Showing posts with label business. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Photo of the Office of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in St. Louis, Missouri (1867)

 

 

Portrait of a group posing in front of the office of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in St. Louis, Missouri, 1867. Taken by photographer Alexander Gardner and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Photo of a Bartender and Customer at an Outdoor Mixed Drinks Bar in St. Louis, Missouri (1880s)

Portrait of a bartender and customer at an outdoor mixed drinks bar in St. Louis, Missouri, c. 1880s. Originally published as a stereoview.

Source: New York Public Library.

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

View of a Dilapidated House and Other Buildings Along G Street in Washington DC (1860)

 

View of a dilapidated house and other buildings along G Street in Washington, D.C., c. 1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale. The sign on the business to the right of the house appears to identify it as a possible sign-making business.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Monday, August 10, 2015

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Two Daguerreotype Views of the General Post Office in Washington, D.C. (1846)



Two daguerreotype views of the General Post Office in Washington, D.C., c. 1846. Probably taken in different seasons judging from the difference in the amount of leaves in the trees. By John Plumbe, Jr. The building survives today as the Hotel Monaco.

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