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[The Eads Bridge, St. Louis] – Historic Reproduction

[The Eads Bridge, St. Louis], [1919] — historic print
[The Eads Bridge, St. Louis], [1919]. Historic print from the St. Louis collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic print of [The Eads Bridge, St. Louis] brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[The Eads Bridge, St. Louis]

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Joseph Pennell's 1919 etching turns the Eads Bridge into a study of arches and open space. Completed in 1874, it was the first bridge to cross the Mississippi at St. Louis, and its steel arches marked a bold break from the iron and stone structures common at the time. Pennell spent much of his career drawing engineering works like this one, and he was drawn to the bridge's massive scale and the way it spans the wide river.

Created / published[1919]
Medium1 print : etching.
GenreEtchings 1910-1920.
NotesPennell Collection. Wuerth, 725.
SubjectsEads Bridge (Saint Louis, Mo.) Bridges--Missouri--Saint Louis--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,272 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181712

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