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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: 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: The Blacksmith Shop
Description: A view of a blacksmith shop with a figure at the rear and a horse in a stall.

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: Union Station
Date: 1984-01-19
Description: Showing two of the current construction sites: Union Station in foreground and Southwestern Bell Telephone tower in background.

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.

Title: Old Union Trust Building
Description: 7x9 in photograph of the Union Trust Building in St. Louis. On the back "Central National Bank Building" is written in pencil. This fourteen-story building at Seventh and Olive was designed by Louis Sullivan and built in 1892, at which time it became the tallest building in St. Louis. The terracotta details around the circular windows present in this photograph were removed during renovations

Title: Chase Hotel
Date: 1935-09-22
Description: Photograph of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, located in St. Louis, Missouri.

Title: 7th and Washington
Description: Seventh Street and Washington, looking east. Signs on building advertise the plays Bunty Pulls the Strings and Within the Law.

Title: Canoes Docked on Shore
Description: Canoes drift away from shore in middleground, buildings in background.

Title: 12th St. looking south from Washington
Description: Early 20th century photograph of Twelfth Street in St. Louis looking south from Washington Avenue. The Union Electric building is under construction on the left between the Hotel Jefferson and the St. Louis Star building.

Title: Marblehead Harbor Mass (Plate 42I)
Description: A view of boats on a body of water with a harbor in the background lined with buildings.

Title: Flooded Riverside Community
Description: Flood waters begin to encompass shoreside businesses.

Title: New Municipial Auditorium, Headquarters for the U.S.O.
Description: New municipal building at Market and 14th in St. Louis, Missouri. Later known as the Kiel Auditorium and Kiel Opera House. It was later split into the home of the St. Louis Blues hockey team and the Peabody Opera House.

Title: Telephone Building, St. Louis
Description: A view from stairs looking at city life, buildings, a flag pole, and the street.

Title: Mermod-Jaccard Building
Description: 7.25x9.25 in photograph of the Mermod and Jaccard Building. The building was located at Broadway and Locust across the street from the St. Louis Mercantile Library. Mermod, Jaccard & Co was a jewelry company that also dealt in dishes and cutlery.

Title: Halliday House
Description: There are few visitors to Cairo who haven't heard of the historic Halliday Hotel, located on Second and Ohio streets, and overlooking the site of old Fort Defiance at the junction of two rivers. It was completed in 1859 and opened under the name \"The St. Charles.\" This hotel early won a reputation for the excellency of its cuisine and for its atmosphere of true southern hospitality. During the

Title: New Apartments near LaClede Town-Reverse
Date: 1972-02-14, 1972-02-24

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