint Louis University in 1992 and converted into an art museum.
Photograph of the west side of Twelfth Street in St.Louis looking north from Olive Street. Two tall buildings are in focus. The one on the left is the St. Louis Star building and the one on the right is the Hotel Jefferson, later known as the Jefferson Arms. The Jefferson Hotel was designed by Barnett, Haynes & Barnett and built in 1904.
Cover page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper from April 28, 1877. Vol XLIV, No 1,126. It features eight lithographs of the burning of the Southern Hotel in St. Louis.
Photograph of the Columbia Club on Lindell west of Vandeventer. Writing on the back of the photograph indicates that this building was later home to the Automobile Club. The Columbia Club was a Jewish social institution.
The Catholic church at Ste. Genevieve, oldest town in Missouri, was started in 1794 and was the first of its kind in Upper Louisiana. The present structure dates back to 1835.