St. Louis in the 1890s: A Photographic Exploration of the City's Cultural and Industrial Development (2024)

#1 Broadway in St. Louis in 1897. #2 Roof Garden U.T. Blg, 1894 #3 An elevated view of an alley, as well as several destroyed buildings, residential properties, and a church in a St. Louis neighborhood after a tornado hit on May 27, 1896. #4 Cargo and steamboats lining the Saint Louis levee in the 1890s. #5 St. Louis levee, 1890’s. #6 The Tower Grove Dairy, located at 2922 Oregon Avenue, St. Louis, 1894 #7 St. Nicholas Hotel on Locust Street between Eighth and Ninth Streets, 1894 #8 Annie Dell with tow and cargo. Crew posing on the bow. Gasconade River, carrying wheat, 1890. #9 This levee scene taken just after the cyclone of 1896, shows the damage to the transfer boat Ma dell. #10 Union Station’s Grand Hall during the original opening gala, September 1, 1894. #11 Old Court House, St. Louis, Missouri, 1895 #12 City of Madison, 1894. #13 Locomotive in front of Simmons Hardware, 1890 #14 The Old Exposition and Music Hall, 1890 #15 Locust Street in St. Louis looking east across the intersection at Broadway, 1896 #16 The debris and structural damage of a barn, building, and wagon caused by a tornado on May 27,1896 in St. Louis, Missouri, #17 Competitive Design for the Missouri Building, 1904 World’s Fair, 1890 #18 Christ Church Cathedral, 1895 #19 12th St. From Washington Ave. South, 92′, 1892 #20 A decorative arch, put in place for the visiting Elks, as pictured at Anheuser-Busch Brewery in 1899. #21 This is the Anheuser-Busch brewery, 1899, with a decorative arch in place in honor of visiting Elks, who held their national convention in St. Louis in June of that year. #22 Ead’s Bridge, Art Work of St. Louis, 1895 #23 The Washington Avenue streetcar loop in St. Louis in 1890. #24 Aboard the Evansville on the Green River, 1890 #25 Jefferson Barracks – 1898 Headquarters, 1898 #26 Jefferson Barracks – Camp Stephens Artillery Battery, Spanish-American War, 1898 #27 Jefferson Barracks, showing the old Guard House. Besides many other incidents, amusing and tragic, the old Guard House was the genesis of the new Jefferson Barracks. #28 Camp Stephens, Jefferson Barracks, showing the tent city which stood on the reservation throughout 1898. #29 Large, multi-story building destroyed in the May 27, 1896 tornado which hit St. Louis, Missouri. #30 The intersection of Pine and Broadway in St. Louis in the late 1890s. The view is looking north on Broadway across Pine. #31 Fourth Street in St. Louis looking north across the intersection with Pine Street. #32 This Boehl street scene photo was taken looking west on Washington Avenue at Sixth Street in 1891. #33 The State of Kansas was a big carrier built at Madison, Indiana in 1890. #34 A replica of the Statue of Liberty at Twelfth and Pine in St. Louis in 1890. #35 The Eagle Boat Store in 1895. #36 Samuel Cupples, who in 1851 established the firm which became the largest woodenware company in the United States, built this home at 3673 Pine in 1890, about which time was taken. #37 Riverfront Old Pix 1897 #38 Steamer City of Monroe, 1880 #39 Street view of destroyed buildings, debris and bystanders in the aftermath of a tornado which hit St. Louis’ Lafayette Square neighborhood, 1896 #40 Saint Louis City Hall Construction, 1895 #41 Olive Street in St. Louis looking west from Fourth Street, 1894 #42 Ohio River, Dredging at Brooklyn Harbor, Ill, 1892 #43 Exposition Hall, 1890 #44 Music Hall of the Exposition Building, 1892 #45 Parade by Exposition Hall, 1898 #46 Broadway Street, 1890s #47 Old Street, St. Louis,1890 #48 Broadway looking south from Washington. The illumination bug bit St. Louis in 1882 when 140 plumbers scurried to set up gas pipes for lamplit arches along 44 blocks of the business section. #49 View on Broadway- East St. Louis, 1890 #50 Broadway and Chestnut Streets, 1890 #51 The Lindell Hotel which was located on Washington Avenue at 6th Street, 1891 #52 A streetcar and numerous pedestrians on Broadway looking north from its intersection with Pine Street, 1897 #53 Art Department employees at work, 1899 #54 A man operating mechanical building equipment from The Deane Steam Pump company, 1899 #55 Bundling newspapers, 1899 #56 Seven seated men who comprised the circulation department at the Post-Dispatch, 1899 #57 Counting Room employees, 1899 #58 Four Post-Dispatch men working in office, 1899 #59 Post-Dispatch workers with machinery, 1899 #60 Secretarial pool, 1899 #61 Several men setting type by hand in a large workroom, 1899 Written by Aung Budhh Leave a Reply