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St. Joseph, Missouri, 1850, Hermann J. Meyer EngravingEntry/Object ID
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St. Joseph, Missouri, 1850, Hermann J. Meyer Engraving. ublished In Herrmann Meyer's Universum In Hildburghausen 1859. Colored.
The print is of St. Joseph about 1850. The church was built in 1847 . The church location is 4th and Francis. The picture is a view looking north and west and shows the Buchanan Courthouse, Missouri River and trees in foreground.
From 1833 to 1864, the Bibliographisches Institut issued a journal, Meyer's Universum, containing text and steel engravings from all parts of the world. It was founded by Joseph Meyer, and when he died in 1856 at sixty-one, his son Herrmann took over. Herrmann had been sent to the U.S. from 1849 to his father's death, issuing an American edition of Meyer's Universum.
Same as: black & white versions: 82.5.1, 94.1.91 & 94. 1.90, and color 183/637.Lexicon
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