East St. Louis Business and Building Photographs, circa 1909 – An Index

The photographs appear in The Dawn of a Great City
Originally published by Kolf and Salomon Publishers, St. Louis, Missouri. Credits at bottom.

An ‘early-era’ photocopy of the above named source is located at the Belleville Public Library (BPL). The search continues for an original from which quality photocopies of the images can be made since the library’s copy leaves something to be desired. We are thankful to Mr. Tom Miller and Mr. Terry L. Mueller for copying and donating this source to the local library. So far, none of the following libraries own an original copy: The Belleville, East St. Louis, St. Louis City, or St. Louis County libraries. It does not appear in the following online catalogs: ILLINET, Library of Congress, or WorldCAT. If it appears we will be at the mercy of some yet-to-be discovered private collector before we can secure a better photocopy for the library.

Items we did not index:
a) Photographs of individuals
b) Business ‘histories’ without photos – generally the business owner’s name is the title of the business and accompanies the section of the book dedicated to that type of business. For example, ten different grocery stores have a one or two paragraph ‘history’ among the pages devoted to the Grocers, but no accompanying picture.

The book groups businesses in sections devoted to Banks (p. 52), Breweries (p. 69), Construction and Lumber Companies (p. 31), Dry Goods and Clothing (p. 39), Grocers and Meat Markets (p. 45), Hardware Companies (p. 75), Horse and Mule Markets (p. 19), hotels (p. 54), Insurance, Liquor Dealers (p. 63), Manufacturing (p. 30), Merchants Association (p. 2), and National Stock Yards (p. 12).

