The Progress of St. Louis Missouri by Vogel; 1884; Antique Illustration

This is a museum-grade reproduction of an illustration showing the progress of the city known as St. Louis, MO, designed and executed by Henry F. Vogel. The image features celebratory scenes of riverboat, railway, carriage and pedestrian traffic. It features inset illustrations of the Oldest House, the Missouri Republican, Court House, Four Courts, Public School Library, Old Green House, Old Gratiot State Prison, Cotton Exchange, City Hospital, City Hall, Stone Tower 1820, P. Orphans Home, High School, New Olympic Theatre, Old Jail, Old Olympic Theatre, Log Cabin 1840, Market House and Levee, Merchant's Exchange, New Customhouse and Post Office, Fire Proof Southern Hotel, St. N. Hotel Fire, Jan. 1884, Fire Department 1849, Expositional Music Hall, Roman Catholic Church 1780, Roman Catholic Church 1835 and New Church of Mess., as well as the Seven Leading Daily Papers: Republican, Westliche Post, Post Dispatch, Anzeiger, Amerika, Globe Democrat and Chronicle.