The bridge at St. Louis / CJK(?) ; F. Welcker. – Vintage Print
(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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The bridge at St. Louis / CJK(?) ; F. Welcker.
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Built to carry trains, wagons, and pedestrians over the Mississippi at St. Louis, the Eads Bridge was nearing completion when this chromolithograph was issued around 1874 by the local firm Compton & Co. The print shows the steel arches as a civic triumph in bright color. James B. Eads, the engineer who designed the bridge, sank its piers using pneumatic caissons, a daring method at the time. Chromolithography built up the print's vivid colors by layering multiple stone or plate impressions, one ink at a time.
| Created / published | St. Louis : Pub. by Compton & Co, c1874 (Chromo Litho Press Democrat Litho & Ptg. Co.) |
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| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph ; 27 9/16 x 38 3/8 in. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | 11437 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Compton & Co. Published in: Eyes of the nation ... / Vincent Virga ... New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 1999 and 2002-2003. Exhibit loan 4125-L; 4105-L. |
| Subjects | Eads Bridge (Saint Louis, Mo.) Bridges--Missouri--Saint Louis--1870-1880. Bridge construction--Missouri--Saint Louis--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 6,097 × 4,934 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218744 |
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