1898 · St. Louis [MO]
by [Viewbook]
St. Louis [MO]: Woodward & Tiernan, 1898. Souvenir album, oblong, 20 x 25 cm., unpaginated, chiefly illustrations of St. Louis scenes. Gilt stamped white covers [bonded leather?], soiled, spine partly detached, chipped and worn; a few puncture marks to covers; front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting. A somewhat tender copy, internally clean. The Committee of Arrangements for the Annual Convention prepared this viewbook for members of the National Wholesale Druggists Assoc. and the Proprietary Assoc. of America. Each illustration was printed on tissue paper and tipped onto stiff card stock. Images include: Merchants Bridge, Southern Hotel, Union Station, Merchants Exchange, building on the grounds of Washington University, views in Forest Park, St. Louis Fair Grounds, etc. etc. One listing on OCLC: Missouri Hist. Mus.
(Inventory #: 69774)