bygone saint louis

a blog of historical images of st. louis, missouri, from sketches to panoramas, from postcards to photographs

Brookings Hall, 1904

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From Connecticut at the World's Fair (1904) is this photograph of a Connecticut state band at the then-administrative building for the S...

Connecticut Building at the 1904 World's Fair, 1904

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From Connecticut at the World's Fair, Report of the Commissioners from Connecticut to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904...

Custom House and Post Office, 1878

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From The Pictorial Guide to St. Louis (1878) by Camille Dry is this sketch of the old custom house for St. Louis, located at Olive and Third...

Washington University in St. Louis, 1879

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From Switzler's Illustrated History of Missouri (1879) is this sketch of the original Washington University in downtown St. Louis.

Mounds in Forest Park, 1903

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From The Cahokia and Surrounding Mounds by David Bushnell (1904) is this stunning set of photographs of the Native American mounds originall...
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The Big Mound, 1869

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From Switzler's Illustrated History of Missouri 1541-1877 (1879) comes this sketch of the largest Native American mound built in St. Lo...

St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1875

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From Leaves from the history of St. Alphonsus's Church (1895) comes this photograph of the church prior to the addition of its steeple i...
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