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Yes! We offer combined shipping for multiple orders. Thanks for shopping with us. ______________________________________________________________________ 1911-1919 Original One-of-a-Kind (OOAK) Real Sepia Photo of St Louis Forest Park 1880s Victorian Footbridge prior to restoration Location Description: This footbridge was built in the late 1880s to provide a pedestrian route into the Park from the nearby streetcar stop. Today, the Victorian Bridge has been lovingly restored and is a popular photo spot nestled within the Park's northeast corner. Dimensions: 13½ x 10 in. Taken / shot by famous photojournalist, Robert Froelich. Very good condition Russell Froelich, Sr. (1890–1958) was a pioneer of both early aviation and aerial photography who took thousands of lasting images of the St. Louis region for the city’s newspaper outlets from 1911 to the 1950s, helped the war effort in WWI with aerial mapping, was a color photography innovator and even invented a monoplane. The monoplane Froelich designed and built in 1911 pioneered the fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane (in contrast to biplanes of the era) which became the most common structure of aircraft after the 1930s. In his twenties, he began both designing and helping to build airplanes with early local flyers, such as Tom Benoist of the Benoist Aircraft Company, leading to the role as official photographer for the manufacturer. American entry into WWI led Froelich to put his talents and skills to wartime use. He began taking aerial photographs from wing-mounted cameras that he improvised to fit given situations and flight conditions, helping the US Army Signal Corps develop terrain maps of Europe. After the War, Froelich worked as a beat photographer for St. Louis newspapers, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and the St. Louis Star. He eventually managed the photography team which gave him access to a wide range of subject matter and the ability to experiment with action photography and the evolution of color techniques *OOAK = One of a Kind --------- Items are described to the best of our ability. Examine photo(s). Photos are an important part of the description. We will try to describe any faults in the description that are not obvious in the images shown. We Ship Worldwide and combine ship multiple items. Tracking is recommended but comes at a significant cost from the US. Occasionally we may be traveling away from the office to acquire more inventory, resulting in shipping delays but, otherwise, we try to ship all orders same day if paid by 3pm Central Time (CT). Considering leaving other than Positive Feedback? Please contact us first. Communication is important. We'd prefer to work things out to your satisfaction. Check out our other collectibles while visiting our store. Thanks for shopping with us! *** As an added value to our domestic USA buyers, whenever feasible larger flat packages (such as for menus, documents, books and repair manuals) will have postage applied onto them and also include a tracking number. *** ----- ___________ Items are described to the best of our ability. Examine photo(s). Photos are an important part of the description. We will try to describe any faults in the description that are not obvious in the images shown. If not described otherwise below, we follow all of eBay's published policies. We Ship Worldwide and combine shipping on multiple items. Tracking is recommended but comes at a significant cost from the US. We try to ship all orders same day if paid by 3pm CT. Our Payment Policy - With regards to unpaid orders, eBay's policy states that "Sellers can cancel an order if the buyer hasn't paid after 4 calendar days." We typically allow a 7-day payment grace period. If multiple invoices or payment reminder communications receive no response, we will cancel unpaid item(s) at or after 7-days. We will allow more time - up to 30-days - if requested by the buyer. Considering leaving other than Positive Feedback? Please contact us first. Communication is important. We'd prefer to work things out to your satisfaction. Check out our other collectibles while visiting our store. Thanks for shopping with us. As an added value to our domestic USA buyers, all larger flat packages, such as for full sheets of stamps, menus, documents, books and repair manuals, will have postage applied and also include a tracking number.