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to the United States in 1884, and operated a saloon in St. Louis in the early 1900s. He died
November 10, 1910, in St. Louis.
The collection includes advertising circulars, circular letters, price lists, and brochures, many
of which relate to the dry cleaning business; advertisements and letters promoting dry cleaning
correspondence courses; ten issues of “Widder’s Practical Dyer” (1920-1921), published by the
Widder Dye & Chemical Co., Inc., Brooklyn, New York; letters to Ernst Bader offering jobs and
business opportunities in reply to an advertisement he placed in a dry cleaning trade magazine;
papers regarding courses in hypnotism, magic, phrenology, and psychology; papers relating to
dog shows and dog breeding; papers relating to the Plymouth Rock Squab Company of Boston,
Massachusetts; and family papers.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Bader Family Papers, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis.
A0073
Badger Family.
Papers, 1852-1950. 2 folders
Collection contains material of the St. Louis–based Badger family, including letters of Capt.
Alexander Badger, Sr. and Jr.; newsclippings; bonds; steamboat memoranda; a pilot certificate
issued to William H. Cable in 1852; envelopes of Wells Fargo and Overland Mail; cards of
steamboat Magnolia and a timetable of St. Louis railroads and steamships; material concerning
the Badger, Cable and Cayton families; two Missouri defense bonds issued in 186-; and several
letters of Alexander Badger, circa 1860, written from Fort Vancouver, Western Territory, and
various places in the west, which describe everyday happenings.
Cite as: Badger Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1934
Baer, Sidney R., Jr.
Papers, 1929-1968. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Sidney R. Baer, Jr., was born in St. Louis in 1918. He was the son of Sidney R. Baer, Sr., a
founder of the Stix, Baer, and Fuller department stores. Throughout his life, Sidney, Jr., worked
as a businessman and consultant in St. Louis, New York City, and Boston. He died in
Connecticut in August 2002. He is buried in New Mt. Sinai Cemetery in St. Louis.
Contains correspondence between members of the Baer family and friends including letters
from "Bootsy" Baer to June from his summer camp in Maine and letters to June from Nana. The
letters discuss summer camp activities, European travels, a trip to New York City (no date), and
family news. Also contains autograph from actor Eddie Cantor to Sidney, Jr.
Cite as: Sidney Baer, Jr., Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0074
Baggerman, William, F.
Papers, circa 1940-1991. 4 boxes
A native of St. Louis, Mr. Baggerman attended Washington University and Edinburgh
University. He started Modern Management Co., a real estate management firm, in 1936, and
later was employed with Sycamore Investors, Inc., a shopping center development company. He
served on the St. Charles County Commission and the St. Charles County Republican
Committee.
Papers include a collection of personal correspondence, mementoes, a travel diary,
newsclippings, published brochures of various places of interest. Also includes information