Map and booklet describing Civil War Battles and a reference map for important locations in St. Louis for the Annual Meeting of the Grant Army of the Republic.
Map of the Mississippi River between Burlington, Iowa and Oquawka, Illinois. Complied from survey of Upper Mississippi River in 1878 and 1879 under direction of Bvt. Lt. Col. F. U. Farquhar, U.S.A. Major, Corps of Engr's; with additions from notes and surveys done under the direction of Bvt. Maj. Gen'l G. K. Warren, U.S.A. Major, Corps of Engr's, Col. J. N. Macomb, Corps of Engr's and Major A
Merchants bridge : it should be constructed as fast as men and money can build it : an appeal by the North St. Louis Citizens Assoction ..., Other Titles: Merchants bridge : it should be constructed as fast as men and money can build it : an appeal by the North St. Louis Citizens Association ...
Streetcar tracks had just been laid when this picture was made in the late 1880s at California and Meramec. View is to west on Meramec. To left is Maryville College. St. Anthony Church spire is in background.
Photo is from 1887.
White ribbon with black text reading "1840. Harrison and Tyler. Veteran Republican Club. Buchanan, Mich. Harrison and Morton. 1888." This ribbon would be worn by members of the Veteran Club that consisted only of those who voted for Republican nominee William H. Harrison in the 1840 presidental election, and planned to vote for Benjamin Harrison in the 1888 presidential election.