Printed illustration of horse drawn carriage on Olive Street in St. Louis, Missouri. A large high school can be seen in the background. The building was built in 1855 in the Lucas Place neighborhood.
Map of the lands granted to the State of Missouri by Act of Congress June 10, 1852, and by Act of the Missouri Legislature December 25, 1852 to the Pacific Railroad Company to aid in the construction of a railroad from St. Louis to the Western Boundary of the State, South of the Osage river said road known as the Soutwestern Branch of the Pacific Railroad. Map accompanying the 1856 Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Railroad.
A photograph taken by Marine Co. documented the damage in St. Louis from a severe flood on June 18, 1858. The streets were completely covered in water and make-shift planks provided a safe walking platform for people to safely cross from boats to the semi-submerged buildings. Two people can be seen assessing the flood damage from the rooftop of the tallest building on the left of the photograph, while others on the right stand safely on the deck of a steamboat..
Map from an early atlas comparing the 1855 Colton maps of Saint Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois. The plans of Chicago and St. Louis are on the same scale.
A complete business directory containing a listing and an index of St. Louis businesses for the year 1858 beginning with Agents-Advertising and ending with Wool Dealers.
This document contains the 1856 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1856 fifth annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company.
In the United States of America, Presented May 1856, and the Church Extension Summary, or a Brief View of the Nature and Importance of the Church Extension Enterprise
This document contains the fifth annual report of the mercantile library association printed in January of 1851. The report covers the business of the library in the year 1850.
This document contains the 1857 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1857 sixth annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company.