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Title: Boat house at O'Fallon Park
Description: This image is a view of the Boat House at O'Fallon park, looking west from the pond. The Boat House is an icon within the park and is a large multi-level structure used for recreation. The park covers 159 acres northwest of the downtown area in St. Louis, Missouri.

Title: Lucas Gardens Park And Saint Louis Public Library
Description: Photograph of Lucas Gardens Park looking Southeast towards the St. Louis Public Library building. Christ Church Cathedral is visible to the left of the library.

Title: Compton Heights Reservoir Park
Description: Photograph of the Compton Hill Reservoir Park and water tower located at the intersection of Grand and Shaw. The view is looking north from the part of the park near Russell Blvd. The water tower was built in 1898 and designed by Harvey Ellis.

Title: Sunken Gardens, Christ Church Cathedral, and Public Library
Description: This image is a view of the sunken garden in Lucas Park looking toward the southeast. Immediately beyond the park, from left to right are building which include Christ Church Cathedral in the foreground, the Civil Courts building in the background, and the St. Louis Public Library respectively.

Title: Bellerive Park
Description: Two men staring out at the Mississippi River from Bellerive Park, winter time.

Title: Lafayette Park, Entrance
Date: 1934-12-30
Description: Photograph of the snow-covered entrance gates to Lafayette Park in the winter., Lafayette Park, StL. File St.L Parks.

Title: Lucas Gardens Park Construction
Description: Photograph of construction taking place in Lucas Gardens Park. This construction is probably the renovation of the site back to being a park after the demolition of the Exposition and Music Hall. Prior to the Exposition Hall the site was Missouri Park. The St. Louis Public Library building now occupies the other part of the site. The rear of 1300 Washington Avenue is visible behind the park.

Title: Bellerive Park
Description: Bellerive Park in the winter, with ice on the Mississippi River.

Title: Photograph of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY
Description: This photo shows the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. The art gallery is within the boundaries of Delaware Park. The photo is taken from across the street at an angle. Besides foliage and trees, the grounds around the stone structure are empty.

Title: Shaw Park Lunch Break
Date: 1986-03-28
Description: Vickie Rojewski enjoys the sunshine while on lunch break at Shaw Park.

Title: Photograph of People Watching Construction on the Washington University Campus
Description: This photo shows a man and two children watching construction on the Washington University Campus. The people are watching from a slight distance on a hill that overlooks a field empty besides a wooden structure and building materials. There is a railroad that runs across the image, and a train car sits on it in the middle of the photo. The text on the side says, "New York, Chicago, and St. Louis R.R. 9037". On the left of the photo is Brookings Hall of Washington University. The background has buildings in the distance, and billowing smoke stacks.

Title: Photograph of Construction in an Open Field
Description: This photograph is of a construction site in an open field. On either side of the structure in the middle ground are building materials separated ito stacks for further progress. The dirt is smoothed out, as if plowed, and there were no workers on the site at the time the photo was taken. The background is made up of a sparce treeline and smokestacks in the middle.

Title: Photograph of Woman Standing in Front of World Fair Construction
Description: This photo shows a woman standing on a hill above the site of the 1904 World's Fair construction. There two or three large buildings being constructed behind her among a small amount of trees and grasses. The woman in the photo is looking at the camera.

Title: Photograph of a Park Gate and Houses
Description: Photograph of one of the entrances to Tower Grove Park in Saint Louis, Missouri. The photo is taken from the side of the entrance path and is a wide shot toward the houses behind the gate and fence. Two pillars flank the entrance gate of the park and its dirt road.

Title: Photograph of Compton Hill Water Tower Construction
Description: This photo shows the Compton Hill Water Tower as it is being built. The outside of the tower is covered in scaffolding with the two peaks protruding from the wood frame. There are trees and buildings in the background of the photo, small in comparison to the water tower.

Title: Photograph of Deer or Elk Among Large Trees
Description: This photo shows a field of deer and elk among trees. Though it is slightly blurry, the herd can be seen sleeping, eating, and wandering around the grassy, fenced in area. The fence spans the background of the photo, with large trees in the middle ground. The foreground is empty with the exception of grass and snow.

Title: Photograph of a Group of People Having a Picnic
Description: In this photo, are a group of eleven people seated in a park having a picnic. The photo is slightly obstructed in the upper left corner, and there are baskets and boxes next to the group on the left. There are trees in the background, and the park appears empty besides the picnic goers.

Title: U.S. Army Recreational Camp
Date: 1941-08-11
Description: "These are the first tents in the $35,000 army recreational camp being erected in the southeast part of Forest Park for use of soldiers on week-end leave from near-by army unites. A total of 180 tents are to be erected." The sign near the tents read, "U.S. Army - Rec. Camp construction by Civilian Conservation Corps".

Title: Wide Photograph of Missouri Botanical Garden
Description: Wide view photograph of the Missouri Botanical Garden grounds. The photo is facing the entrance to the garden down the main pathway. On either side of the path are beds of various plants and flowers with gardeners tending to them. There are visitors walking down the path, and there's a statue in the middle of the background. The main building and greenhouses stretch across the photo behind the statue.

Title: Photograph of the Missouri Botanical Garden Lily Pond
Description: Photograph of a small lily pond at the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis. The pond is in the foreground and middle ground of the photo, and is filled with lily pads, other aquatic plants, and small flowers. There are signs indicating the different species of plants in the pond as well. A group of well dressed people are standing behind the pond, and behind them are two buildings with plants and flowers all around.

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