Photographs in the Globe Democrat Collection
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat photograph collection contains thousands of images taken by the newspaper during the the 1920s -1980s. Images are filed at the library by broad subjects (sports, education, and so on) as well as by proper name.
The majority of the photograph collection has not been digitized, but are available to researchers at the Rare Book Reading Room for study. Photograph files are retrieved by library staff from secure storage areas.
Thanks to a grant from the
Missouri State Library, and with the help of the University of Missouri
Digital Library and the Missouri Library Network Corporation, the Mercantile
Library has scanned and entered the collection of glass plate
negatives into a searchable database on Virtually Missouri.
In addition to the Glass Plates the staff of the library continue the
work and are beginning to add photographs of the St.
Louis Subject Photo file to the same database. Access to digitized images
is available through the links provided here. Please use your browser's
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For more information, hours, and procedures for use of the images collection please call (314) 516-7240.
For more information about purchasing reproduction of images for publication please see our price list.
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Search by Subject
Transportation
General Subjects
- Aerial Views of St. Louis
- Architecture
- Apartments
- St. Louis Gateway Arch
- Banking
- Fire / Fire Fighting
- Parades
- Recreation
- Weather (including 1927 tornado damage)
Politics
Presidential
Visits to St. Louis
(Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover)