Saint Charles Missouri 031410 Photo Gallery by edmund j. kowalski at pbase.com

Saint Charles Missouri 031410

Just a few miles from Saint Louis, on the bank of the Missouri River, the city of Saint Charles is a living piece of history.
This was the first Capital of the State of Missouri, serving as such from 1821 until 1826.
Much of the old city remains. Main Street is lined with shops in structures that show much of the influence of the French settlers, who held this territory just a few years earlier.

Weather on the 14th of March was drizzly and overcast, the outward flow from a NorEaster spinning more than a thousand miles away, on the East Coast of the USA.

Camera body: Pentax K 10 D digital SLR. Lens: standard issue 18 ~ 55 mm zoom, f/3.5 ~ 5.6.
All shots are available light and hand held.

Please click on thumbnails below to see enlarged.
All images are Š2010 E.J.Kowalski.

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Ruth bridger		15-Mar-2010 16:45
nice photos ed. Thanks for sending them to me. I especially liked N wall 20 nice framing and the star is great. Nwall 29 is good too, and the gas levers.

Ruth bridger		15-Mar-2010 16:45
nice photos ed. Thanks for sending them to me. I especially liked N wall 20 nice framing and the star is great. Nwall 29 is good too, and the gas levers.

Guest		15-Mar-2010 16:02
Ed, Been there, and it is a lovely little place to stroll and you did great job of capturing the mystery of the past. Can just see kids sitting on the bank with their Coca Cola bottle and cane pole, or looking at the dolls in window. Excellent photo work. Want to come back myself now. Thanks for sharing. DonP.(SKIP)

Dave Hamer		15-Mar-2010 15:09
Nice work Ed...and good eye as always. Love those old buildings, particularly the one with the tower and the columns out front. Thank goodness for the preservationists. Too many neat things from the past are being swept away.

Phil S.		15-Mar-2010 13:51
They've done a wonderful job of preserving St Charles, what a delightful place! Great photos, Ed, they should use them for tourist promotion.

Jim Abel Liverpool, U.K.		15-Mar-2010 05:56
When I mentioned Lewis Caroll as being a Famous Photographer , He had a very dubious reputation In this field,Even today he looked upon as being a very devious character He only semed to photograph young Girls

Jim Abel , Liverpool .U.K.		15-Mar-2010 04:37
Two particular frames that iterested me were number 12 of the Alice's Tea Room. In Llandudno North wales Their are many small cafe's named after charaters from the Book "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carrol" Lewis lived in Llandudno You can visit the house where he lived and lots of other places conected with him, Also Lewis was a famous Photographer of children of that time as well as being a minister of religion, The other frame that interested me was 21 the English shop, I see the flag of St Andrews, That would displease many people north of the border, Being associated with anything English Jim

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