Guide to Photographs and Print Collections - Missouri History Museum

Holidays
The Holidays file contains images of activities during holidays arranged by holiday
name. Most of the file is made up of engravings from periodicals such as Harper's
Weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, and Godey's Lady's Book. Some original photographs
of activities at Christmas and on the 4th of July are included. See also the holiday section
of the Postcard file and the Christmas and Valentines Card file.
Subjects include: 4th of July; Fourth of July; Christmas; Santa Claus; toys; Christmas
trees; dolls; nativity scene; boy with toy bugle; man dressed as Uncle Sam; patriotic
parade; Art Museum; crowd on Art Hill; flags; Valentine's Day; Thanksgiving.
1 box ca 1867 - ca 1920
Hospitals
The Hospitals file contains photographs, lithographs, and engravings of St. Louis area
hospitals arranged by hospital name. The images primarily show building exteriors, but a
few photographs also record interior views. Especially well-represented are the U.S.
Veteran's Hospital 92 at Jefferson Barracks around 1930 and U.S. General Hospital 40
around 1919.
Subjects include: St. Louis City Hospital; U.S. Veterans Hospital 92 at Jefferson
Barracks; Veterans Administration Hospital; U.S. General Hospital 40; baseball team;
doctors; nurses; patients; Barnes Hospital complex; Homer G. Phillips Hospital; Alexian
Brothers Hospital; Augusta Free Hospital for Children; Barnard Skin and Cancer
Hospital; Bethesda Hospital; County Hospital; Deaconess Hospital; De Paul Hospital;
Desloge Hospital; Dodd's Sanitarium; Female Hospital; Frisco Hospital; Good Samaritan
Hospital; Gradwohl Hospital and Pasteur Institute; Hospital of Sisters of Charity;
Jefferson Barracks Hospital; Jewish Hospital; Liberty Hospital; Lutheran Hospital;
Malcom Bliss Hospital; Marine Hospital; Missouri Baptist Hospital; Missouri Pacific
Hospital; Mullanphy Hospital; Matilda Hospital; St. Anthony's Hospital; St. John's
Hospital; St. Louis State Hospital; St. Luke's Hospital; St. Mary's Hospital; Shriner's
Hospital; (more).
2 boxes
Hotels
The Hotels file contains images of St. Louis area hotels arranged alphabetically by hotel
name. Please request the folder list for a listing of the approximately 75 hotels pictured.
3 boxes
Illinois
The Illinois file contains photographs and other images of towns, residences, churches,
buildings, and other sites in the state of Illinois and is arranged by town and subject.
Subjects include: Elijah Lovejoy residence in Alton, Illinois; Lock and Dam 26 in
Madison County, Illinois; Piasa Bird and bluffs in Alton, Illinois; Ashley, Illinois;
Belleville, Illinois; Cahokia, Illinois; St. Clair County Court House in Cahokia, Illinois;
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