mississippi river

St. Louis University, Administration Building, Grand & Pine Boulevards...

Survey number: HABS MO-1642 Building/structure dates: ca. 1888 Initial Construction

Jefferson Barracks, Brick & Stone Powder Magazine, Jefferson Barracks,...

Survey number: HABS MO-1809-D Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Oakland, Servants' Quarters, 7801 Genesta Street, Affton, St. Louis Co...

Survey number: HABS MO-1182-A Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Louis River Front, 115 Valentine Street, Saint Louis, Independent ...

Survey number: HABS MO-11-F Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One of the few remaining old Mississippi River boats, Memphis, Tenness...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Source of the Mississippi River. Lake Itasca, Minnesota

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chambe...

Poster for presentation of "Ceiling Zero" at the high school auditorium, showing two planes flying in close formation. Date stamped on verso: Jun 22 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

A black and white photo of a body of water, Tennessee. Farm Security A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barn on a hummock, New Madrid Fuse Plug Levee District, Missouri. Thes...

Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man smoking a cigarette, possibly related...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of two men standing on top of a truck, Mississ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

State highway officials moving sharecroppers away from roadside to are...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people standing around a truck, Mississippi. Farmers during...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a body of water, Mississippi River, Minneap...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a bunch of people, Mississippi. Farmers dur...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Madrid spillway between levee and Mississippi River where evicted ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a bunch of people Farm Security Administrat...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Fountain in front of Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The steamer Capitol, Mississippi River, Arkansas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Bound for Minneapolis, a Mississippi River towboat pushes a cargo of m...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Madison, Iowa. View of the east end of the Atchison, Topeka and S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

St. Louis Airport model. II - Mississippi River travel

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Louis Airport model. I - Public domain architectural drawing

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the book by Mark Twain : [Miss...

Covers Mississippi River from Hannibal, Mo. to "Pikesville," Miss. Pictorial map. Includes July 1959 to June 1960 calendar. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LMP

Close-up view of the Gateway Arch, the symbolic gateway to the West (a...

Designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarenin. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. T... More

Close-up view of the Gateway Arch, the symbolic gateway to the West (a...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Casino Boat on the Mississippi River, Natchez, Mississippi

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Bronze door detail, National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

This museum preserves a wide range of military artifacts in memory of fallen soldiers who served in the United States military. Featuring artifacts of all branches of the military, it serves as a constant remin... More

Detail on the Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, Missouri

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Detail on the Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, Missouri

The Kiel Opera House is a civic performing arts building in St. Louis, Missouri. It opened it 1934 and operated until 1991, when it and the adjacent Kiel Auditorium were closed so the auditorium could be demoli... More

Eagle column capitol architectural detail, Kiel Opera House, St. Louis...

The Kiel Opera House is a civic performing arts building in St. Louis, Missouri. It opened it 1934 and operated until 1991, when it and the adjacent Kiel Auditorium were closed so the auditorium could be demoli... More

Statue of Saint Louis outside the St. Louis Catholic Church in Castrov...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The excursion boat La Crosse Belle VII, heads out on a tour of the Mis...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The boat is a modern-day replica of the grand river boats that plied the Mississippi River in the late 19th Century. She is one of the... More

Natchez on the Mississippi - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Negatives form two-part panorama. Left negative listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as no. L-6078. Glass painted on left negative. "06078-2-L" on left negative; "06078-2-R" and "1564 B" on right negat... More

St. Louis Cardinals, 1911 - Public domain portrait print

J154503 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Bell & Palfrey; April 18, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: 514 Granite Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. Names of sitters labeled on image.

Floweree, 2309 Pearl Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Significance: Floweree, as it is called today, is on the National Register. It is named for Charles C. Floweree who was born on October 26, 1842 in Fauquier County Virginia. After serving with distinction in ... More

Floweree, 2309 Pearl Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Significance: Floweree, as it is called today, is on the National Register. It is named for Charles C. Floweree who was born on October 26, 1842 in Fauquier County Virginia. After serving with distinction in ... More

Peavey Duluth Terminal Elevator, South side of first slip, north from ...

Survey number: HAER MN-97 Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates... More

The city of New Orleans, and the Mississippi River Lake Pontchartrain ...

Bird's-eye view of New Orleans with the Mississippi River in the foreground; prominent building and place names are listed below the image.

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, P...

Significance: Built in 1920, the Boundary Avenue Bridge is a single span, reinforced concrete, filled spandrel, barrel-arch bridge. The bridge carries Boundary Avenue over the Kingsbury Creek on a 21+' roadway... More

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, P...

Significance: Built in 1920, the Boundary Avenue Bridge is a single span, reinforced concrete, filled spandrel, barrel-arch bridge. The bridge carries Boundary Avenue over the Kingsbury Creek on a 21+' roadway... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

[E. S. Hallinan, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. "E. S. Halliman"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Dance St. Louis Greys quick step - Public domain musical sheets

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, ...

See also HALS No. MO-2. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N966 Survey number: HABS MO-1938 Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1866 Subseque... More

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Core Making Shop, 2023 St....

Survey number: HAER AL-32-E Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James T. Beach to Western Union Advisory Committee, St. Louis, Missour...

