DATES: Ca. 1890
CREATOR: Baker
EXTENT: One file folder
SCOPE: This collection contains a cabinet card photograph mounted on tan card mount, including a verso with “BAKER / THE PHOTOGRAPHER, / 504 S. GARRISON AVE., / ST. LOUIS, MO.” The photograph shows the exterior of Ernst Eckert’s Seven Mile House Saloon on St. Charles Rock Road in St. Louis County, Missouri, ca. 1890. Despite its age, the photograph is remarkably clear; so clear, in fact, that the sign of the tavern is legible, as is the small hanging metal sign near the door advertising a now-defunct St. Louis City brewery, “Brinkwith / Nolker / Lager / Beer.” Ernst Eckert’s Seven Mile House Saloon was an early public house of note to early westward expansion because the section of St. Charles Rock Road it lay upon was part of the “National Road” west.
ACCESS: This is collection M-716. This collection is available for on-site use only in the Rare Book and Manuscripts Reading Room. Some of the collection may be photocopied, digitally scanned or photographed, depending on condition. Researchers are advised to call ahead concerning changes in hours due to University intersessions and holidays. The St. Louis Mercantile Library is located on levels one and two of the Thomas Jefferson Library building. More information about conducting research with the archival collections of the Library, including current building hours and reading room policies, can be found on our Research page.
RESTRICTIONS: None
Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis.”
INVENTORY
One approximately 6” x 8” albumen print photograph laid upon a 9 ¾” x 11” ¾” tan card mount
