Author: Joseph Heathcott
Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9781883982836
Category : Manners and customs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The St. Louis Street Department in 1900-1930 took thousands of photos to document municipal challenges and improvements, inadvertently capturing detailed scenes of everyday life. The images reveal the national trend among cities to use the camera as a documentary tool, and they showcase the city of St. Louis at the turn of the century"--