Photograph of construction taking place in Lucas Gardens Park. This construction is probably the renovation of the site back to being a park after the demolition of the Exposition and Music Hall. Prior to the Exposition Hall the site was Missouri Park. The St. Louis Public Library building now occupies the other part of the site. The rear of 1300 Washington Avenue is visible behind the park., This photograph was probably taken 1907.
This photo shows the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. The art gallery is within the boundaries of Delaware Park. The photo is taken from across the street at an angle. Besides foliage and trees, the grounds around the stone structure are empty.
This photo shows a man and two children watching construction on the Washington University Campus. The people are watching from a slight distance on a hill that overlooks a field empty besides a wooden structure and building materials. There is a railroad that runs across the image, and a train car sits on it in the middle of the photo. The text on the side says, "New York, Chicago, and St. Louis R.R. 9037". On the left of the photo is Brookings Hall of Washington University. The background has buildings in the distance, and billowing smoke stacks.
This photograph is of a construction site in an open field. On either side of the structure in the middle ground are building materials separated ito stacks for further progress. The dirt is smoothed out, as if plowed, and there were no workers on the site at the time the photo was taken. The background is made up of a sparce treeline and smokestacks in the middle.
This photo shows a woman standing on a hill above the site of the 1904 World's Fair construction. There two or three large buildings being constructed behind her among a small amount of trees and grasses. The woman in the photo is looking at the camera.
Photograph of one of the entrances to Tower Grove Park in Saint Louis, Missouri. The photo is taken from the side of the entrance path and is a wide shot toward the houses behind the gate and fence. Two pillars flank the entrance gate of the park and its dirt road.
This photo shows the Compton Hill Water Tower as it is being built. The outside of the tower is covered in scaffolding with the two peaks protruding from the wood frame. There are trees and buildings in the background of the photo, small in comparison to the water tower.
This photo shows a field of deer and elk among trees. Though it is slightly blurry, the herd can be seen sleeping, eating, and wandering around the grassy, fenced in area. The fence spans the background of the photo, with large trees in the middle ground. The foreground is empty with the exception of grass and snow.
In this photo, are a group of eleven people seated in a park having a picnic. The photo is slightly obstructed in the upper left corner, and there are baskets and boxes next to the group on the left. There are trees in the background, and the park appears empty besides the picnic goers.
Wide view photograph of the Missouri Botanical Garden grounds. The photo is facing the entrance to the garden down the main pathway. On either side of the path are beds of various plants and flowers with gardeners tending to them. There are visitors walking down the path, and there's a statue in the middle of the background. The main building and greenhouses stretch across the photo behind the statue.
Photograph of a small lily pond at the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis. The pond is in the foreground and middle ground of the photo, and is filled with lily pads, other aquatic plants, and small flowers. There are signs indicating the different species of plants in the pond as well. A group of well dressed people are standing behind the pond, and behind them are two buildings with plants and flowers all around.
Photograph of the building of World's Fair construction. The ground leading from the foreground to the background is wet and muddy, with patches of grass and foliage near the half-built structure. The scaffolding spans horizontally across the whole photo.
Photograph of Franklin Bridge in Forest Park, Saint Louis, Missouri. This stone bridge goes over a creek, and there are trees in the foreground, middle ground, and background. To the right of the bridge, there is one lamp post.
Photograph of a bridge going over a stream in Forest Park, Saint Louis, Missouri. The bridge has ornate decoration on the sides, and underneath it is the rocky creek bed. Tress are scattered around the background of the photograph.
Photograph of two women sleeping on a blanket in a park with a hammock hanging between the two trees behind them. Their belongings are scattered at the base of the tree on the left. Besides trees, the background is nothing but sun and shadow.
Photograph of people walking through a leaf ridden park. They are all walking away from the camera through the trees, and they are only on the left of the photo. The rest of the photo is strewn with trees and a dirt path.
Photograph of two boys leaning on rocks next to a pond in a park. There are flowers and various other plants around, and trees are on the other side of it. In the background on the left side there is a church, and in the middle background there is a separate building.
Photograph of the Missouri Botanical Garden entrance with a large crowd gathering around the stone gate. Carved above the gate is "Missouri Botanical Garden 1858". The people gathered are dressed well with hats and canes.
Photograph of trees and a distant statue in a park. There's a pavilion on the right with seated people on park benches. There are few trees in the middle ground, but more in the background near the benches and pavilion.
Photograph of the Forest Park Band Pagoda that reflects onto the water it sits above. There are statues at four points around the pagoda, with trees also reflecting onto the water from the far bank of the lake.
