, drew champaign corks and write puffs--" This picture was taken around 1878.
This was taken in the early 1870s when the competing Globe and Democrat erected centrally located offices at the Fair where, as one historian said, representatives "welcome their friends, draw champagne corks and write puffs." Other publications in St. Louis usually set up tents for the Fair which was held in October.
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.
(1949) The Globe and Democrat (arrow) had just joined to publish the "greatest newspaper west of the Alleghenies" in 1875. Atop building on the left is a gigantic beaver, popular those days, advertising Keevil the Hatter.
(1960) The Globe and Democrat had just joined to publish the "greatest newspaper west of the Alleghenies" in 1875 when this photo was made, looking north on Fourth and Pine. The