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

Washington Avenue west from Ninth Street. Photograph by Emil Boehl, ca. 1903.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Washington Avenue west from Eighth Street, wholesale district. Photograph by George Stark, 1903.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

St. Louis City Hall. View looking north toward the intersection of Tucker and Market Streets. Photograph, ca. 1900.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

View of Union Station from Eighteenth and Market Streets. Photograph by A.W. Sanders, 1904.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Grand Avenue Water Tower, Twentieth Street, and East Grand Avenue. Photograph, ca. 1915.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

View looking east on Delmar Boulevard from Kingshighway Boulevard. Photograph by W.C. Persons, ca. 1914.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Washington Avenue looking west from Seventh Street. Photograph, ca. 1900.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Two girls examining a bulletin board posted on a fence. An advertisement painted above them asks “Are You a Woman?”. Photograph, ca. 1916.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Street workers and carriages on an unidentified street. Photograph, early 20th century.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century

Broadway and Locust, southwest corner. Photograph, ca. 1909.

St. Louis Streets in the Early 20th Century