1896 Bird's Eye View of St. Louis MO Art Print
A Museum Quality Art Print of St. Louis Missouri from the year 1896 for sale by Brandywine General Store. This map is still able to pretty much show the whole city, even the streets are named, the Mississippi River is in the forefront filled with paddle boats and steam ships. There are famous buildings and streets shown in the borders of this map from top left corner and going clockwise are the Court House, Harmony Club, High School, Exposition Building, Union Club, Art Museum, Washington Avenue looking West from 4th Street, Nine West from 4th Street, Fourth Street from Pine Street, Broadway North from Olive, Humboldt Statue in Tower Grove Park, Victoria Building, Union Station, City Hall, Holland Buildling, Columbus Statue also in Tower Grove Park, Broadway Street looking North from Chestnut, Olive looking east from Ninth Street, Broadway North from Locust and the Planter's House. It is interesting to note all the old modes of transportation from the horse and buggy's, carriages, trolley cars and the ships and boats that are on the river. There is also a box describing the Eads Bridge saying it cost 10 million dollars to build and was completed in July 1874, was 6,220 feet long, 54 feet wide, the center span was 520 feet long and it sets 55 feet above the high water. The population of the city of St. Louis was 615,000 when this map was completed by Graf Engraving Company. Picture #12 a premium archival cartographic print by Brandywine General Store.
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