J. W. McMurry Construction Co. Workers weaving willow mattresses on the Mississippi River above the Chain of Rocks, in the effort to protect the river bank. St. Louis Water Department, 1915.
Elevated roadway above 6th Street with streetcar tracks in process of being laid, approach to Free Bridge (now MacArthur Bridge). The elevated rail bed is to the left.
River Protection Work - United States Engineer Dept. Weaving brush mattress ; showing barge load of willows, weaving way flats and steam tender Greenfield Bend near Bird's Point, Mo.
Photograph of the Jefferson Memorial Building in Forest Park. The view is looking south from the intersection of Debaliviere Avenue and Forest Park Parkway.
Panoramic photograph depicting six racing balloons still tethered to the ground at the center of the racing track at Priesters Park. Spectators can be seen in the stands to the right and left. The race was presented by the Aero Club of St. Louis.
8x10 in photograph of the National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis in 1914. The National Bank of Commerce was one of the largest banks west of Chicago in its time and was later known simply as Commerce Bank.
This collection consists of a single photograph purchased from Ian Brabner Rare Americana. It's a circa 1910 photograph of the town of Savanna, Illinois.
Photographs and drawings, dated March 1917. Photos, clockwise from top: Bird's eye view of East Nashville, 1916; sternwheeler Nashville at the wharf; decks of the Henry Harley; sternwheeler Robert Rhea on the Cumberland River. Page 13 of small steamboat album.