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[Mo. - St. Louis - View of Levee looking toward Eads Bridge] – Antique Photo Print

[Mo. - St. Louis - View of Levee looking toward Eads Bridge], c1899. — historic photograph
[Mo. - St. Louis - View of Levee looking toward Eads Bridge], c1899.. Historic photograph 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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Step back in time with [Mo. - St. Louis - View of Levee looking toward Eads Bridge], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Mo. - St. Louis - View of Levee looking toward Eads Bridge]

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A riverfront view looking toward the Eads Bridge sets this stereograph apart from the many images of the bridge alone. The Eads Bridge opened in 1874 as the first bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis, and its steel arches were a landmark of engineering that James B. Eads pushed through despite doubts about the project. By the late 1890s the levee was still a busy working waterfront of steamboats, freight and warehouses, and a stereo pair like this one let viewers at home see that activity in three dimensions.

Created / publishedc1899.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo by T.W. Ingersoll. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 793 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123329

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