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Title: Providence and Ferryboat
Description: 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

Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1937-10-29
Description: October 29, 1937. - Closeup view of dredge spoil from Grafton. Note comparative size of boulders with hat.

Title: GASCONADE
Description: Gas boat GASCONADE with U.S. Engineer Department barge.

Title: Golden Eagle
Description: Gerber and Mrs. RVG. In GOLDEN EAGLE lifeboat.

Title: Ohio River Shipyard
Date: 1942-02-05
Description: February 5, 1942. From bottom left: Gulf Barge OSAGE; USCGC AZALEA; NUGENT Sandi Gravel Dredge; USCG Quarter Boat #12; mv BETTY GARDNER; mv JANE RHEA; mv ANKER L. CHRISTY; Str. KENOVA.

Title: Mary Morton
Description: 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.

Title: Calliope
Description: Photograph of calliope.

Title: A. M. SCOTT - Kansas City Missouri Navigation Co.
Description: K. C. Missouri River Navigation Co. Str. A. M. SCOTT with barge. Photograph.

Title: Sainte Genevieve
Description: Dredge Ste. Genevieve at midstream. Photo.

Title: Gateway Arch
Date: 1965-06-17
Description: Photograph of crane scaffolding running up the side of the Gateway Arch. The cranes are positioned at the top of each leg of the arch,

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1946-09-16
Description: This series was taken Sept 16 - 1946. The Eagle Packet wanted a picture as near like the one they considered their favorite to use for postal cards. So Bill & I visited the boat then went north of the Eads Bridge & took this series.

Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1937-11-18
Description: November 18, 1937. - General upstream view of full cut from stern of Grafton at station 235-00.

Title: Clarksville, Missouri
Description: Bridge over Mississippi River at Clarksville, Missouri. Writing on wall says "Buy Your Candies."

Title: ASHBY No. 2
Description: Photograph of the Str. ASHBY II.

Title: Broadway-Facing North
Date: 1897
Description: Photograph of Broadway in St. Louis in 1897. The view is looking north from Pine towards Olive. It includes many people walking on the sidewalks in front of stores and large buildings. There's a horse-drawn carriage and an electric streetcar.

Title: FAIRMONT
Date: 1917
Description: Photograph of the FAIRMONT in 1917

Title: Untitled
Description: Photograph of a donkey or mule drawn trolley that is marked 33 and BELLEFONTAINE.

Title: The Recent Floods at St. Louis
Date: 1882-07-22
Description: View of Myrtle Street flooded with various goods floating in the foreground. Men in small boats are collecting the goods. A steamboat, horse-drawn vehicles, and a storefront can be seen in the background. This lithograph is based on a sketch by Armand Welcker.

Title: The Parade of the Veiled Prophet
Date: 1882-10-14
Description: Front page of Um die Welt: Keppler & Schwarzmann's Illustrierte Zeitung (Around the World: Keppler & Schwarzmann's Illustrated Newspaper). View of the Veiled Prophet Parade in front of the old courthouse in St. Louis. Fireworks and various exotic animals can be seen. Revelers can be seen throughout.

Title: Pen and Sunlight Sketches of St. Louis - Page 56
Page From: info:fedora/umsl:3071
Date: 1892
Description: An illustration of the St. Louis Custom House and Post Office in 1892. As appears on page 56 of Pen and Sunlight Sketches of St. Louis, a promotional directory of buildings, monuments, and businesses.
Text: $7952”;/€.¥%€5f%/i%fk>5'71c0M5 West on Arsenal streetto Jefferson avenue, thence south Via _[efferson avenue and Broadway to Caro;i- dolet; returning Via same route. The Mound City railway runs from Fourth and Pine streets, west on Pine street, north on Ninth street, west on St. Louis avenue to the fair grounds; returning Via St. Louis avenue, south on Fourteenth and Twelfth streets, ea...
Show more$7952”;/€.¥%€5f%/i%fk>5'71c0M5 West on Arsenal streetto Jefferson avenue, thence south Via _[efferson avenue and Broadway to Caro;i- dolet; returning Via same route. The Mound City railway runs from Fourth and Pine streets, west on Pine street, north on Ninth street, west on St. Louis avenue to the fair grounds; returning Via St. Louis avenue, south on Fourteenth and Twelfth streets, east on Locust street to Ninth, south to Pine street and east to Fourth street. The .\Iarket street line is another popular one, running; fa‘:-:n Fourth and Market streets, west on ;\[arket street, north on Sixth street, west on Chestnut street, south on Twentieth street, west on .\larl<et street and Manchester road to Towe" Grove avenue; return ing .' \'lZ1 .\~lanchester road and Clark avenue to Twentieth street, north on Twentieth to ;\Iarket street, thence east on Market to Fourth street. This road passes the court— _ house, Grand Opera house, Real Estate Exchange, public library, natatorium, city " ‘A hall, etc. The population,and value of property on these lines have had an increase 3 {Z ‘ of about thirty per cent since their advent. The cable roads have been equally Pfog - ‘ perous and important in the development of the city: the v L‘US'l‘()\I H()L'SF. .—\‘.\'I) I’()>"|' (>I"l"lL'l<'., various lines are known as follows: Citizens’ cable, ;\Iissouri (‘able railway, Northern Central, People's line, etc. The combined 1'()£lLl>' carried in 1890, 68,105,561 pa<:\-encrers, and it is the universal Verdict that they are cared for more coinfortal)l_\' and with a less tnnnber of accidents than in any other large CH)’ “'l1€FC Illpitl transit has been adopted. In order to reach :1n=>tl‘.e:‘ section of the city we return
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