St louis missouri 1930s

if you are familiar with the St Louis city scape these "old school" photos are kind of insane. look at that swollen Mississippi river and the back drop of Sauget, IL (photo claims cahokia, il) when i see riverboats i think ramblers. and with ramblers come those down on their luck.

East St Louis | Spivey Building - 417 Missouri Ave | Built St. Louis

From the Historic American Building Survey is this photograph taken by the Piaget-van Raavensway team in the 1930s. Although not as imposing as other structures taken down at the riverfront, this particular building would have been ripe for historical tours. The Old National Hotel was built in 1847 on the site of the former Old National Hotel, which in turn had been built in 1831 (on the site of the first Protestant church in St. Louis). If the building had been saved, it would immediately…

1932 St. Louis

A bustling circa 1930 street scene in downtown St. Louis, Missouri Model A (1928-31)

Aerial view of the St. Louis Arena. Photograph by Ralph R. Rugh, ca. 1930. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collections. Public Buildings. N11087.

Talbot's Hippodrome, Sixth and Market Streets. c. 1912 | collections.mohistory.org

Bienvenue House. Oldest house in St. Louis, built 1770. Third Street and Plum Street. | collections.mohistory.org

Vintage St Louis 1930's?

View looking east on Delmar Boulevard from Kingshighway Boulevard. Photograph by W.C. Persons, ca. 1914. Missouri Historical Society Photographs and Prints Collections. SS 0593. n15041. Scan

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St. Louis St. 1930s

This historic photograph is part of the Swekosky-MHS Collection at the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.

The old White Castle at Hampton and Chippewa

Seventy-three years ago, 1942 Saint Louis University graduate Mary Bruemmer took her first steps on campus. But it was her first steps off campus, however, that has her raving about the Midtown area. “The area around campus attracts an entirely different kind of audience which makes this area so rich in culture and opportunity. We...

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Picnic in front of St. Louis arch

Horizontal, black and white photograph showing the building of the Slack Furniture Company store overlooking the intersection of Union and Natural Bridge. A Plymouth automobile dealership, a used car dealership, and a Ford dealership are visible on the left. Signs and a marquee sign each stating "Uncle Dick Slack. The Jolly Irishman" hang on the sides of the Company store in the center and on the right.

Thomas Jefferson, Missouri History Museum St. Louis

This historic photograph is part of the Commercial Buildings Collection at the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.