A lithograph of the interior of the Mercantile Library Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. A crowd is gathered to watch the Fourth Inter-state Collegiate Oratorical Contest. The figures on the stage stand beneath a very large pipe organ. Based on a sketch by F. J. Howell.
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 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.
This document contains the twenty-ninth annual report of the board of directors of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association. It was complied in January of 1875 and covers the events of the year 1874.
This document contains the twenty-fifth annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association along with the proceedings of the anniversary celebration of that year. It includes an address by the library's first president James E. Yeatman and a poem by Thomas E. Garrett titled "The Three Stages."
This document contains the eighteenth annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the thirteenth annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company.
This document contains the 1856 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1856 fifth annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company.
This document contains the thirty-first annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1876. It was published following the annual meeting in January of 1877.
This document contains the third annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association published in January of 1849 about the year 1848. The first and second reports were not published, which makes this one the very first.
This document contains the 1863 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1863 twelfth annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company.
This document contains the thirtieth annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1875. It was published following the annual meeting in January of 1876.
This document contains the 1862 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1862 eleventh annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company.
This document contains the thirty-second annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1877. It was published following the annual meeting in January of 1878.
This document contains the fifth annual report of the mercantile library association printed in January of 1851. The report covers the business of the library in the year 1850.
This document contains the nineteenth annual report of the board of directors of the Mercantile Library Association and a summary of the fourteenth annual meeting of the Mercantile Library Hall Company. The contents of this report were assembled in January of 1865 for the year 1864.
This document contains the 1857 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1857 sixth annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company.
This document contains the twenty-seventh annual report of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association for the year 1872. It was printed after the annual meeting in January of 1873.
This document contains the 1858 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1858 ninth annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company. The cover is mislabeled stating the eighth, but the ninth is inside.