Bridge No. 5930, Spanning Mississippi River at Trunk Highway 43, Winon...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N516 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1087 Survey number: HAER MN-91

Bridge No. 5930, Spanning Mississippi River at Trunk Highway 43, Winon...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N516 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1087 Survey number: HAER MN-91

Bridge No. 5930, Spanning Mississippi River at Trunk Highway 43, Winon...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N516 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1087 Survey number: HAER MN-91

Bridge No. 5930, Spanning Mississippi River at Trunk Highway 43, Winon...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N516 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1087 Survey number: HAER MN-91

Bridge No. 5930, Spanning Mississippi River at Trunk Highway 43, Winon...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N516 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1087 Survey number: HAER MN-91

Portrait photo of Geronimo - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows the famous Apache warrior Geronimo, photographed during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Mo., in 1904. The close-up view of his left eye reveals a reflection of the photographer. Pho... More

Portrait photo of Geronimo - Public domain scan / print

Photo shows the famous Apache warrior Geronimo, photographed during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Mo., in 1904. The close-up view of his left eye reveals a reflection of the photographer. Pho... More

Peers Griffen House, 224 College Avenue, Webster Groves, St. Louis Cou...

Survey number: HABS MO-1181 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The escort at Indian cave on Mulberry Creek, Kansas, 11 miles north ea...

No. 137. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his pho... More

Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a vintage city plan, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Elwood Bridge, Carrying St. Louis County Road 696 over DM & IR Railyar...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Harry Steinfeldt, St. Louis Cardinals, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Gull Lake Reservoir Dam, Dam Tender's Residence, Lake Shore, Cass Coun...

Significance: The Gull Lake Dam Tender's House is one of two remaining original dam tender's dwellings at the Mississippi River Headwaters dam sites. Until recently, when the Corps of Engineers decided it was ... More

Gull Lake Reservoir Dam, Dam Tender's Residence, Lake Shore, Cass Coun...

Significance: The Gull Lake Dam Tender's House is one of two remaining original dam tender's dwellings at the Mississippi River Headwaters dam sites. Until recently, when the Corps of Engineers decided it was ... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Broadway Street, Minnea...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge was a four-span, wrought iron and steel, high through Pratt truss and was one of two known remaining decorative truss bridges in Minnesota. The bridge was fabricated by the Ki... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Broadway Street, Minnea...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge was a four-span, wrought iron and steel, high through Pratt truss and was one of two known remaining decorative truss bridges in Minnesota. The bridge was fabricated by the Ki... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Broadway Street, Minnea...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge was a four-span, wrought iron and steel, high through Pratt truss and was one of two known remaining decorative truss bridges in Minnesota. The bridge was fabricated by the Ki... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Broadway Street, Minnea...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge was a four-span, wrought iron and steel, high through Pratt truss and was one of two known remaining decorative truss bridges in Minnesota. The bridge was fabricated by the Ki... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Broadway Street, Minnea...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge was a four-span, wrought iron and steel, high through Pratt truss and was one of two known remaining decorative truss bridges in Minnesota. The bridge was fabricated by the Ki... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Broadway Street, Minnea...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge was a four-span, wrought iron and steel, high through Pratt truss and was one of two known remaining decorative truss bridges in Minnesota. The bridge was fabricated by the Ki... More

St. Ferdinand Church, West end of St. Francis Street, Florissant, St. ...

Survey number: HABS MO-140 Building/structure dates: 1821 Initial Construction

St. Ferdinand Church, West end of St. Francis Street, Florissant, St. ...

Survey number: HABS MO-140 Building/structure dates: 1821 Initial Construction

White Haven, 7400 Grant Road, Affton, St. Louis County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8, FN-22, N69 Survey number: HABS MO-1150 Building/structure dates: 1808 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79003205

Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas (cattle in foreground,) 323 mil...

No. 43. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. Forms part of Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10,... More

Lafayette Street Overpass, Spanning former St. Louis & San Francisco R...

Significance: The Lafayette Street Overpass, one of numerous grade crossing projects undertaken in 1938, was built to replace a narrow wooden bridge at this site. Like the nearby Maple Street Overpass (1936), ... More

William Long Log House, 9385 Pardee Road, Crestwood, St. Louis County,...

Survey number: HABS MO-1186 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Long Log House, 9385 Pardee Road, Crestwood, St. Louis County,...

Survey number: HABS MO-1186 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[George Stone, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks, M...

Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is a single-span, steel Pratt through-truss bridge with a wooden deck and walkway. While the Pratt was an extremely common type, the Washington Avenue Bridge is the o... More

Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks, M...

Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is a single-span, steel Pratt through-truss bridge with a wooden deck and walkway. While the Pratt was an extremely common type, the Washington Avenue Bridge is the o... More

[New Orleans, river from Henner Bldg.]

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Waukerusa Valley (Blue Mount in distance) from fort, Lawrence, Kansas,...

No. 43. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his phot... More

[George T. Stovall/James Austin, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portr...

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Center photo caption: "Ty Cobb steals third." Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More

Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More

Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More

North Star Woolen Mill, 109 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennep...

Significance: The mill is historically significant for its association with the development of the West Side Milling District in Minneapolis. Established in 1864, the mill remained in operation until its closur... More

Taille de Noyer, 400 Taille de Noyer, Florissant, St. Louis County, MO

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Louis Union Station Train Shed, 1820 Market Street, Saint Louis, I...

Significance: St. Louis Union Station Train Shed was one of the last all enclosing train sheds built in the United States. The shed was the largest, covering an area of 378,000 square feet or the equivalent of... More

First Post Office, First Alley, Duluth, St. Louis County, MN

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MN-29-19 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

First Post Office, First Alley, Duluth, St. Louis County, MN

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MN-29-19 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Jefferson Barracks, Laborers' House, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis Cou...

Survey number: HABS MO-1809-B Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction