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Indian braves, splendid with savage finery, riding their ponies down t...

H53979 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image ... More

Mesabi Iron Company, Magnetic Concentration Plant, Pelletizer Building...

Survey number: HAER MN-38-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Missouri Botanical Garden, Museum, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Loui...

Significance: Representative of the classical mode popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the museum's significance lies in its being one of the first botanical-library-museum-herbarium complexes in the country... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Museum, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Loui...

Significance: Representative of the classical mode popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the museum's significance lies in its being one of the first botanical-library-museum-herbarium complexes in the country... More

Tower Grove Park, Sailboat Pond, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Ind...

Significance: This is one of the principal water features of Tower Grove Park and is a well-preserved example of the Romantic landscape design favored by British and American architects in the 19th century. The... More

Moki corn festival, Indian camp, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

No. 5787. H52206 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau.

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

Small House, 1337 Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Significance: The Kingsway Center Area is locally significant for its architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban vernacular building traditions ... More

Small House, 1337 Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Significance: The Kingsway Center Area is locally significant for its architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban vernacular building traditions ... More

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

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

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

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

[Tip O'Neill, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. "Tip O'Neil"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Soulard Neighborhood Historic District, Saint Louis, Independent City,...

Survey number: HABS MO-275-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mesabi Iron Company, Magnetic Concentration Plant, Crusher Building, B...

Survey number: HAER MN-38-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tearing down buildings, St. Louis, Missouri

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tower Grove Park, East Gate Entrance, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis...

Significance: Designed as the principal entrance for vehicular traffic into Tower Grove Park. It remains an excellent example of the more formal type of landscape architecture popular in the late 19th century. ... More

Kingshighway Viaduct, Spanning Railroad Tracks at Kingshighway Bouleva...

Significance: The Kingshighway Viaduct is a 1,857-foot-long reinforced concrete arched viaduct. It is an excellent example of bridge construction of its type and period and possesses artistic value among Misso... More

First Fire Hall, East Second Street, Duluth, St. Louis County, MN

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MN-29-20 Building/structure dates: 1871 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1895 Subsequent Work

Grant-Dent House, 702 Fourth & Cerre Streets, Saint Louis, Independent...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-9, FN-165 Survey number: HABS MO-31-2 Building/structure dates: 1845 Initial Construction

Thomas Sappington House, Sappington Road, Crestwood, St. Louis County,...

Significance: This 2-1/2 story house is the oldest known brick structure remaining in St. Louis County. Survey number: HABS MO-1173 Building/structure dates: ca. 1810 Initial Construction

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Townhouse, 2345 Tower Grove Aven...

Significance: Representative of the Renaissance Tevival style popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the structure was the town residence of Henry Shaw, founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Unprocessed Fi... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Townhouse, 2345 Tower Grove Aven...

Significance: Representative of the Renaissance Tevival style popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the structure was the town residence of Henry Shaw, founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Unprocessed Fi... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Townhouse, 2345 Tower Grove Aven...

Significance: Representative of the Renaissance Tevival style popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the structure was the town residence of Henry Shaw, founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Unprocessed Fi... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Townhouse, 2345 Tower Grove Aven...

Significance: Representative of the Renaissance Tevival style popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the structure was the town residence of Henry Shaw, founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Unprocessed Fi... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Townhouse, 2345 Tower Grove Aven...

Significance: Representative of the Renaissance Tevival style popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the structure was the town residence of Henry Shaw, founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Unprocessed Fi... More

Our skippers wife; Descriptive song - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

View on Kansas River in Delaware reservation, Kansas, 311 miles west o...

No. 24. 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

Tower Grove Park, West Gate House & Gate, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint L...

Significance: The only examples of the Gothic Revival style in the park. The structures are well-preserved examples of the picturesque design favored by British and American landscape architects in the 19th cen... More

[Miller Huggins/Roger Bresnahan, St. Louis Cardinals, baseball card po...

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

Castleman-Mackay Mansion, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Significance: Built in 1896, this is a large, elaborately decorated mansion, typical of the period. Survey number: HABS MO-1161-A Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Soulard Neighborhood Historic District, Saint Louis, Independent City,...

Survey number: HABS MO-275-K Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Main Hospital, Virginia Me...

Significance: The Main Hospital was part of the early 1920s effort to build clean, modern hospitals for U.S. military veterans. The Main Hospital continued to serve as a hospital building at the St. Louis VA Me... More

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Main Hospital, Virginia Me...

Significance: The Main Hospital was part of the early 1920s effort to build clean, modern hospitals for U.S. military veterans. The Main Hospital continued to serve as a hospital building at the St. Louis VA Me... More

Pueblo Indian pottery sellers, Indian reservation, World's Fair, St. L...

