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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: 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: Post Engineer Parking Lot
Date: 1943-06-02
Description: Taken from Post Engineer Government parking lot, looking South toward Merchant's Bridge.

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: Christ Church Cathedral
Date: 1895
Description: INTERIOR OF BOFINGER MEMORIAL CHAPEL -- Christ's Church Cathedral.

Title: Sainte Genevieve, Bolduc House
Description: Residence of Louis Bolduc in Ste. Genevieve, in cellar of which the rich merchant kept his money. This house, still in use, was rebuilt in 1788 from the original structure which stood on the first site of the town and was removed when that site was abandoned.

Title: Checkerdome Arena
Date: 1971-04-18
Description: Aerial view of the Checkerdome Arena.

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: 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: Flooded Building
Description: Flood waters reaching shoreside building, Jeep parked middleground right.

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: Illustrations from Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung
Description: arrival of the festival procession in Schnaiders Garden on the evening of the 4th of June, 1881.

Title: Casoloma Ballroom, 1940
Date: 1940-01-20
Description: The Casoloma Ballroom, located at 3453 Iowa Street, lays covered in ice, January 20, 1940. The Casoloma suffered a fire, and after firefighter's put out the blaze, the dripping water froze in the cold winter temperatures. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Norbert Rechtien.

Title: Market Street St. Louis
Date: 1955
Description: View of Market Street from Fifteenth Street before plaza clearance.

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: St. Louis Court House in 1840
Description: This lithograph shows a street view of the St. Louis Courthouse in 1840. The image includes pedestrians on the street and looks North from Market and Fourth Streets.

Title: The Illustrated Guide of St. Louis
Date: 1896
Description: 1896 guide book to St. Louis along with descriptions of places and images of buildings.

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