Guide to Photographs and Print Collections - Missouri History Museum

and Copiously Illustrated Register of Rural Economy and Rural Taste…" by J.J. Thomas,
1860; ornamental iron work by Winslow Brothers Company of Chicago; stone walls; iron
fence around Henry Shaw's house; sculptures by Daisy A. Taake; horse saddles; (more).
2 boxes
Oklahoma Land Rush and Alaska Gold Rush
The Oklahoma Land Rush and Alaska Gold Rush files contain photographs and
viewbooks showing these two events.
The Oklahoma Land Rush material (1883-1893) includes: Six photos by Dr. H.M.
Whelpley from Captain Payne's Expedition of Open Oklahoma in 1883 each with a
description by the photographer on the reverse. Twenty photos with descriptions and
dates showing "boomers" signing up for the land race near Arkansas City, Kansas and the
start of the land race itself on September 12 - 16, 1893. A photo album with captions
titled, "For the Household, Christmas 1889" shows photos of the Oklahoma Territory.
Subjects include: Cherokee Female Seminary, Tahlequah; the Capitol or Council House
and views from atop the Capitol, Tahlequah; the Presbyterian Mission, Tahlequah; Mr.
Ivey's residence and Boarding House for U.S. Commissioners; ruins of the old Female
Seminary, which burned in 1887; group photos of Members of the National Council and
Senators of the National Council, 1889; pupils of the Female Seminary walking along a
street; Presbyterian Church; Oklahoma land rush, showing people on horseback and on
wagons; town of Purcell (or Pursill), Oklahoma, one day old; Native Americans with
teepees and encampments; Osage chief's family; Talequah, Oklahoma.
Alaska Gold Rush material (1897-1903): Two souvenir viewbooks, "Souvenir of Nome
Alaska" by E.A. Hegg, published in Seattle, Washington in 1900 showing boats, ships,
shipwrecks, reindeer, dogs, street scenes, prospecting, and a coverless, untitled book
showing many towns in Alaska, Native Americans, Eskimos, reindeer, mining camps,
landscapes, railroads, glaciers, boats, ships, dogs and dog sleds, 1897-9. The file also
includes photographs brought back by Edwin B. Scherzer and S. Newman Scherzer from
their trip to Alaska, 1901-1903 to see the gold rush.
1 box 1883 - 1903
Oversize Posters
The Oversize Poster file contains theatrical, circus, motion picture and advertising
posters.
Subjects include: circuses; amusement; entertainment; Meet Me in St. Louis movie
poster; Josephine Baker; Busch's Grove; Pageant and Masque; Frank Nuderscher poster
for the Evangelical Lutheran Synod; Al G. Kelly and Miller Brothers Circus; (more).
1 medium folio box, one large folio drawer
Pageant and Masque of St. Louis
The 1914 Pageant and Masque commemorated the 150th anniversary of founding of the
City of St. Louis. One of a series of public pageants held in cities across the United
States, it brought together a cast of hundreds of citizens. Held on a stage set in the Grand
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