Title

Eads Bridge and skyline of St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1940. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Eads Bridge and skyline of St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1940. Vintage linen postcard showing a view across the Mississippi River of the St Louis skyline taken from under the Eads Bridge. Designed by James B Eads, the bridge crosses the Mississippi between St Louis and East St Louis, Illinois. When completed in 1874, it was the longest arch bridge in the world.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D83_194

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,0Mb (4,2Mb) / 15,7in x 9,9in / 4700 x 2971 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior city skyline river water building buildings architecture country bridge geography color colour cityscape location century Missouri st louis Mississippi outside civil engineering riverbank 1940s arch bridge Forties United States of America United States 19th century Eads Bridge 20th century nineteenth century American America USA decade geographical feature River Mississippi TGN postcard Curt Teich Postcard Archives Unknown James B James B Eads Eads James Buchanan Eads James B Eads postcard