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Title: Chas P. Chouteau, Chas P. Chouteau landed at Natchez, Mississippi - December 4, 1878
Date: 1878
Description: Light on the River - August 18, 1880. The Steamer Chas. P. Chouteau, lying at the foot of Market street, attracted considerable attention along the levee last evening by its two electric lights, which shone forth with intense brightness. The Chouteau is the first steamer at this point on the Mississippi River to substitute an electric llight for the old fashioned pine-torch illuminators, and the

Title: Birds Eye View of St. Louis
Date: 1876
Description: East St. Louis" and the "entrance to tunnel from Union Station."

Index: 1. U. Depot; 2. Four Courts; 3. Ent. Tunnel; 4. Post Office; 5. Court House; 6. Chamber of Commerce; 7. Genl. Office ST L. K.C.&N. RY.; 8. MO. Park; 9. Lafayette Pk.; 10. Shaws Gard; 11. Forest Pk.; 12. Fair Grounds; 13. North Park; 14. Bellefontain Cemetery; 15. Water Works

Title: Beer-Garden
Date: 1871-10-14
Description: A German beer-garden, -- Sunday night.

Title: St. Louis Riverfront
Date: 1871-01-14
Description: View of the bridge now building across the Mississippi at St. Louis. - Sketched from the shot-tower by Robert P. Mallory. (See page 30).

Title: M-169: The Emil Boehl Collection
Description: 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

Title: M-370: German Sisters Captivity Letter
Date: 1875-01-20
Description: the rescue of the two youngest girls, a letter was written, addressed to Sophia, aged 12, and Catherine, aged 17, by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Neill. The letter advised the sisters to read it Grey-Beard or Stone-Calf to secure the sister's release and for the Cheyennes to submit themselves to the mercy of the government. The sisters were rescued in March 1875 and reunited with their sisters at Fort

Title: Thomas Sherlock Bill of Lading
Date: 1874-03-01
Description: Receipt of goods from commisions agent Jos. Macheca & Co. for delivery from Cincinnati, Ohio to Paducah, Kentucky aboard the steamer Thomas Sherlock, 1874.

Title: Fourth Inter-state Collegiate Oratorical Contest
Description: A lithograph of the interior of the Mercantile Library Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. A crowd is gathered to watch the Fourth Inter-state Collegiate Oratorical Contest. The figures on the stage stand beneath a very large pipe organ. Based on a sketch by F. J. Howell.

Title: MONTANA
Date: 1879
Description: Photograph of the steamer MONTANA. "Carried 1000 tons Pittsburgh to St. Louis on maiden trip. Could have easily carried 500 tons more. Greats carrier on shallow water." "Built at California, Pennsylvania in 1879 of finest Pennsylvania oak. Some of the fine boards were 60 feet long. She was extreme shallow draft - 7" forward - 11" amid ship and 14" on the stern when light. On her maiden trip

Title: Old Jail 6th + Chestnut. 1870.
Date: 1870
Description: 20x16 in photograph labeled "Old Jail 6th + Chestnut. 1870." The picture is of a two story building with different facades on each floor. The second floor appears to be older as it is made of large limestone blocks and has narrow windows. The first floor is covered in brick and has larger windows. It is topped by a cornice supported by brick corbels.

Title: Burning of the steamboats "Grand Republic" and "Carondelet" at St. Louis, September 19
Description: This lithograph illustrated the destruction of the steamboats "Grand Republic" and "Carondelet" from September 19, 1877 when the steamboats caught fire and burned to the shore. The boats were shown shrouded in smoke and engulfed in flames as men rushed back and forth along the shore in an attempt to extinguish the fire.

Title: Central Township Map of St. Louis County
Date: 1878
Description: Red line is the New City Limit, with everything east part of the City of Saint Louis and everything west part of Saint Louis County.

Title: The Green Eyed Monster
Date: 1879-12-06
Description: Drawing portraying a lady in St. Louis who disguised herself as a man to test her brother's affection for his sweetheart, and almost gets killed by the jealous lover.

Title: A Topographical Map of Forest Park
Date: 1876
Description: Topo map of Forest Park in Saint Louis, Missouri. Scale is 400 ft. to the inch.

Title: St. Louis Riverfront
Description: River view, looking north from Eads Bridge shortly after completion, 1870s.

Title: Christmas in Virginia
Date: 1871-12-30
Description: CHRISTMAS IN VIRGINIA - A PRESENT FROM THE GREAT HOUSE. - [Drawn by W. L. Sheppard.]

Title: Charters and Organization
Date: 1876
Description: Articles of incorporation and charter for the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company published in 1876. Includes a history of the creation of the company through the incorporation of railroad and railway companies in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio from 1848 to 1872.

Title: Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
Date: 1875-01-10
Description: This document contains the twenty-ninth annual report of the board of directors of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association. It was complied in January of 1875 and covers the events of the year 1874.

Title: Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
Date: 1871-01-10
Description: This document contains the twenty-fifth annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association along with the proceedings of the anniversary celebration of that year. It includes an address by the library's first president James E. Yeatman and a poem by Thomas E. Garrett titled "The Three Stages."

Title: Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Saint Louis Mercantile Library Association
Date: 1879-01-14
Description: This document contains the thirty-third annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1878. It was published following the annual meeting in January of 1879.

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