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Description of Pictures: Panoramas of the City
Exhibit Dates: September 2, 2017 - December 31, 2018
In the first half of the 20th century, St. Louis photographers used panoramic photography to capture moments from the city’s history—everything from baseball games and Charles Lindbergh’s homecoming to protests and disaster relief. The stunning, immersive images they created celebrate St. Louis’s highs, acknowledge its lows, and document the day-to-day lives of its people.
Panoramas of the City uses more than 50 of these photographs to bring St. Louis’s history to life. Through these images—several of which are blown up so large that you’ll feel like you can walk right through them—you can experience St. Louis’s past in a way you never have before. Discover new, all-but-forgotten stories about this city’s rich and diverse history, and take in the unfamiliar images of familiar moments, pictures that provide new perspective on well-known stories from the past.
Organized by the Missouri History Museum. Admission to the Missouri History Museum and this special exhibit is free.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. MHMPAN_180918_015.JPG: Kodak Panoram #4 First introduced in 1899, the Kodak Panoram series of cameras allowed photographers to take panoramic photographs without a pivoting tripod. Unlike panoramic cameras with fixed lenses, the Panoram's lens swung from left to right, covering a range of 142 degrees. The body of the camera remained stationary while the lens moved inside. The resulting negative measured 3-1/2" x 12". Marketed to serious amateurs, the Panoram cost approximately $20 in 1910, or about $500 in today's currency. A film cartridge, which included four exposures, cost 75 cents -- nearly $20 today. Eastman Kodak continued to manufacture the camera until 1926.
2. MHMPAN_180918_026.JPG: Riverfront ca. 1903-1910
3. MHMPAN_180918_037.JPG: Riverfront History
4. MHMPAN_180918_048.JPG: Eads Bridge
5. MHMPAN_180918_051.JPG: The Lily
6. MHMPAN_180918_059.JPG: The Mark Twain
7. MHMPAN_180918_068.JPG: Merchants Exchange Building
8. MHMPAN_180918_072.JPG: Old Courthouse
9. MHMPAN_180918_078.JPG: Old Cathedral
10. MHMPAN_180918_081.JPG: Model of Steamboat Mississippi III
11. MHMPAN_180918_095.JPG: League of Women Voters 1920
12. MHMPAN_180918_107.JPG: League of Women Voters
13. MHMPAN_180918_110.JPG: The Parade
14. MHMPAN_180918_112.JPG: How Many?
15. MHMPAN_180918_115.JPG: Eddie Tolbert
16. MHMPAN_180918_118.JPG: Generations
17. MHMPAN_180918_124.JPG: Old Post Office
18. MHMPAN_180918_127.JPG: Edna Gellhorn
19. MHMPAN_180918_142.JPG: League of Women Voters
20. MHMPAN_180918_145.JPG: Statler Hotel and Orpheum Theatre
21. MHMPAN_180918_147.JPG: A Woman Living Here Has Registered To Vote
22. MHMPAN_180918_156.JPG: 1927 Tornado
23. MHMPAN_180918_159.JPG: News of the Day
24. MHMPAN_180918_165.JPG: 1927 Ford Motel T Fordor Sedan
25. MHMPAN_180918_170.JPG: Destruction
26. MHMPAN_180918_175.JPG: Page Avenue
27. MHMPAN_180918_183.JPG: "St. Louis Cyclone Blues"
28. MHMPAN_180918_185.JPG: Relief Efforts
29. MHMPAN_180918_190.JPG: William Farrell Jr.
30. MHMPAN_180918_201.JPG: Looting
31. MHMPAN_180918_209.JPG: Advertisements
32. MHMPAN_180918_219.JPG: The Eye of the Storm
33. MHMPAN_180918_223.JPG: Lindbergh Rally 1927
34. MHMPAN_180918_250.JPG: Lindbergh medals and souvenirs
35. MHMPAN_180918_260.JPG: Garnett Palfrey 1882-1969
36. MHMPAN_180918_263.JPG: W.C. Persons 1884-1951
37. MHMPAN_180918_266.JPG: Isaac Sievers 1886-1954
38. MHMPAN_180918_269.JPG: Eugene Taylor 1883-1968
39. MHMPAN_180918_279.JPG: News of the Day
40. MHMPAN_180918_293.JPG: A Big Deal?
41. MHMPAN_180918_296.JPG: A Citywide Celebration
42. MHMPAN_180918_301.JPG: Spirit of St. Louis Flyover
43. MHMPAN_180918_306.JPG: Speech and Wreath-Laying Ceremony
44. MHMPAN_180918_313.JPG: Lindbergh's Backers
45. MHMPAN_180918_326.JPG: America First
46. MHMPAN_180918_331.JPG: Lindbergh's Life
47. MHMPAN_180918_335.JPG: Charles A. Lindbergh, 1973
48. MHMPAN_180918_344.JPG: Spirit of St. Louis Facts
49. MHMPAN_180918_354.JPG: Korona Banquet camera
50. MHMPAN_180918_369.JPG: Panoramic prints
51. MHMPAN_180918_375.JPG: League of Struggle for Negro Rights 1930
52. MHMPAN_180918_388.JPG: News of the Day
53. MHMPAN_180918_391.JPG: League of Struggle for Negro Rights
