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Locust Street
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Locust Street
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This photograph provides a wide view of Locust Street headed downhill toward 18th Street. It includes several storefronts, large buildings, and a tall church steeple in the distance. The street is shared by pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, as well as motorized vehicles. Gas street lamps and telephone wires line the street.
Snow Removal, Chouteau Avenue
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Snow Removal, Chouteau Avenue
Description
Photograph of snow removal outside Imperial Laundry, ca. 1901. Men with shovels and horse-drawn cart in the foreground.
Seventh Street
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Seventh Street
Description
Photograph of North 7th Street showing people at work and walking along street., This appears to be a view north along North 7th Street, the Globe Shoe and Clothing Company building at the corner of Franklin Avenue and 7th Street is visible in the background (when Franklin extended to 7th Street). It appears the storefront businesses are just opening for the day as the awnings are being lowered.
Tower Grove Dairy Employee
Title
Tower Grove Dairy Employee
Date
1900
Description
An employee for the Tower Grove Dairy delivering goods to residents of St. Louis, circa 1900. Tower Grove Dairy was owned and operated by August Knobbe, a resident of St. Louis. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by JoAnne (Knobbe) Behm.
Photograph of the Second Presbyterian Church Progress
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Photograph of the Second Presbyterian Church Progress
Description
This photo taken from a large, empty field shows a nearly completed Second Presbyterian Church. The church's roof is still incomplete, and there are workers and cranes placing stone and holding the window frames steady. Outside of the church are several workers and materials. There are piles of material to the right of the church and small company sheds on wheels. On the road in front of the church is a line of horse-drawn vehicles carrying materials and hay.
Photograph of Horse-drawn Carriages on Wide Street
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Photograph of Horse-drawn Carriages on Wide Street
Description
Photograph of horse-drawn vehicles carrying people traveling down a wide street in front of large buildings.
Photograph of Horses and Mules Pulling Carts in a Field
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Photograph of Horses and Mules Pulling Carts in a Field
Description
This photo shows over a dozen horses and mules pulling carts along an open dirt field. They are travelling in two different directions, both toward and away from the viewer. The tracks of where the carts have and haven't been are visible.
Photograph of Farm Workers Tending Trees from a Horse-Drawn Cart
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Photograph of Farm Workers Tending Trees from a Horse-Drawn Cart
Description
This photo shows two farm workers in on a horse-drawn cart in front of a barn. They are spraying a mist-like substance on the surrounding trees.
Photograph Down the Length of a Residential Street
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Photograph Down the Length of a Residential Street
Description
This photo was taken at the end of a residential street, and looks down the length of a tree-lined road. There are two or three horse-drawn vehicles driving toward and away from the photographer.
Photograph of a Farmhouse in Saint Louis
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Photograph of a Farmhouse in Saint Louis
Description
Photograph of a large farmhouse with a windmill in the yard next to a shed or barn. The lawn is freshly mowed and there are a few trees in the yard. There's a horse and buggy on the right side of the photo, and various farm materials in front of it.
Photograph of Horse-Drawn Carts Going Down a Boulevard
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Photograph of Horse-Drawn Carts Going Down a Boulevard
Description
This photo is taken down an open, tree lined street with two horse-drawn vehicles moving away from the viewer. On the right side of the photo are houses, and in the far background are more buildings.
Photograph of a Print of Appian Way in Rome
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Photograph of a Print of Appian Way in Rome
Description
Photograph of a horse drawn vehicle traveling down Appian Way in Rome with ruins in the background.
Photograph of the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
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Photograph of the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
Description
Photograph of the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company. The building's text identifies landings on the Mississippi River towards Vicksburg, Mississippi. Surrounding the buildings are stacks of lumber and horses attached to carts. Behind the buildings on the river are several steamboats and a bridge crosses the scene in the background. The boats are of Lee Line Steamers.
Photograph of the Canadian Senate Building
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Photograph of the Canadian Senate Building
Description
Photograph of the Canadian Senate building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Senate building is in the background and across the street from where the photograph was taken. Horse-drawn carriages are going down the street parallel to the Senate.
M-514 Early St. Louis Glass Plate Photograph Collection
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M-514 Early St. Louis Glass Plate Photograph Collection
Description
This collection of glass plate negatives depicts scenes of St. Louis at the turn of the 20th century including the construction of the 1904 World’s Fair in Forest Park, the newly built Compton Hill Water Tower, the Cathedral Basilica, the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts and Brookings Hall at Washington University, a variety of farm houses and homes around the city, steamboats along the riverfront, and families enjoying various activities, picnicking, shopping, etc.

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