Photograph	Page
A.M. Meints Residence	73
Advance Elevator	31
Aluminum Company of America [ALCOA]	33
American Steel	33
Arcade Building	57
Armour Plant	12
Artificial Gas Company Tanks and office interior	29
Avenue Theatre (interior)	67
Averill – see Mills and Averill	.
Banner Wine and Liquor	65
Barbour Warehouse	77
Beaird, J. Jr., Coal and Feed Storage	78
Becker, J.P. Dry Goods	40, 41
Beckwith Brothers Real Estate Office (interior)	71
Benjamin F. Horn Cooperage Company	34
Berthmann, Robert – Residence	74
Berthmann, Robert – Residnece	74
Boathouse and Lansdowne	67
Bodenburg Produce Commission	50
Boekenkroeger Furniture see Hencken…	.
Bowman, Frank Residence	73
Bratton’s, John S. Stables and Auction Ring	21
Buckingham Hotel	inside front cover
Budweiser Garden	67
Carpenter, Harry Buffet (interior)	63
Central Brewing Company	69
Century Manufacturing Company	32
Charles F. Koska’s Metropolitan Bar and Cafe	66
Charles F.Short and Company with horse drawn moving van	80
Charles Schoepp Cut Stone Works	38
City Government (history)	1 – 6
City Hall	1, 6
Clark Realty Building	inside back cover
Coal Industry (history), a Coal Washer	28
Cornomills	38
Cotter’s, Miss M. Millinery	56
Crescent packing Company	15
Degen-Doussard Livery and Undertaking	26
Derleth’s Jewelry Store	55
Diehm-Fansler Grocery Company	45
Domhoff, John F and Company	77
Donahue Building	32
Douglas Shoe Store (interior)	57
Doussard Livery see Degen-Doussard Livery	.
Dr. Gamble’s Residence	inside front cover
Dr. Little Residence	73
Dry Goods, Clothing and Gents’ Furnishings	39
E. Metzger’s Establishment [hardware]	76
E.D. Pendelton and Sons Mule Company	20
E.W. Thompson Residence	74
East St. Louis Banks	52
East St. Louis High School	59
East St. Louis Laundry	79
East St. Louis Locomotive and Machine Shop Company	30
East St. Louis Walnut Lumber Company	36
Eckert’s, W.E. Grocery and Meat Market	46
Edwards Harness see Hoffman-Edwards….	.
Electric Service Company (nine people, unnamed)	58
Elliott Frog and Switch	33
Empire Carbon Works	33
Ernest, F.P. – Residence	inside front cover
Esserman, M. Dry Goods	43
Excelsior Tool	35
F. P. Ernest Residence	inside back cover
F.J. Renard’s Cigar Stand in lobby of Arcade Building	58
F.S. Rich Residence	inside back cover
Fern Glen Distilling Company and their baseball team	64
Fire Department, Engine Houses 1, 2, 3, and 5	8
First Methodist Episcopal Church	56
Flannery, Patrick Lime and Cement	37
Frank Bowman Residence	73
Frank C. Smith Residence	74
Fries, Oscar R. Dry Goods	43
Gain’s, John J. Grocery	49
Gain’s, P.L. Drug Store	51
Gamble, Dr. – Residence	inside front cover
Gedney, Jesse I, Construction Company	38
General Roofing Manufacturing Company	35
Gillen, Heiman and Harper Mule Company	19
Goedde [Lumber]Company	37
Grace, W.B. and Company [hardware]	76
Grant, J.C. Chemical Company	37
Grocers and Meat Markets	45
H.C. Reis Lumber Company	38
Hall, L.A. Liquor Company	66
Harper Brothers Stables	24
Harper Mule see Gillen, Heiman…	.
Harry Carpenter Buffet (interior)	63
Haumesser’s Grocery (interior)	46
Hausser Cigar Store	50
Heim Brewery	69
Heiman Mule see Gillen, Heiman…	.
Heimann’s Stables – see Taylor and Heimann’s…	.
Hencken-Boekenkroeger Furniture Company	77
Henry Kaimann and Son Stables	25
Herman C. Thoene General Mercantile	40
Hezel Milling	38
High and Low [Water] Service Stations	4
Hill, W.H. Lime and Cement Company	35
Hoeltman’s Ice… see Thomas and Hoeltman’s…	78
Hoffman-Edwards Harness Company	26
Horn, Benjamin F. Cooperage Company	34
Hub Clothing	42
Hugh McRobert’s Meat Market	49
Illinois Hardware Company	75
Illinois State Bank and Trust	52
Insurance	53
International Harvester	33
J. Beaird, Jr. Coal and Feed Storage	78
J.C. Grant Chemical Company	37
J.P. Becker Dry Goods	40, 41
J.T. Slowson Residence	74
James Furniture Company	77
Jesse I. Gedney Construction Company	38
John F. Domhoff and Company	77
John J. Gain’s Grocery	49
John S. Bratton’s Stables and Auction Ring	21
Kaimann, Henry and Son Stables	25
Kaminer Clothing	43
Koska’s, Charles C. Metropolitan Bar and Cafe	66
Kurrus Livery and Undertaking	79
L.A. Hall Liquor Company	66
L.C. Weis Residence	73
Lansdowne Lake – boating, fountain, shady grove	68
Lehman’s Music House, Piano, —Phonograph and Record, and Sheet Music Departments	62
Livestock Exchange	12
Long, W.A – Residence	74
M. Esserman Dry Goods	43
Main looking South	2
Marquardt’s Dry Goods	42
Mayor’s office	5
McRobert’s, Hugh Meat Market	49
Meints, A.M. Residence	73
Mepham and Company Dry Paint	33
Metzger’s, E. Establishment [hardware]	76
Mills and Averill Tailoring	43
Miss M. Cotter’s Millinery	56
Miss M. Schell’s Flower Store	55
Missouri Avenue looking West	2
Missouri Packing Company	49
Model Laundry	79
Monroe School, Sewing, Household Equipment, —Cooking and Manual Training Rooms	60
Morris and Company	11
National Iron Works	33
National Stockyards	11 -18
National Stockyards Cattle Pens, Sheep Pens, and Plant	11, 12
National Warehouse and Storage	33
Nester see Obear-Nester	.
Obear-Nester Glass	33
Oscar R. Fries Dry Goods	43
Otto Rothe’s Grocery	47
P.L. Gain’s Drug Store	51
Patrick Flannery Lime and Cement	37
Peerless Bakery	50
Pendelton, E.D. and Sons Mule Company	20
Pierce Building	inside front cover
Police Department, members/officers	9, 10
Pomeroy, W.H. Company	26
Pomeroy, W.H. Company	26
Public Library	6, 7
Railway Steel Spring Company	30
Reese Hardware Company	75
Reis, H.C. Lumber Company	38
Renard’s, F. J. Cigar Stand in lobby of Arcade Building	58
Retail Hardware Industry	75
Retail Liquor Dealers	63
Retail Merchants Association (history)	2
Reynolds Seed and Commission Company	50
Reynolds, W.W. – Residence	inside back cover
Rich, F.S. – Residence	inside front cover
Robert Bethmann Residence	74
Rothe’s, Otto Grocery	47
Royal Hotel	54
Royal Hotel interior featuring —Lumbermen at a banquet in their honor	36
Schell’s, Miss M. Flower Store	56
Schoepp, Charles Cut Stone Works	38
Sendelbach Wheel Company	32
Short, Charles F. and Company	80
Slowson, J.T. – Residence	74
Smith, Frank C. Residence	74
Southern Illinois National Bank	52, 53
Sparks Brothers Stables	24
St. Louis Cotton Oil Company	30
St. Louis Hay and Grain	33
St. Louis Hay and Grain Company	31
St. Louis Steam Force and Iron Works	30
St. Louis Terminal Railway Company	30
Standard Railway Equipment Company	30
Summers College of Commerce	61
Swift Packing Company	12
Taylor and Heimann’s Sales Stables	20
The Big Store	43
The May Store	42
Theodore Vogt Residence	74
Thoene, Herman C. General Mercantile	40
Thoene’s Meat Market	47
Thomas and Hoeltman’s Ice, Coal and Feed	78
Thompson, E.W. – Residence	74
Triumph Catsup and Pickle Company	45
Turner Brothers Sales Stables	24
Union Trust and Savings Company	53
Union Warehouse	33
Victoria Building	inside front cover
Vogt, Theodore – Residence	74
W.A. Long Residence	74
W.B. Grace and Company [hardware]	76
W.E. Eckert’s Grocery and Meat Market	46
W.H. Hill Lime and Cement Company	35
W.H. Pomeroy Company	26
W.W. Reynolds Residence	inside back cover
Water Works (history)	2
Webster Annex School	59
Weis, L.C. – Residence	73
Wies Hotel	54

Credits: The Society thanks Diane Walsh for donating this index.

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