30 Stunning Vintage Photographs of St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Colonel Frederick Dent Residence at the southwest corner of Fourth and Cerre Streets. Photograph, ca. 1915.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

St. Louis Public Library, 1301 Olive Street. Photograph, ca. 1910.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Missouri Athletic Club fire wreckage at the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Washington Avenue. Boatmen’s Bank occupied the lower floor of the building. Photograph, 1914.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

C.J. Reilly Horse Shoer shop at 308 North Leonard Avenue. Photograph, 1906.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Market Street Grocery Company building. Photograph, ca. 1900.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Chouteau and Compton intersection. Photograph, ca. 1900.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Broadway looking north from Keokuk Street. Photograph, ca. 1900.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Carr Street north of Eleventh Street. Photograph, ca. 1900.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Southeast corner of Easton Avenue and Euclid. A boy on stilts stands in front of the produce stands in front of the F.J. Voepel Market. Photograph, ca. 1906.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Intersection of Fifteenth Street and Franklin, looking northwest. Owl Brand Cigar billboard in the background. Photograph, ca. 1900.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

(via Missouri History Museum)