United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789E. C. Kropp (Milwaukee, Ill.)1900Postcard (color, 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches) titled – Souvenir of St. Louis. This postcard features inset depictions of Forest Park, Pagoda-Forest Park, and St. Louis High School. The original Forest Park bandstand in Pagoda Circle near the Municipal Theater. Forest Park is a public park in western St. Louis, Missouri. It is a prominent civic center and covers 1,326 acres (5.37 km2). Opened in 1876, more than a decade after its proposal, the park has hosted several significant events, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 and the 1904 Summer Olympics. The bandstand was built in 1876, but in 1911 it was closed. The next year, it was damaged by a storm and caught fire, and the remnants were demolished. The current pagoda is known as the Nathan Frank Bandstand, after funds for its construction were donated in 1925 by Nathan Frank, a former U.S. House representative of the Missouri 9th district and St. Louis lawyer. No descriptive text on reverse. Postage required: one cent. Postmarked March 30, 1900 St. Louis, Mo. Card number 3. *Note: The card was produced by E. C. Kropp, a Milwaukee publisher and printer that began producing chromolithographic souvenir cards and private mailing cards in 1898.image/jp2engMilwaukee, IL: E. C. Kropphttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard CollectionSt. Louis (Mo.)Postcards--St. Louis (Mo.)Souvenir of St. LouisStillImage