When flood waters of the Mississippi covered the levee north of Washington, Boehl made this photo from the newly-completed Eads bridge, the first flood picture from that point. Note the team of horses in the water.
This is a program for the Grand Concert held on the 28th of December 1876 in the Mercantile Library Hall of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association by the St. Louis Oratorio Society and the Kellogg Opera Company. They performed Handel's "The Messiah." It was directed by Hans Balatka.