No. 23234. H49928 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau.

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Neuropsychiatric Hospital ...

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

United States Arsenal, Second & Arsenal Streets, Saint Louis, Independ...

Survey number: HABS MO-111 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction

Oakland, 7801 Genesta Street, Affton, St. Louis County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1182 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oakland, 7801 Genesta Street, Affton, St. Louis County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1182 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Duluth Ship Canal, Marine Museum-Area Office, North end of Minnesota P...

Survey number: HAER MN-10-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Duluth Ship Canal, Marine Museum-Area Office, North end of Minnesota P...

Survey number: HAER MN-10-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Johnson House, 613 Market Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-165 Survey number: HABS MO-1145 Building/structure dates: 1831 Initial Construction

Zurich Road Bridge, Spanning Southern Pacific, Chicago & St. Louis Rai...

Significance: This queen post timber truss with timber approach spans on timber frame bents spans the Chicago-St. Louis main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The earliest bridge was apparently built at t... More

Hynson House, 1314 Aubert, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Significance: The Kingsway Center Area is locally significant for its architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban vernacular building traditions ... More

President and Mrs. Roosevelt with President Francis of the Exposition ...

Theodore Roosevelt and David R. Francis on a crowded stand at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. H55144 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood.

Thornhill, Arrowhead Lane, Chesterfield, St. Louis County, MO

Significance: Although alterations and additions have changed its outer appearance, "Thornhill" today, with its hewn log outbuildings and mortised timber-framed barn, remains one of the most important historica... More

Thornhill, Arrowhead Lane, Chesterfield, St. Louis County, MO

Significance: Although alterations and additions have changed its outer appearance, "Thornhill" today, with its hewn log outbuildings and mortised timber-framed barn, remains one of the most important historica... More

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 748 South Third Street, Saint Louis,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS MO-31-6 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction

Endion Passenger Depot, 1504 South Street, Duluth, St. Louis County, M...

Significance: The Endion Depot is significant as the last of the small passenger depots to function in Duluth. Its jewel-like character results from the fine use of stone and brick architectural detailing and ... More

Endion Passenger Depot, 1504 South Street, Duluth, St. Louis County, M...

Significance: The Endion Depot is significant as the last of the small passenger depots to function in Duluth. Its jewel-like character results from the fine use of stone and brick architectural detailing and ... More

Endion Passenger Depot, 1504 South Street, Duluth, St. Louis County, M...

Significance: The Endion Depot is significant as the last of the small passenger depots to function in Duluth. Its jewel-like character results from the fine use of stone and brick architectural detailing and ... More

Bellefontaine Cemetery, 4947 West Florissant Avenue, Saint Louis, Inde...

Survey number: HABS MO-1637 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

John B. Myers House, 180 West Dunn Road, Florissant, St. Louis County,...

Survey number: HABS MO-1183 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John B. Myers House, 180 West Dunn Road, Florissant, St. Louis County,...

Survey number: HABS MO-1183 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John B. Myers House, 180 West Dunn Road, Florissant, St. Louis County,...

Survey number: HABS MO-1183 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tower Grove Park, South Gate Lodge, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, ...

Significance: The Lodge was the last major park structure to be built under founder Henry Shaw's supervision. It has very finely carved capitals and several other features representative of the Romanesque style... More

Jean Baptiste Roy House, 615 South Second Street, Saint Louis, Indepen...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17, FN-18, FN-165 Survey number: HABS MO-13 Building/structure dates: ca. 1829 Initial Construction

Jean Baptiste Roy House, 615 South Second Street, Saint Louis, Indepen...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17, FN-18, FN-165 Survey number: HABS MO-13 Building/structure dates: ca. 1829 Initial Construction

Jean Baptiste Roy House, 615 South Second Street, Saint Louis, Indepen...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17, FN-18, FN-165 Survey number: HABS MO-13 Building/structure dates: ca. 1829 Initial Construction

Missouri Botanical Garden, Ridgway Center, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Allen-Collier Building, 7-11 North First Street, Saint Louis, Independ...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Old Post Office Building (Ruins), 22-26 North Second Street, Saint Lou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MO-1139 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction

Old Post Office Building (Ruins), 22-26 North Second Street, Saint Lou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MO-1139 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction

St. Louis Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Kansas City Terminal Railroad at Be...

Significance: The St. Louis Avenue Viaduct is the oldest of only nine known extant skewed Pratt truss bridges, a rather uncommon bridge form, in Missouri. Furthermore, its fifty-foot width is unusual for a bri... More

Palace of Education, N. E., over fountains and heroic statues, from Fe...

