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mostly from Philadelphia to Christian Wilt in St. Louis. The letters not only reflect trade
conditions of the time, but tell much local news.
Cite as: Christian Wilt Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1758
Wimar, Carl (1828-1862).
Papers, 1852-1941. 3 folders (approximately 200 items)
Carl Wimar was born in Germany. At the age of 15 he moved to St. Louis where he made
friends with the Indians who traded furs there. Through these friendships Wimar decided to
devote his life to painting and sketching the American Indian. He became a pupil of Leon de
Pomarede, a St. Louis fresco painter. From 1852 to 1856, he studied art at the Academy in
Dusseldorf. His goal was to learn to document the American Indian in pictures as Audubon had
American wildlife. Since few Indians remained in St. Louis when he returned from Dusseldorf,
Wimar made trips West to sketch and photograph them. The information he collected on these
trips became source material for his later paintings. Wimar had a passionate interest in buffaloes.
He sketched and painted them roaming free and being hunted by the Indians. His canvas, "The
Buffalo Hunt," completed for the opening of the Western Academy of Art in St. Louis in 1860,
was a great success and today is considered a masterpiece. In 1861, Henry Blow, president of the
Western Academy of Art, commissioned a painting of the same subject for his home. This
"Single Buffalo" pastel, also of 1861, may have been a preliminary study for another painting
owned by Blow, "Indians Hunting Buffalo." Wimar was at the peak of his career in 1861 when
he was commissioned to paint the dome of the St. Louis courthouse. This project was never
realized. Carl Wimar died of consumption in 1862, leaving his few sketchbooks and paintings as
documents of American Indian life and the buffalo that soon vanished from America's West.
Papers contain a body of letters from Wimar to his parents in Germany; the rest of the
collection includes newsclippings, correspondence with the Missouri Historical Society in regard
to Wimar; also correspondence and information regarding Wimar paintings, "Buffalo Hunt."
German.
Cite as: Carl Wimar Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2334
Winchell, B.L., Mr. & Mrs.
Farewell Dinner Souvenir Book, 1898 Nov 26. 1 item
Souvenir book for the farewell dinner to Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Winchell held at the Mercantile
Club, St. Louis, November 26, 1898. Includes the menu for the dinner and the signatures of those
in attendance. The name “Miss Pauline Bremerman” is printed on the book’s cover.
Cite as: Mr. & Mrs. B.L. Winchell Farewell Dinner Souvenir Book, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2526
Windermere Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri).
Brochure, circa 1910s. 1 item
Brochure includes exterior and interior views of the Windermere Hotel, located at Delmar
and Clara Ave. in St. Louis, Missouri.
Cite as: Windermere Hotel Brochure, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2049
Winkelmeyer Family.