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Title: Equitable Building
Description: 7x9 in photograph of the Equitable Building at the corner of 6th and Locust Streets.

Title: Locust fr. Broadway East
Date: 1896
Description: Photograph of Locust Street in St. Louis looking east across the intersection at Broadway. The large clock is attached to the Mermod-Jaccard building.

Title: Merchants-Laclede Building
Description: 6.75x9 in photograph of the Merchants-Laclede Building at Fourth and Olive.

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: Pierre Chouteau Residence
Description: 16x20 in photograph of the house of Pierre Chouteau. Caption reads "East side of main Street south of Washington Avenue built in 1832." The Durkee & Bullock Banking House is also in the photo.

Title: Olympic Theatre Building
Description: 9.25x7.25 in photograph of the Olympic Theatre Building. The first Olympic Theatre was built in 1866. That building was demolished in 1882, to be replaced by this one. The site is on Broadway between Walnut and Elm opposite the Southern Hotel and adjacent to the St. James Hotel.

Title: Broadway fr. Locust South
Description: Photograph of Broadway looking south across the intersection with Locust. The Mermod-Jaccard Building is on the right and the Mercantile Library's second building is visible beyond that across the intersection. There are several electric trolleys on the street.

Title: The New Cathedral
Description: 14x11 in image of the new Cathedral Basilica on Lindell Avenue in St. Louis.

Title: Spanish Fort near Mullanphy Stt.
Description: This is a 12.25x10 in photograph of the old Spanish fort near Mullanphy Street. The Mississippi River and a steamboat appear in the background.

Title: Chestnut from Broadway West
Description: Photograph looking west down Chestnut across Broadway. The Hurst's Hotel is on the left. Some sources refer to this as the new Hurst's Hotel to distinguish it from another on Fourth Street.

Title: Fr. Chem. Blg. S. W.
Description: Photograph of St. Louis from the roof of the Chemical Building looking to the southwest. A long vista along Olive Street is visible on the right.

Title: Palace of Manufactures
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of the Palace of Manufactures at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. The picture was taken from across the grand basin and includes gondolas and bridges as well as some of the statues at the edge of the Plaza of St. Louis.

Title: Early Trolley
Description: 14x11 in photograph of the horse-drawn 93 Zoological Garden trolley in front of W. H. Mepham Real Estate.

Title: Sunken Garden
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of the Sunken Garden at the 1904 World's Far with the U.S. Government building in the background. The picture was taken from across the lagoon. The Palace of Liberal Arts is on the left and the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy is on the right. There are two gondolas in the foreground.

Title: 12th St. From Washington Ave. South, 92'
Date: 1892
Description: 17x14 in photograph of Twelfth Street from Washington Avenue looking south.

Title: Security Building
Description: 7.25x9.75 in photograph of the Security Bank Building at Fourth and Locust. It was designed by the firm of Peabody, Stearns & Furber and constructed in 1892. The Security Bank Building was home to the Noonday Club, a social organization composed of area businessmen.

Title: Festival Hall & Grand Basin
Date: 1904
Description: 9x6.75 in photograph of the Festival Hall on Art Hill in Forest Park at the 1904 World's Fair. The picture was taken at night and the lights on the buildings are reflecting in the water of the Grand Basin.

Title: National Bank of Commerce Building
Date: 1914
Description: 8x10 in photograph of the National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis in 1914. The National Bank of Commerce was one of the largest banks west of Chicago in its time and was later known simply as Commerce Bank.

Title: View from the Buffalo Tower
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of the 1904 World's Fair from the top of the Buffalo Tower. The view looks out over the Plaza of Orleans to the distant eastern restaurant pavilion on Art Hill. The roofs of the Palace of Liberal Arts (left) and the Palace of Manufactures (right) are clearly visible.

Title: Locust fr. Broadway West
Description: Photograph of Locust Street in St. Louis looking west across the intersection with Broadway. The Mermod-Jaccard Building is on the right and the Mercantile Library building is across from it on the left.

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