The great St. Louis Bridge - across the Mississippi River – Vintage Wall Art
![The great St. Louis Bridge - across the Mississippi River, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [1874?] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/87/8788a3d0427c-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 antique lithograph captures The great St. Louis Bridge - across the Mississippi River in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The great St. Louis Bridge - across the Mississippi River
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Few structures on the river drew as much attention as the Eads Bridge, the first to span the Mississippi at St.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [1874?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Text on print gives specifics of size, cost, & details. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2872 |
| Subjects | Eads Bridge (Saint Louis, Mo.) Bridges--Missouri--Saint Louis--1870-1880. Boats--Missouri--Saint Louis--1870-1880. Mississippi River--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,437 × 1,156 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216933 |
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