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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.