54. MHMPAN_180918_396.JPG: The American Negro Labor Congress
55. MHMPAN_180918_400.JPG: The League of Struggle for Negro Rights
56. MHMPAN_180918_403.JPG: Communists
57. MHMPAN_180918_407.JPG: Down with Lynching -- Demand Death for Lynchers
58. MHMPAN_180918_415.JPG: They Shall Not Die!
59. MHMPAN_180918_463.JPG: Demand for the Release of the Atlanta Six
60. MHMPAN_180918_479.JPG: The Liberator
61. MHMPAN_180918_485.JPG: Harry Haywood
62. MHMPAN_180918_489.JPG: Frequently Asked Questions
63. MHMPAN_180918_492.JPG: Where does the word panorama come from?
64. MHMPAN_180918_495.JPG: When was panoramic photography invented?
65. MHMPAN_180918_498.JPG: I've also heard of moving panoramas. What were those?
66. MHMPAN_180918_502.JPG: How did panoramic cameras capture so much detail at once?
67. MHMPAN_180918_505.JPG: Why do so many panoramas look like they were taken on a corner?
68. MHMPAN_180918_508.JPG: When did photographers choose to shoot a panorama instead of a regular image?
69. MHMPAN_180918_512.JPG: When did panoramic photography fall out of fashion?
70. MHMPAN_180918_515.JPG: How are the panoramas that I take different from the ones in this exhibition?
71. MHMPAN_180918_522.JPG: Why do some of these panoramas appear damaged?
72. MHMPAN_180918_525.JPG: Chimney topper
73. MHMPAN_180918_532.JPG: Veiled Prophet 1937
74. MHMPAN_180918_545.JPG: Veiled Prophet dress to Nancy Lee Morrill
75. MHMPAN_180918_555.JPG: News of the Day
76. MHMPAN_180918_556.JPG: Veiled Prophet
77. MHMPAN_180918_558.JPG: The Veiled Prophet Parade
78. MHMPAN_180918_561.JPG: The Veiled Prophet Ball
79. MHMPAN_180918_565.JPG: 1937 Public Festival
80. MHMPAN_180918_570.JPG: History of the Veiled Prophet Organization
81. MHMPAN_180918_572.JPG: Veiled Prophet Controversies
82. MHMPAN_180918_576.JPG: Municipal Auditorium
83. MHMPAN_180918_586.JPG: Bengal Lancers
84. MHMPAN_180918_598.JPG: Sportsman's Park 1941
85. MHMPAN_180918_608.JPG: Sportsman's Park seat
86. MHMPAN_180918_616.JPG: News of the Day
87. MHMPAN_180918_620.JPG: Sportsman's Park
88. MHMPAN_180918_626.JPG: Monarchs vs. American Giants
89. MHMPAN_180918_629.JPG: Later Games
90. MHMPAN_180918_642.JPG: Satchel Paige
91. MHMPAN_180918_647.JPG: Segregated Baseball
92. MHMPAN_180918_655.JPG: Sportsman's Park
93. MHMPAN_180918_658.JPG: Hyde Park Ale
94. MHMPAN_180918_670.JPG: Titanium Giants vs. Steel Mules
95. MHMPAN_180918_673.JPG: Cirkut #8
96. MHMPAN_180918_698.JPG: Thank You
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Wikipedia Description: Missouri History Museum
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The Missouri History Museum is located in St. Louis, Missouri in Forest Park. The museum is operated by the Missouri Historical Society and was founded in 1866.

Museum facilities:

The Jefferson Memorial Building, built in 1913 with profits from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, is the current home of the museum.

In 2000, the Emerson Center, a significant building addition was completed, boosting attendance and exhibition capacity. The Emerson Center, featuring a ground-to-roof southern glass facade, was designed by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, and included substantially more exhibition space, as well as an auditorium, classrooms, a restaurant and gift shop. The Emerson Center was selected by the American Institute of Architects's Committee on the Environment as an example of architectural design that protects and enhances the environment. It is an example of a green museum.

Collections and Exhibits:

The museum permanent collection includes both national artifacts, as well as Missouri and St. Louis related materials, such as local colonial and native artifacts, Louisiana Purchase Exhibition artifacts, and items relating to Charles Lindbergh and his trans-Atlantic flight in the "Spirit of St. Louis". A replica of the "Spirit of St. Louis" can be found in the museum. A large amount of artifacts from the Lewis and Clark Expedition are also housed in the permanent collection, as St. Louis was the starting point for that venture.

Recent travelling exhibits and events have included items related to the Fox Theatre's restoration and renovation, the Road to Freedom tour (celebrating the Americans with Disabilities Act), and, prominently, the Lewis and Clark National Bicentennial Exhibition.
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