[Aerial view of commercial district of St. Louis, Missouri] – Vintage Photo Print
![[Aerial view of commercial district of St. Louis, Missouri], [between 1862 and 1868] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/62/62e592a6b0ed-L.webp)
(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 rare historic photograph captures [Aerial view of commercial district of St. Louis, Missouri] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Aerial view of commercial district of St. Louis, Missouri]
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Looking down rather than across, this stereograph turns the commercial district of St. Louis into a patchwork of streets, rooftops and riverfront. By the 1860s St. Louis was one of the busiest river ports in the country, and its warehouses and trading houses made it a natural subject for a view of business at work. The card bears the blind stamp of Hoelke & Benecke, a St. Louis firm, and its date range places it in the Civil War years. Stereographs were meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the streets and buildings a sense of depth that a flat print could not.
| Created / published | [between 1862 and 1868] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Cityscapes 1860-1870.Stereographs 1860-1870.Aerial views 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Blind stamp: Hoelke & Benecke, St. Louis. |
| Subjects | Business districts--Missouri--Saint Louis--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,292 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-203474 |
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