Guide to Photographs and Print Collections - Missouri History Museum

Obst Collection: Archeology
Mr. Obst of Pike County, Missouri amassed a collection of over 6,000 archeological
artifacts many of which he found in Missouri and Illinois.
The Obst Collection contains eleven mounted photographs of groups of archeological
artifacts. Each photo has a handwritten ink caption reading: "Part of the Obst Collection,
Begun 1870 - 6600 Specimens." The photos appear to have been part of an album; ten
photos have a page number in the corner.
Subjects include: Native American artifacts; arrow heads; pipes; pipes shaped like frogs;
bowls; jars; axe heads; clay vessels.
1 folder 1890
Ohio River Flood Postcard Collection
The Ohio River Flood Postcard Collection contains 47 identified black and white
postcards taken during and after the 1937 flood. Julian R. Fisher of Louisville, Kentucky
published the postcards.
Subjects include: flood damage; disasters; Jeffersonville, Indiana; residences; commercial
buildings; New Albany, Indiana; churches; Churchill Downs building; boats; Louisville,
Kentucky.
1 folder 1937
On The Iron Mountain Route: Views In and About Hot Springs,
Arkansas
"On The Iron Mountain Route: Views In and About Hot Springs, Arkansas" is a set of 45
mounted photographs of scenic views along the Iron Mountain Railroad Route in and
near Hot Springs, Arkansas. The reverse of the cardboard backings have travel contact
information mentioning Herbert Durand, manager of the Hot Springs League and H.C.
Townsend, the General Passenger and Ticket Agent of the Iron Mountain Route.
Woodward and Tiernan Printing Company printed these tourist promotion picture
advertisements in St. Louis.
Subjects include: buildings; rivers; bath houses; scenic views; train station at Potash
Sulphur Springs, Arkansas; horse-drawn carriages; African-American man with basket of
cotton; Palace Bath House; The Hale bath house; Imperial bath house; the Superior bath
house; a main street with streetcar tracks; gazebo; The Maurice bath house.
1 box ca 1915
O'Neil Postcard Collection
The O'Neil Postcard Collection contains about 350 postcards that were probably collected
by Mrs. Auguste Chouteau. The postcards show artwork, sculpture, and historic buildings
in Italy, Germany, Spain, and other locations in Europe.
1 box ca 1900 - ca 1950
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