H55080 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8. Public domain photograph of a sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tool House-Garage, 3005 Circle Drive, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1940 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work

Hehman House, 4929 Page Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Significance: The Kingsway Center Area is locally significant for its architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban vernacular building traditions ... More

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Building No. 705, Destrehan Street betwee...

Survey number: HABS MO-1929-M Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Building No. 705, Destrehan Street betwee...

Survey number: HABS MO-1929-M Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Building No. 705, Destrehan Street betwee...

Survey number: HABS MO-1929-M Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Building No. 705, Destrehan Street betwee...

Survey number: HABS MO-1929-M Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Al Shaw, 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.

View on the plains 6 miles west of Fort Hayes, Kansas, 586 miles west ...

No. 149. 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

Reinhardt House, 1405 Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Significance: The Kingsway Center Area is locally significant for its architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban vernacular building traditions ... More

Mountain Iron Mine, North of Mountain Iron village, Government Lots 3 ...

Significance: It was here that iron ore was first discovered by the legendary Merritt Bros. and this was the first mine to ship ore from the Mesabi Range. The Mesabi Range possessed the world's largest deposit... More

[Dave Foutz, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

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

Samuel Cupples House, 3673 West Pine Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of gates, gateway, passage, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Duluth Ship Canal, North Pier, North end of Minnesota Point at Canal P...

Survey number: HAER MN-10-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soulard Neighborhood Historic District, Saint Louis, Independent City,...

Survey number: HABS MO-275-A Public domain photograph, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fitger Brewery Complex, Stable & Garage, 600 East Superior Street, Dul...

Significance: The stable and garage building was constructed in 1911 by McLeod & Smith for an original cost of $24,000. The architect was Mr. L. Lehle. The building was constructed where a previous barn and s... More

George W. Sherrick House, 2618 South Seventh Street, Saint Louis, Inde...

Significance: This is a small town house, built in 1850, with interesting details and Greek Revival features. Survey number: HABS MO-1168 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction

Mesabi Iron Company Magnetic Concentration Plant, Boiler House, Babbit...

Survey number: HAER MN-38-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jay Cooke State Park, Pedestrian Suspension Bridge, Minnesota Highway ...

Survey number: HAER MN-53 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, Malard Family Tomb, New Orleans, Orleans Par...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Malard family tomb was built in the 1840s by architect J.N.B. de Pouilly. de Pouilly was known locally for his mortuary architecture, and the Malard tomb... More

St. Louis Arsenal, Building No. 6, Second & Arsenal Streets, Saint Lou...

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

St. Louis Arsenal, Building No. 6, Second & Arsenal Streets, Saint Lou...

Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Administration Building, V...

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

Dr. Milton C. Marshall Building, 414-418 North Boyle Avenue, Saint Lou...

Significance: The building at 414-418 North Boyle is representative of the small commercial buildings constructed in the second and third decades of the twentieth century to meet the needs of the growing popula... More

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Bounded by Salisbury, Wharf, Angelrodt, &...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N282 Survey number: HABS MO-1929

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Laundry No. 1, Virginia Me...

Significance: It was part of the early 1920s effort to build modern hospitals for U.S. military veterans. The building continued to serve as a laundry facility at the St. Louis VA Medical Center, Jefferson Barr... More

Colossal iron statue of Vulcan, 56 ft. high, weight 100,000 lbs., in M...

H55147 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Guido Steinkauler House, 2614 South Seventh Street, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: This is a 2-1/2 story, brick town house that was used for an early German Lutheran hospital. Survey number: HABS MO-1169 Building/structure dates: ca. 1858 Initial Construction

Soulard Neighborhood Historic District, Saint Louis, Independent City,...

Survey number: HABS MO-275-B Public domain photograph of historic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soulard Neighborhood Historic District, Saint Louis, Independent City,...

Survey number: HABS MO-275-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Sa...

Significance: The building served as headquarters for retail and printing operations of the Eden Publishing Company from 1869 to 1979. Several expansions occurred throughout the company's time of occupation. ... More

Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Sa...

Significance: The building served as headquarters for retail and printing operations of the Eden Publishing Company from 1869 to 1979. Several expansions occurred throughout the company's time of occupation. ... More

A mother's tear-stained letter sheet music

Looking down at Louisiana Purchase Monument and Palace of Varied Indus...

H87058 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Standard Scenic Co. No. 2915.

[Miller Huggins, 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.

Burntside Lodge, Off County Road 88, Ely, St. Louis County, MN

Survey number: HABS MN-105 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description