Photograph of the German Pavilion at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. This pavilion was best known for its bells which could be heard from a great distance.
8x6 in photograph of the Palaces of Electricity and Machinery at the 1904 World's Fair. The picture was taken at night from the walkway between the Grand Basin and the building.
8x6 in photograph of the lagoon leading east from the grand basin at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. A gondola travels under a bridge toward the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. The Palaces of Education and Social Economy are visible on the left.
8x6 in photograph of the Sunken Garden at the 1904 World's Fair. The picture was taken from the Government Terrace (later Government Drive) looking north all the way to the distant towers of the Palace of Varied Industries. The buildings on the left are the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy with the obelisks flanking its entrance and the Palaces of Education and Social Economy. On the right is the Palace of Liberal Arts with its columns and ornate cornices and the Palace of Manufactures behind it.
8x6 in photograph of the Palace of Transportation at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The picture was taken from across the lagoon near the David Crockett Bridge and covers most of the southeast corner of the building.
Photograph taken from the western edge of Art Hill looking north toward the dome of Creation at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Palaces of Electricity and Machinery are most visible on the left with the Palace of Varied Industries behind it. On the right is the edge of the Palace of Machinery with the Palace of Transportation behind it. The lagoon is between the buildings.
Emil Boehl was a St. Louis photographer who primarily focused his camera on St. Louis streets, buildings, and locales. Born in Calvoerde, Germany, in 1839, Boehl immigrated to St. Louis in 1854. After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Boehl returned to St. Louis in 1864 and opened a photography studio with Lawrence Koenig that spring. With Koenig focusing on portraiture, Boehl became one of the most prolific St. Louis scenic photographers active in the latter half of the 19th Century. The Boehl/Koenig partnership lasted until 1897. Boehl retired from photography in 1919 and died later that year on the 12th of December.
The Emil Boehl Collection consists of three series. The collection contains images dating from 1850 to ca. 1906. The collection’s archival materials include photographic prints and negatives. According to historians Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Boehl’s career was from 1864 to 1919, and he was known to sell prints of Thomas Easterly’s daguerreotypes. In light of those facts, some dates in the Boehl Collection may be labelled incorrectly and/or some images may not be Boehl’s.
8x6 in photograph of Festival Hall at the 1904 World's Fair. The image includes the Cascades running down Art Hill to the Grand Basin as well as various fountains and statues.
Circa 1904 map of Saint Louis, Missouri by the Leipzig firm Wagner and Debes. Shows sight of Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 (1904 World's Fair)., Wagner & Debes' Geogl. Estabt. Leipzig
8x6 in photograph of the Palace of Manufactures at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. The picture was taken from across the grand basin and includes gondolas and bridges as well as some of the statues at the edge of the Plaza of St. Louis.
8x6 in photograph of the Sunken Garden at the 1904 World's Far with the U.S. Government building in the background. The picture was taken from across the lagoon. The Palace of Liberal Arts is on the left and the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy is on the right. There are two gondolas in the foreground.
9x6.75 in photograph of the Festival Hall on Art Hill in Forest Park at the 1904 World's Fair. The picture was taken at night and the lights on the buildings are reflecting in the water of the Grand Basin.
8x6 in photograph of the 1904 World's Fair from the top of the Buffalo Tower. The view looks out over the Plaza of Orleans to the distant eastern restaurant pavilion on Art Hill. The roofs of the Palace of Liberal Arts (left) and the Palace of Manufactures (right) are clearly visible.
Photograph of the Palace of Machinery at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. The picture was taken facing north down the lagoon and takes in the Palace of Transportation and the dome of Creation in the distance.
8x6 in photograph of a vista looking down the lagoon at the 1904 World's Fair. The image was taken in front of the Palace Mines and Metallurgy, notable for its obelisks, and takes in a view of the Palace of Liberal Arts and the distant Buffalo Tower. A large equestrian statue is in the foreground.
Photograph of the Missouri building at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. This was a temporary structure demolished after the fair. The World's Fair Pavilion was then built on this site.