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Flyer for Sternwheel G.W. Hill

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Description: Advertisement for the sternwheel excursion, G.W. Hill, with an engraving of the sternwheel docked at the riverside, and a description of its feature...
Photograph

Jesse Brabazon Over the Mississippi

Date: 11 1912
Description: Jesse Brabazon, pioneer aviator from Delavan, flying over the Mississippi River in a Wright Model B airplane. "It was quite a sight to fly over the Mississ...
Photograph

International Trucks Used in Excavation

Date: 1929
Description: Three International HS-54(?) dump trucks haul dirt from an excavation site. The trucks were owned by R.J. Blackburn, Inc. and Arrow Hauling Co., Inc.
Painting

Herndan Hotel on the Missouri River

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber received a request from the German theater director Henry Börnstein in St. Louis, Missouri, to purchase his theater sets and music. Accordingly,...
Drawing

Wilkins 02: Landing at Weston

Date: 05 02 1849
Description: The ferry landing in Weston, Missouri; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oreg...
Drawing

Wilkins 03: Ferry of the Nodaway

Date: 05 17 1849
Description: The ferry at Nodaway, Missouri; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trai...
Drawing

Wilkins 05: Nodaway Mill

Date: 05 17 1849
Description: The Mill in Nodaway, Missouri; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail...
Drawing

Wilkins 08: Crossing a Creek

Date: 05 1849
Description: Wilkins' wagon procession crossing a creek in Missouri; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also ...
Drawing

Ferry "New Era"

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Description: "Ferry 'New Era' being transformed into a gunboat at St. Louis." Drawing includes workers building with lumber.
Drawing

Building Pontoons to Mount Mortars

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Description: "Building rafts, or pontoons, upon which to mount huge mortars — for use on the river. Scene at St. Louis." Men are building on a pontoon with lumber. Ther...
Drawing

Sketch of Battle of Island #10

Date: 04 1862
Description: Notes include: Sketch of Battle of Island #10. Sketch of Fort Pillow Tennessee. Gen. Pope had command of the land troops.
Drawing

"Benton," Com. Foote's Flagship

Date: 1862
Description: The USS "Benton" was an "ironclad" ship which served as Capt. Andrew Hull Foote's flagship during the March 1862 assault on Island No. 10.
Drawing

The Gunboats at Number 10

Date: 1862
Description: An image from a sketchbook of "The Gunboats at No. 10 — Eve of Arrival before the I'sld". The drawing appears to be from the deck of a ship showing several...
Drawing

Fort Pillow upon the Eve of the Evacuation by the Rebels

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Description: Preliminary sketch for "Fort Pillow upon the Eve of the Evacuation by the Rebels".
Drawing

Map of the Battle of Wilson's Creek

Date: 08 10 1862
Description: A hand-drawn map of the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Springfield, Missouri. Other notes and locations include: "Lyon was killed instantly while heading his tr...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Bull-head Worth Catching

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a man fishing. The man, standing barefoot on a log, attempts to reel in a giant Bull-head fish, while another fish lurks ominously nearby. ...
Photograph

Soldier Using International TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Soldier using an International TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) during a training exercise. The original caption reads: "A graduate of the school assign...
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Republican Convention Ticket

Date: 1896
Description: Guest ticket for the Republican National Convention held in St. Louis. The ticket shows the celebrated Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, and the log cab...
Photograph

Water Pumps in Mine

Date: 1939
Description: International PA-100 power unit operating a Pomona water pump in a lead and zinc mine. A box labeled "dynamite" is in the foreground.
Photograph

Boating on the Gasconade River

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Description: View of the Gasconade River and shore. A party of people are gathered near the water and a small rowboat with an American flag in it is pulled up alongside...

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