Guide to Photographs and Print Collections - Missouri History Museum

Charitable Institutions
The Charitable Institutions file contains images of orphanages, asylums, and retirement
homes arranged alphabetically by the name of the institution.
Subjects include: Altenheim; Episcopal Orphan's Home; German Protestant Orphan's
Home; Insane Asylum; Lutheran Altenheim; Masonic home; Mayfield Sanatorium;
Methodist Orphan Home; Mullanphy Emigrant Home; Poor house; Queen's Daughters
Home; St. Ann's Asylum; St. Elizabeth's Institution; St. Francis Colored Orphan Asylum;
St. Joseph's Orphanage; St. Louis Association Of Ladies For Relief Of Orphans; St.
Mary's Orphan Asylum; St. Vincent's German Orphan Society.
1 box
Children's Mechanical Picture Books
The Children's Mechanical Picture Books file contains children's books in English and
German with mobile illustrations. The file also includes some other books and related
material.
Box 1 contains: "Aus dem Leben: Lustiges Ziehbilderbuch." (From life: an amusing pulltab
book.) By Lothar Meggendorfer. (Munich: Braun and Schneider) n.d.; "Moving
Picture Series, Vol. II: More Living Animals” By L. Meggendorfer. (New York:
International NewsCompany) 1884; 2 copies of "The Showman's Series IV - The
Children's Year: Songs for all the Seasons, telling of Happy Days in Spring, Summer,
Autumn, and Winter” By B.B. Vallentine. (New York; International News), ca. 1880;
"The Theater Picture Book. Four Scenes for Good Children with new and improved
decorations and text.” (New York: International NewsCompany) n.d.
Box 2 contains: "Im Himmel und auf der Erde: Herzliches und scherzliches aus der
Kinderwelt." (In the heavens and on the earth: touching and humorous things from the
world of children.) By Heinrich Hoffmann. (Frankfurt: Ruetten and Loenning) n.d.;
"Thierleben in Wort und Bild. Thierbilderbuch. Bilder mit beweglichen Figuren.” (The
life of animals in words and pictures. Animal picture book. Pictures with movable
figures.) (Fuerth: G. Loewensohn) n.d.; "Reiseabenteuer des Malers Daumenlang und
seines Dieners Damian: ein Ziehbilderbuch” By Lothar Meggendorfer. (The travel
adventures of the painter Daumenland and his servant Damian: a pull-tab book)
(Esslingen: J.F. Schreiber) n.d.; "Der Struwwelpeter, enthaltend lustige Geschichten und
drollige Bilder fuer Kinder von 3 bis 6 Jahren” By Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann. (Strewwel
Peter, containing funny stories and droll pictures for children of 3 to 6 years) (St. Louis:
Conrad Witter) n.d.; "What Do You Mean To Be” n.d.; "Die Krippe: Ein Bilderbuch zum
Ausstellen.” (The Manger: A picture book to set up.) (Esslingen: J.F. Schreiber) n.d.;
"Fur artige Kinder: Bilder und Reimen.” (For well-behaved children: pictures and
rhymes.) n.d.; Kruesi's Easy Drawing Lessons for Kindergarten and Primary School.
(Chicago: D. Appleton) 1880; Prange's Outline Pictures with Directions for Coloring -
Series V: Farm Scenes. (Boston: L. Prange) n.d.; Six colored lithograph picture sheets,
probably used in elementary classrooms ca.1880.
2 boxes ca 1885
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