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Title: Steamboat Wharf Locations at St. Louis
Date: 1953
Description: This map, plotted out by Norbury Wayman, shows the various locations of steamboat lines and related companies on the St. Louis levee, detailing three periods of time; before 1865; 1865 - 1900; and 1900 - 1953. Lines and companies are donated by name, location and years of operation. Nearby streets are mapped as well, for easy frame of reference. Scale in feet: 100 ft. = 1 inch.

Title: Muskingum Ice Harbor
Date: 1889-10-16
Description: View of Lock No. 1 from Rail Road Bridge. Oct. 16. 89. Photo by E. J. Carpenter.

Title: U. S. Snagboat, E. A. Woodruff at Mariman's Bar
Date: 1889-06-28
Description: With crew on deck. June 28, 1889. #723.

Title: H. Shaw's Residence
Date: 1889
Description: 20x16 in photograph of the downtown home of the St. Louis philanthropist Henry Shaw. The back of the frame reads "H. Shaw's Residence, 7th & Locust 1889." Henry Shaw died in 1889 around the time this photograph was taken. In his will, Shaw requested that this home be dismantled and moved to the grounds of the Missouri Botanical Garden. It was rebuilt on Tower Grove Avenue near Magnolia.

Title: J. E. Trudeau
Date: 1889
Description: The J. E. Trudeau just after launching at the Howard Shipyards of Jeffersonville, Indiana for the New Orleans and Bayou trade. The Trudeau ran on Bayous Teche and Bouef. The J. E. Trudeau was built in 1889 at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Her dimensions were:- 162 x 30 x 4 feet; 242 tons. She ran the New Orleans - Black and Ouchita River trades. About 3:00 P. M., on April 10, 1905, she backed out into the river at New Orleans preparatory to leaving for a trip up river. When through backing, and started up the river, she was struck by a strong wind and blown against the mast of the sunken steamship Louisiana and was considerably damaged. Sometime later she finally burned at 100 - Mile Point, ten miles below Plaguemine, Louisiana.

Title: Engineers Club of St. Louis
Date: 1889
Description: This Engineer's Club roster contains a listing of members' names, addresses, and occupations, as well as a calendar of club meetings and events for the year 1889.

Title: Report of the president and directors of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. to their stockholders for fiscal year ending 1889.
Date: 1889, 1890

Title: Directory of the City of East St. Louis, for 1889-90
Date: 1889
Description: The first annual directory of East St. Louis, it contains a city and business listing, notes on historical data, and listing of city officers for the years 1889-1890, as well as a St. Louis Republic newspaper article detailing the rise and growth of the city. Pages 43 and 44 are missing.

Title: Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1889. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1890.)
Date: 1889
Description: This directory contains an index to advertisers, a street directory, a St. Louis City residential and business directory, and a city and county record listing civic and social institutions for the year 1889.

Title: The Blainiac White-caps.
Date: 1888-12-19
Description: THE BLAINIAC WHITE-CAPS. Political cartoon illustrated by J.K.

Title: Texas & Pacific Railway Memorandum Agreement
Date: 1888-05-01, 1888-05-01

Title: The Saint Louis of To-Day
Date: 1888
Description: Travel guide to St. Louis with an index of businesses and illustrations of buildings in 1888 put together by the Western Commercial Travellers' Association.

Title: Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1888. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1889.)
Date: 1888
Description: This directory contains an introduction St. Louis featuring population and new building construction statistics followed by an index to advertisers, a street directory, a St. Louis City residential and business directory, and a city and county record listing civic and social institutions for the year 1888.

Title: Directory of the Legion of Honor of the City and County of St. Louis
Date: 1888
Description: This roster of the Legion of Honor for the City and County of St. Louis contains listings of officers and representatives in the Supreme and Subordinate Councils, members names and address grouped according to council affiliation, a classified business directory and advertiser, and a history of the order for the year 1888.

Title: Missouri (Snagboat)
Date: 1888
Description: Photograph of U. S. Snagboat Missouri.

Title: Protection for American Labor
Date: 1888
Description: Ribbon with an image of the American flag draped over the black and white photographic portraits of 1888 Republican presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison and his running mate Levi P. Morton. Underneath the portraits is black and red text reading "Protection for American Labor."

Title: Joe Fifer Club, Harrison and Morton Ribbon
Date: 1888
Description: White ribbon with blue portraits of both Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison and his running mate Levi P. Morton. Above the portraits reads "Joe Fifer Club Donnellson" in red text. The portraits and red text are bordered by blue text reading "1888" at the top and "Harrison and Morton" at the bottom. The "Joe Fifer Club" makes reference to the republican candidate for Governor in the state of Illinois, "Private Joe" Fifer.

Title: Alpine Storm
Date: 1888, 1888
Description: Musical score for "Alpine Storm" by Charles Kunkel.

Title: The Merchants' bridge : an appeal to the citizens and business men of St. Louis
Date: 1888
Description: Merchants bridge : it should be constructed as fast as men and money can build it : an appeal by the North St. Louis Citizens Assoction ..., Other Titles: Merchants bridge : it should be constructed as fast as men and money can build it : an appeal by the North St. Louis Citizens Association ...

Title: Veteran Republican Club Ribbon
Date: 1888
Description: White ribbon with black text reading "1840. Harrison and Tyler. Veteran Republican Club. Buchanan, Mich. Harrison and Morton. 1888." This ribbon would be worn by members of the Veteran Club that consisted only of those who voted for Republican nominee William H. Harrison in the 1840 presidental election, and planned to vote for Benjamin Harrison in the 1888 presidential election.

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