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Title: Untitled
Description: Photograph of a donkey or mule drawn trolley that is marked 33 and BELLEFONTAINE.

Title: Clydesdales visit Behrmann's Tavern
Date: 1952-07-18
Description: Clydesdales visit Behrmann's Tavern, 3155 Meramec Street, July 18, 1952. Pictured are Gus Behrmann and Bernie Marstall. Photograph donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Bill Marstall.

Title: Locust Street
Description: This photograph provides a wide view of Locust Street headed downhill toward 18th Street. It includes several storefronts, large buildings, and a tall church steeple in the distance. The street is shared by pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, as well as motorized vehicles. Gas street lamps and telephone wires line the street.

Title: Snow Removal, Chouteau Avenue
Description: Photograph of snow removal outside Imperial Laundry, ca. 1901. Men with shovels and horse-drawn cart in the foreground.

Title: Locomotive in front of Simmons Hardware
Description: This photograph shows a cobblestone cross-street fitted with a gas powered street light and a series of telephone wires. In the mid-ground there are two horse drawn carriages, one is an enclosed passenger carriage and the other has an open top and is being driven by two workmen. In the left portion of the photograph there is a large pile of cobblestones and a steam locomotive. The locomotive is identified on the photograph as "engine 81 of the Terminal Railroad Association". The background of the image contains a tall smokestack and several large factory buildings. The buildings include a Simmons Hardware Co. Warehouse, a Western Electric Company building, and several industrial sites.

Title: Seventh Street
Description: Photograph of North 7th Street showing people at work and walking along street., This appears to be a view north along North 7th Street, the Globe Shoe and Clothing Company building at the corner of Franklin Avenue and 7th Street is visible in the background (when Franklin extended to 7th Street). It appears the storefront businesses are just opening for the day as the awnings are being lowered.

Title: The Emigrants.

Title: Emigrants Crossing the Plains
Date: 1869
Description: F.O.C. Darley, fecit. H. B. Hall, Jr. Sc.

Title: Wheels of a Horse-Drawn Fire Engine
Description: The back of the image is ripped along the bottom where tape used to be. There is no caption. The image is of a horse-drawn fire engine.

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

Title: Commission Row
Description: The Caption on the back of the photograph reads" 3rd Street? Commission Row." The image is of a street scene with many horse-drawn carriages and several storefronts under a block-long awning. Businesses represented include Byrnes Belting Co., Hype Park Beer, Schwartz and Abrams, J. H. Russell & Son, Milligan Fruit Co., R. N. Miller Commision Co., and Hartman Bros.

Title: The Ideal Building on Newstead Avenue
Description: Streetview of trolley track construction on Newstead Avenue in front of the Ideal Building. Horse-drawn carriages stand on the cobblestone street while the foreground is dug up for the laying of new streetcar rails. Workers discuss the project beside a large stack of cobblestones. Businesses represented include a wagon for the D. B. Rolstin ice company, a painted advertisement for Hyde Park Bottled Beer, and the storefronts of the Forage & Supply Co. and the Home Laundry Co.

Title: Tower Grove Dairy Employee
Date: 1900
Description: An employee for the Tower Grove Dairy delivering goods to residents of St. Louis, circa 1900. Tower Grove Dairy was owned and operated by August Knobbe, a resident of St. Louis. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by JoAnne (Knobbe) Behm.

Title: Montclair Apartments - Chantilly Sidewalk Café, outside seating
Date: 1953-05-02, 1953-05-02
Description: "The Chantilly Sidwalk Café at the Montclair Apartments, 18 South Kingshighway bl., gave a preview of its facilities Thursday with a party for representatives of the press and radio. Assisting Beulah Schacht, Globe-Democrat columnist, from the hansom, driven by Claude Musick, was Ed Wilson of KWK. Seated at the table, front to rear, were Louise Munsch of WEW, Bob Goddard, Globe-Democrat columnist

Title: Photograph of the Second Presbyterian Church Progress
Description: This photo taken from a large, empty field shows a nearly completed Second Presbyterian Church. The church's roof is still incomplete, and there are workers and cranes placing stone and holding the window frames steady. Outside of the church are several workers and materials. There are piles of material to the right of the church and small company sheds on wheels. On the road in front of the church is a line of horse-drawn vehicles carrying materials and hay.

Title: Photograph of Horse-drawn Carriages on Wide Street
Description: Photograph of horse-drawn vehicles carrying people traveling down a wide street in front of large buildings.

Title: Photograph of Horse-Drawn Carriages in Downtown Saint Louis
Description: Photograph of horses pulling carts down a main road in Saint Louis. There are people seated and standing on either side of the road, and several stores line the street. There is a sign for "Delicatessen Lunch Room", and an obstructed sign for a company in the background. There are smokestacks all around the image.

Title: Photograph of Horses and Mules Pulling Carts in a Field
Description: This photo shows over a dozen horses and mules pulling carts along an open dirt field. They are travelling in two different directions, both toward and away from the viewer. The tracks of where the carts have and haven't been are visible.

Title: Photograph of Farm Workers Tending Trees from a Horse-Drawn Cart
Description: This photo shows two farm workers in on a horse-drawn cart in front of a barn. They are spraying a mist-like substance on the surrounding trees.

Title: Photograph Down the Length of a Residential Street
Description: This photo was taken at the end of a residential street, and looks down the length of a tree-lined road. There are two or three horse-drawn vehicles driving toward and away from the photographer.

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