Eighteen b/w 7” x 9” photographs showing construction of the U. S. Post Office and Courthouse at Cape Girardeau between 1908 and 1910; and sixteen b/w 8” x 10” photographs showing teams of men and mules in the early phases of construction on the Cape Girardeau Waterworks between May 1 and June 15, 1931.

Nine b/w copy photographs ranging in size from 5” x 8” to 8” x 10” showing early building and street scenes, including the depot, North Main Street, the first store, and Farmers’ Supply Company.

Eleven b/w 3.5” x 5 3/8” photographic postcards of Mississippi River flooding scenes on the Cape Girardeau riverfront, showing the Frisco Passenger Station, the shoe factory, the buildings along Water Street, sandbagging efforts, and a train running on the flooded tracks, 1922.

Three 6” x 8” and one 8” x 10” b/w copy photographs the Belmont Elevator and Granary, built in 1871, showing the railroad tracks, and an unidentified building that appears to be the Belmont Depot

Photographs (b/w) of Cape Girardeau landmarks from Felix Snider’s Cape Girardeau: Biography of a City (1956).