Scott K. Williams, Florissant, Mo.
St. Louis Levee at high water. (elevated RR tracks next to buildings). Postcard hand dated Sept 19, 1911. Published by J.S. McDermott Post Cards, St. Louis, Mo.
Please note: This is part of my personal collection of metro St. Louis postcards. Most of my collection is of the City of St. Louis, or Jefferson Barracks area. I have only started collecting the surrounding areas of Missouri and Illinois in the Metro St. Louis area.
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Unloading Freight on Mississippi Levee, St. Louis, Mo. No. 1085; V.O. Hammon Pub. Co., Chicago. Not postmarked.
Eads Bridge during a time when the Spread Eagle steamboat passed its spans. Published by the St. Louis News Company, St. Louis, Mo. Made in Germany.
There were five steamboats that bore the name "Spread Eagle" from 1857 to 1918. The last Spread Eagle ran the St. Louis-Alton-Grafton trade but was crushed by ice in Jan. 1918.
Spread Eagle approaching Merchants Bridge. No. 1024, V.O. Hammon Pub. Co., Chicago. Postmarked May 1913. This appears to be another Spread Eagle than the boat under Eads Bridge (above).
Ice Scene on the Mississippi River, St. Louis, Mo. Buxton & Skinner Litho, St. Louis, Mo.; postmarked Oct. 1913. In the past St. Louis experienced severe winters and the Mississippi would ice over allowing travel from Illinois to Missouri without a bridge. But ice like this could crush steamboats.
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