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Title: 12th Str from Washington. South
Description: Photograph of Twelfth Street in St. Louis looking south from Washington Avenue.

Title: Wainwright Building
Description: 9x6.25 in photograph of the Wainwright Building at Fourth and Chestnut Streets. The caption on the back of the photograph reads "Something new in architecture." The Wainwright Building was designed by the Chicago firm of Adler & Sullivan and constructed in 1892.

Title: Palaces of Electricity and Machinery
Date: 1904
Description: 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.

Title: Old Marine Hospital
Description: 14x11 in photograph of the old marine hospital in St. Louis.

Title: From Courthouse-N.E.
Description: Photograph of St. Louis from the top of the courthouse looking to the northeast. The Chamber of Commerce building takes up the center of the view with Eads Bridge and the Mississippi River beyond that.

Title: Untitled
Description: Photograph of a passenger train numbered 273.

Title: 4th Fa. Chesnut N. 1872
Date: 1872
Description: 14.75x13 in photograph of 4th Street in St. Louis looking north toward Chestnut Street. The streetscape includes the front facade of the Planter's Hotel, the offices of the Vandalia Line, and a museum.

Title: Lindell Hotel-1865
Description: 20x16 in photograph of the first Lindell Hotel in 1865 prior to

Title: St. Nicholas Hotel. 1898
Date: 1898
Description: Photograph of the St. Nicholas Hotel on Locust Street between Eighth and Ninth Streets. The building was originally designed by Louis Sullivan and built in 1893. It was redesigned and expanded after a fire in 1905 and ultimately demolished in 1974. It was later known as the Victoria Building.

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: Southern Hotel
Description: Photograph of the Southern Hotel in St. Louis from Broadway and Elm. The building features corner quoins, an elaborate cornice, column supported balconies, and large windows along the ground floor. A large American flag waves above the building.

Title: City Hall
Description: 8.6x6.5 in photograph of City Hall in St. Louis at Twelfth (Tucker) and Market. This Chateauesque building was designed by the firm of Eckel and Mann with Harvey Ellis as the lead architect. It was built in 1893.

Title: Lagoon to the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy
Date: 1904
Description: 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.

Title: Old High School. 1870.
Date: 1870
Description: 16x20 in photograph of the first public high school in St. Louis at the corner of Fifteenth Street and Olive Street in 1870. The building was built in 1855 in the Lucas Place neighborhood.

Title: Old Masonic Bl'g. Oct. 1886.
Date: 1886-10
Description: 20x16 in photograph of the old Masonic Hall taken in October of 1886.

Title: Sunken Garden
Date: 1904
Description: 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

Title: Southern Hotel Dining Room
Description: Photograph of the dining area in the Southern Hotel in St. Louis. It features wooden tables and chairs with white table clothes. Gilded Corinthian pilasters and ornate plasterwork on the ceiling.

Title: Wash Ave from 10th. East
Description: Photograph of Washington Avenue in St. Louis looking east from 10th street. Large American flags hang from the buildings.

Title: Palace of Transportation
Date: 1904
Description: 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.

Title: Beers Hotel
Description: Photograph of the Beers Hotel at the northwest corner of Grand and Olive. It burned down in 1931 and was replaced by the Woolworth Building, which was later renamed the Kranzberg Arts Center.

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