King Louis the Ninth, Saint Louis, Forest Park
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- Source:
- The Newberry Library
- Collection:
- James R. Powell Route 66 Postcard Collection
- Date:
- 1940s
- Region:
- St Louis, Missouri
- Description:
- Postcard view of a giant statue in Forest Park. Back of card: This statue of King Louis the Ninth, also known at St. Louis for whom the city was named, is located on Art Hill near the Art Museum. With its base, the statue is about 40 feet in height. St. Louis is depicted as a crusader, clad in the armor of the Thirteenth Century, holding his sword inverted to form a cross. The figure and horse are bronze, the pedestal granite. Presented to the city by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. Unveiled 1906. Publisher: St. Louis Greeting Card Co., St. Louis MO Place: Missouri--St. Louis Subjects: Monuments; Parks; United States Highway 66
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