![Carte du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis dix lieues audessus de la Nouvelle Orleans jusqu'à son embouchure ou sont marquées les habitations formées, et les terrains concedez [i.e. concédés], auxquels on n'a pas travaille.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1732/01/01/carte-du-cours-du-fleuve-st-louis-depuis-dix-lieues-audessus-de-la-nouvelle-640.jpg "Carte du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis dix lieues audessus de la Nouvelle Orleans jusqu'à son embouchure ou sont marquées les habitations formées, et les terrains concedez [i.e. concédés], auxquels on n'a pas travaille.")
![Five hundred pounds reward. [For the capture of the Viginia built pilot boat St. Louis which has be seized and carried off by her crew] [Signed] Anthony Marmajou. Philadelphia 16th July 1778. Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-stree](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1778/01/01/five-hundred-pounds-reward-for-the-capture-of-the-viginia-built-pilot-boat-640.jpg "Five hundred pounds reward. [For the capture of the Viginia built pilot boat St. Louis which has be seized and carried off by her crew] [Signed] Anthony Marmajou. Philadelphia 16th July 1778. Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-stree")
Dédiée a Monsieur Coustard de Massi, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Mil...
Print shows "Le Suffren," the balloon of Anne-Pierre Coustard de Massy and R.P. Mouchet, ascending from Nantes, France. (Source: Le Temps des Ballons, www.perso.wanadoo.fr.)
![St. Louis Mo. St. Louis, C. Witter [18--?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1800/01/01/st-louis-mo-st-louis-c-witter-18--640.jpg "St. Louis Mo. St. Louis, C. Witter [18--?].")
![[Map of an area from Pearl River to Bay St. Louis in Spanish West Florida].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1805/01/01/map-of-an-area-from-pearl-river-to-bay-st-louis-in-spanish-west-florida-640.jpg "[Map of an area from Pearl River to Bay St. Louis in Spanish West Florida].")
Tivoli. Le dimanche 22 aout, 1824, grand fete extraordinaire a l'occas...
Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Jean Margat, August 22, 1824, Tivoli, Paris, at a festival on the occasion of St. Louis Day. Text indicates Margat will stand on an oblong platform below a ... more
Lawless burning of men by the many
Print shows a Black man named McIntosh, who had stabbed an officer that had arrested him, tied to a tree and being burned, St. Louis, Mo., April 28, 1896; and text.
![Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with proposed extension to Cleveland, Wooster, Sandusky, Toledo, Cincinnati; Michigan City, Chicago, Galena, Rock Island, St. Louis, &a; in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1840/01/01/map-of-the-projected-railway-from-harrisburg-to-pittsburg-sic-with-proposed-640.jpg "Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with proposed extension to Cleveland, Wooster, Sandusky, Toledo, Cincinnati; Michigan City, Chicago, Galena, Rock Island, St. Louis, &a; in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.")
Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with ...
Covers area between Massachusetts and Virginia and west to the Mississippi River. Shows "finished" and "proposed" railroads. A mileage chart entitled "Rail Road Routes from Seaboard to the Interior" appears at ... more
![Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic] with proposed extensions to Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis, in connexion [sic] with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois /](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1840/01/01/map-of-the-projected-railway-from-harrisburg-to-pittsburg-sic-with-proposed-1-640.jpg "Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic] with proposed extensions to Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis, in connexion [sic] with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois /")
Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic] with p...
Outline map showing major drainage, some relief by hachures, state boundaries, canals, and important place names. Finished and proposed railroads are indicated.
$200 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber, on the night of Thursday, th...
Reward offered by Wm. Russell for apprehension of the slaves, St. Louis, 1 Oct. 1847.
Map, exhibiting the railway route between Baltimore & St. Louis, toget...
Map covers area from Portland, Maine, to Norfolk, Va., and west to the Mississippi River.
![[Xavier Donald MacLeod, half-length portrait, nearly facing front, with mustache and spectacles]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1844/01/01/xavier-donald-macleod-half-length-portrait-nearly-facing-front-with-mustache-640.jpg "[Xavier Donald MacLeod, half-length portrait, nearly facing front, with mustache and spectacles]")
[Xavier Donald MacLeod, half-length portrait, nearly facing front, wit...
Author, teacher, editor of the St. Louis Leader.
![Republican extra--- St. Louis, March 5, 5. P. M. President Taylor's inaugural address. Washington, Monday, March 5, 1839 [i. e. 1849] [St. Louis, 1849].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1849/01/01/republican-extra-st-louis-march-5-5-p-m-president-taylors-inaugural-address-640.jpg "Republican extra--- St. Louis, March 5, 5. P. M. President Taylor's inaugural address. Washington, Monday, March 5, 1839 [i. e. 1849] [St. Louis, 1849].")
Gunpowder for sale here / Oliver J. Stuart, N.Y.
Broadsheet advertisement for the Laflin Powder Company, Saugerties, New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, with "Offices [at] 29 Water St. cor. of Olive St. St. Louis Mo. and 79 South Water St. Chicago, Ill." sh... more
A map illustrative of the route of the proposed railroad : from St. Lo...
