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Like most cities, St. Louis abounds in picture books that celebrate it through the years. Many are purely opportunistic productions, gathering familiar images in shoddily printed volumes, frequently filled with errors, adding little to an understanding of a city's history.
While a lot of books of this nature tend to have a very narrow focus, this book gives an excellent overview of St. Louis over the course of a century -- from the 1860s to the 1960s while providing a glimpse of St. Louis in its prime, this book also gives the reader a better understanding of the impact of a national trend -- urban sprawl -- on our fair city. And, rather than presenting the reader with opinions on the effect of urban sprawl on St. Louis, it simply presents facts about the images, and allows the reader to string these facts together into his or her own opinion of what has become of a once-great urban area. --hazyafterthought.com
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St. Louis is the largest city in Missouri and the Gateway to the West, a moniker symbolized since 1965 by the mighty Gateway Arch fronting the Mississippi River.
Historic Photos of St. Louis is a photographic history of this important American city spotlighting photographs collected from the area's top archives. Included here are the Eads Bridge, the St. Louis World s Fair of 1904, Busch stadiums 1 and 2, Union Station and the Milles Fountain, yesterday s Olive Street, aftermath of the 1896 tornado, Grant s Hardscrabble, the Admiral, the Southern Hotel, Forest Park, and much more.
In stunning black-and-white photography, this handsome coffee-table book details the historical growth of St. Louis from the early days of the camera up to recent times. Spanning two centuries and nearly 200 images, the book follows life, government, and the building of this history-rich city, offering a compelling look into the past for any longtime resident and every history buff of St. Louis.
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Like most cities, St. Louis abounds in picture books that celebrate it through the years. Many are purely opportunistic productions, gathering familiar images in shoddily printed volumes, frequently filled with errors, adding little to an understanding of a city's history.
Historic Photos of St. Louis; is different. Its two authors, both librarians at the St. Louis Public Library, have chosen unfamiliar images from a number of important archival collections that give readers a fresh image of the city. Even the pictures of the 1904 World's Fair go beyond the ordinary. The photos have been printed clearly, one to a page, in a nicely designed publication that is a pleasure to browse through. The authors say the 200 pictures they have chosen
show places that are gone and places that are timeless. They show celebrations and disasters. They show St. Louis at work and at play. They show the St. Louis we know and the St. Louis we have forgotten.--David Bonetti, St. Louis Today
While a lot of books of this nature tend to have a very narrow focus, this book gives an excellent overview of St. Louis over the course of a century -- from the 1860s to the 1960s while providing a glimpse of St. Louis in its prime, this book also gives the reader a better understanding of the impact of a national trend -- urban sprawl -- on our fair city. And, rather than presenting the reader with opinions on the effect of urban sprawl on St. Louis, it simply presents facts about the images, and allows the reader to string these facts together into his or her own opinion of what has become of a once-great urban area. --hazyafterthought.com
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St. Louis is the largest city in Missouri and the Gateway to the West, a moniker symbolized since 1965 by the mighty Gateway Arch fronting the Mississippi River.
Historic Photos of St. Louis is a photographic history of this important American city spotlighting photographs collected from the area's top archives. Included here are the Eads Bridge, the St. Louis World s Fair of 1904, Busch stadiums 1 and 2, Union Station and the Milles Fountain, yesterday s Olive Street, aftermath of the 1896 tornado, Grant s Hardscrabble, the Admiral, the Southern Hotel, Forest Park, and much more.
In stunning black-and-white photography, this handsome coffee-table book details the historical growth of St. Louis from the early days of the camera up to recent times. Spanning two centuries and nearly 200 images, the book follows life, government, and the building of this history-rich city, offering a compelling look into the past for any longtime resident and every history buff of St. Louis.
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Forest Park, World's Fair, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Mississippi River, United States, Washington Avenue, Sportsman's Park, Olive Street, Union Station, Missouri River, Old Courthouse, Busch Stadium, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Louis County, American League, Mysterious Asia, Louis Browns, Pine Street, Civil Courts Building, The Browns, African American, The Bell Telephone Building, World Series, World War Browse Sample Pages:
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