"The red line indicates the route of the Railroad. The green line is the route followed by Col. Fremont from the South Pass to Humboldt River."
A new map of the United States. Upon which are delineated its vast wor...
Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, state and county capitals, cities and towns, common roads, the "Oregon Route," canals, and railroads. One of... more
![Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary lines as projected and its connections with other railroads west of the Mississippi River, which unite with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and south projected Pacific Railroad via Elpaso [sic] to the Pacific Ocean, showing also the connection by rail road of the cities of New Orleans & St. Louis. Little Rock, Ark. Sep. 1853.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1853/01/01/map-of-the-cairo-and-fulton-railroad-exhibiting-the-principal-tributary-lines-640.jpg "Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary lines as projected and its connections with other railroads west of the Mississippi River, which unite with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and south projected Pacific Railroad via Elpaso [sic] to the Pacific Ocean, showing also the connection by rail road of the cities of New Orleans & St. Louis. Little Rock, Ark. Sep. 1853.")
Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary ...
Map showing Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and part of Texas. Shows drainage, cities and towns, and state boundaries, west of the Mississippi River. The adjoining area east of the Mississippi River shows only t... more
Battle of Hermannstadt / sketched by Capt. Ed. Scheifele ; drawn on st...
Print showing a battle scene with Russian, Austrian, and Hungarian troops standing in formation, shooting at each other across an open field.
![Rail road map accompanying the report an[d] exhibit of the Logansport & Northern Indiana Railroad showing its connections and the through route from St. Louis to New York of which this road forms a part; Logansport, Indiana May 1st 1854; L. S. Nash, Chief Engineer.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1854/01/01/rail-road-map-accompanying-the-report-and-exhibit-of-the-logansport-and-northern-640.jpg "Rail road map accompanying the report an[d] exhibit of the Logansport & Northern Indiana Railroad showing its connections and the through route from St. Louis to New York of which this road forms a part; Logansport, Indiana May 1st 1854; L. S. Nash, Chief Engineer.")
Rail road map accompanying the report an[d] exhibit of the Logansport ...
Map of the north-central and northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. Chartered as the Auburn and Eel River Valley Rail Road on March 8, 1853. Name cha... more
A correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches ...
Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.
![Great Kansas meeting at St. Louis, Missouri / [from a photograph by Fitzgibbons].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1856/01/01/great-kansas-meeting-at-st-louis-missouri-from-a-photograph-by-fitzgibbons-640.jpg "Great Kansas meeting at St. Louis, Missouri / [from a photograph by Fitzgibbons].")
Great Kansas meeting at St. Louis, Missouri / [from a photograph by Fi...
Crowd at public meeting on question of slavery in Kansas in front of the courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri.
![Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Spring arrangement. 1857. St. Louis, Alton and Chicago railroad. The only direct route from Chicago or Joliet to St. Louis Kansas and Nebraska ... [Chicago? Ill.] 1857.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1857/01/01/original-air-line-and-united-states-mail-route-1857-spring-arrangement-1857-640.jpg "Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Spring arrangement. 1857. St. Louis, Alton and Chicago railroad. The only direct route from Chicago or Joliet to St. Louis Kansas and Nebraska ... [Chicago? Ill.] 1857.")
![1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad for Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul. [etc.] ... New York. Booth & Norton, Steam Job printers. August 1857.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1857/01/01/1857-pennsylvania-central-railroad-in-direct-connection-with-the-pittsburgh-640.jpg "1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad for Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul. [etc.] ... New York. Booth & Norton, Steam Job printers. August 1857.")
Mr. La Mountain's aerial voyage - the descent of the balloon
John La Moutnain's balloon voyage with John Wise and Gager from St. Louis to Rochester, 1859.
![View of St. Louis, Mo. [Levee]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1860/01/01/view-of-st-louis-mo-levee-640.jpg "View of St. Louis, Mo. [Levee]")
![Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., lately the scene of great excitement on the departure of the Fourth Regiment of Missouri Volunteers to take possession of Bird's Point, Mo., opposite Cairo, Ill. [Busy scene]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/jefferson-barracks-st-louis-mo-lately-the-scene-of-great-excitement-on-the-640.jpg "Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., lately the scene of great excitement on the departure of the Fourth Regiment of Missouri Volunteers to take possession of Bird's Point, Mo., opposite Cairo, Ill. [Busy scene]")
Arrival of the Twenty-Second Indiana Volunteers, Colonel J.C. Davis, a...
Soldiers getting off steamboat.
United States Volunteers attacked by the mob, corner of Fifth and Waln...
Soldiers firing at crowd of people attacking them.
![[Aerial view of commercial district of St. Louis, Missouri]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1862/01/01/aerial-view-of-commercial-district-of-st-louis-missouri-640.jpg "[Aerial view of commercial district of St. Louis, Missouri]")
Issuing passes at St. Louis
Travel passes being issued to citizens by Federal government agents.
Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...
Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... more
![To the Congress of the United States of America: Your memorialists, appointed at the River improvement convention, held in St. Louis, February 13, 1867, would respectfully represent ... [n. p. 1867].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1867/01/01/to-the-congress-of-the-united-states-of-america-your-memorialists-appointed-640.jpg "To the Congress of the United States of America: Your memorialists, appointed at the River improvement convention, held in St. Louis, February 13, 1867, would respectfully represent ... [n. p. 1867].")
![[St. Louis] Court House, St. Louis, Mo.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1870/01/01/st-louis-court-house-st-louis-mo-1-640.jpg "[St. Louis] Court House, St. Louis, Mo.")
[St. Louis] Court House, St. Louis, Mo.
Exterior view, with open lantern.
Olympic
Theater, St. Louis.
On the Mississippi - St. Louis - a general view of the city from east ...
River scene with house and steamboat RICHMOND in fg.
Railroad map of Pennsylvania Company showing the Pennsylvania Railroad...
Map of the middle Atlantic and midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with names of lines and mileage between stations.
Map showing the line of the Louisville, New Albany, and St. Louis Air ...
Map of the middle Atlantic and central United States showing drainage, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main lines. Indicates coal field in Illinois a... more
Map of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and its connections.
Map of the central portion of the eastern United States between the Atlantic and St. Louis showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, railroads, and iron and coal deposits.
Juliet, fine cut, chewing tobacco - James Moran & Co., St. Louis / Ave...
Tobacco package label showing balcony scene between Romeo and Juliet.
St. Louis fair grounds / St. Louis Democrat Litho. & Print. Co. ; draw...
Print showing bird's-eye view of fairgrounds at the St. Louis fair.
![The Jackson Monument and [St. Louis] Cathedral](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1880/01/01/the-jackson-monument-and-st-louis-cathedral-640.jpg "The Jackson Monument and [St. Louis] Cathedral")
![[St. Louis Co., Mo.].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1880/01/01/st-louis-co-mo-640.jpg "[St. Louis Co., Mo.].")
F. Heim & Bro. brewing company, lager beer, East St. Louis
Print of advertisement for the F. Heim & Bro. Brewing Company showing a man holding up a glass of beer, and a bird's-eye view of the brewery.
Dr. Price's cream baking powder Steele & Price, manufacturers, Chicago...
Advertising card for Dr. Price's cream baking powder, showing two women, one of them stirring batter in bowl.
Carthage. La Cathédrale / ND Phot.
Exterior of Cathedral of St. Louis, Carthage, Tunisia.
Maps showing the Toledo, Cincinnati, & St. Louis Railroad and its conn...
Midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, coal in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Includes the railroad system with emphasis on the main line.
![[The St. Louis bridge.] The erection -- the ribs completed and the roadways begun](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1881/01/01/the-st-louis-bridge-the-erection-the-ribs-completed-and-the-roadways-begun-640.jpg "[The St. Louis bridge.] The erection -- the ribs completed and the roadways begun")
[The St. Louis bridge.] The erection -- the ribs completed and the roa...
Photograph shows view of the St. Louis Bridge under construction, spanning the Mississippi River.
Carthage. L'intérieur de la Cathédrale / ND Phot.
Interior of the Cathedral of St. Louis, Carthage, Tunisia.
Map showing the Kansas & Gulf Short Line R.R. and the Texas & St. Loui...
Detailed map of the central portion of the United States showing drainage, cities and towns, and the iron and timber areas in Texas. Indicates the railroad network with emphasis on the main lines.
"Esmeralda" waltz-lanciers. Arranged for the Esmeralda Club, of St. Lo...
Created for the Esmeralda Club of Saint Louis, this short pamphlet consists of five figures of a waltz quadrille with a brief explanation of each figure.
Map of the Rio Grande and Pecos Railway showing its connections with t...
Outline map of the U.S. Southwest showing major drainage, cities and towns. Railroad lines are named and narrow gauge lines are in red. The "Cannel Coal Field" is indicated.
![Declaration of independence. The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America, in Congress assembled, July 4, 1776. St. Louis. Great Western printing co. [1884].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1884/01/01/declaration-of-independence-the-unanimous-declaration-of-the-thirteen-united-640.jpg "Declaration of independence. The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America, in Congress assembled, July 4, 1776. St. Louis. Great Western printing co. [1884].")
The road to Washington
Print showing gameboard for a game "The road to Washington" with "Washington" at the top and "Grand Central Depot" near the bottom with connecting routes through the cities of "Philadelphia", "Newark", "Baltimo... more
![[Dodge City Cow-Boy Band with their instruments] / Studio Genelli, Hulbert Bros., St. Louis, Mo.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1885/01/01/dodge-city-cow-boy-band-with-their-instruments-studio-genelli-hulbert-bros-640.jpg "[Dodge City Cow-Boy Band with their instruments] / Studio Genelli, Hulbert Bros., St. Louis, Mo.")
Martin Irons, of St. Louis, Chairman Executive Committee of the Knight...
Martin Irons, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.
![[Shorty Fuller, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1887/01/01/shorty-fuller-st-louis-browns-baseball-card-portrait-1-640.jpg "[Shorty Fuller, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]")
![[O'Neill, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1887/01/01/oneill-st-louis-browns-baseball-card-portrait-640.jpg "[O'Neill, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]")