Photographs

Thelma Blumberg Photograph Collection, 1940-1980 (S0402)
1 cubic foot, 43 folders, 5850 photographs

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This collection contains photographs taken by Thelma Blumberg, a freelance photojournalist, who created a large volume of photographs in the late 1950s and 1960s in a  location that came to be known as Gaslight Square.  Her photographs documented the neighborhood near the intersection of Olive and Boyle at a time when that area changed from a quiet antique row into one of the country’s most popular entertainment districts.  In the 1960s, Blumberg ‘s journalistic photography often appeared in the Sunday Magazine section of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, in the St. Louis Scene Magazine, and St. Louis Magazine.

Boatmen's National Bank Steamboat Photograph Collection, 1858-1897, no date (P0553)

Photos of steamboats.

H. Riley Bock Collection, 1884, 1992 (P0626)

Photographs of sites and objects relating to Amos Camden Riley. Portrait of Phil Gottschalk, 1992.

Bartlett and Mary Boder Photographs, 1880-1962 (P0927)
8 photographs

Photos of St. Joseph: Missouri Valley Trust Co. and St. Joseph museums.

Laurel Boeckman Collection, 1860-2002 (P0238)
1 folder

Large postcard collection showing various tourist areas in Missouri as well as places outside Missouri. Other images include photos of Virginia Mayo, the Boone County Fair, St. Louis, and Columbia images.

Emil Boehl Photographs, 1870-1904 (P0825)
6 photographs

Photos of St. Louis by Emil Boehl.

Boggs Family Photographs, 1838, no date (P0702)

Photos of William and Sonora Boggs, and Albert Gallatin Boone, donated by the son of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs. Includes photograph of an early portrait of Lilburn W. Boggs.

E. Dora Bohm Photographs, no date (P0311)
2 photographs

Copy photos of Dr. Wilbur Harrison Smith Bohm and his class at the St. Charles Military Academy.

Boone Spring House Photograph, no date (P0301)
1 photograph

Photo of Boone Spring House in Matson, St. Charles County. Also known as Flanders Callaway home.

Virginia Booth Photograph Collection, 1938, no date (P0560)
1 folder

Two portraits of unidentified man, Columbia, one group photo of women including Miss Virginia Booth

Edward L. Bowles Papers, 1883-1991 (C4191)
0.19 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents concerning Edward Bowles and the history of Westphalia, Missouri.

Trenton Boyd Collection, 1869-1970 (P0425)
0.17 linear feet

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Postcards and photos of Columbia, MO, New Bloomfield, MO and Cape Girardeau County.

Mary Joan Boyer Photograph Collection, no date (P0713)
11 photographs

Copy photos of historic structures and monuments in Jefferson County.

Ruth Bradfield Photograph Collection, 1830-1910 (P0107)
8 photographs

A set of unidentified 19th century portraits, in cartes des visite and tintype formats.

Daniel A. Brand Photograph Collection, 1894-1922 (P0477)
22 photographs

Copy photos of Carrollton, MO, including several images relating to the Meeks family murder.

Bill Brandt Photograph Collection, 1930-1950 (P0481)
28 photographs

Copy photos of the Cutoff Club, near Dalton, Missouri, 1930s-1950s

Branson, Missouri, Lodging Postcards, 1937-1972 (SP0010)
.25 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The Branson, Missouri, Lodging Postcards collection includes postcards and a travel brochure from several motels and lodges that existed in Branson during its emergence as a tourist destination. The collection focuses on the Anchor Travel Village.

Bratten Family Photographs, 1905-1912 (P1208)
14 photographs

Photographs of members of the Bratten family (Dorothy, Clark, Ethel, Vessie, others unidentified) and the S.G. Bratten Confectionary.

Breckenridge Collection, 1837-1928 (P0692)

b/w photos of JEFFERSON BARRACKS, ca. 1896. St. Charles STREET SIGNS, COLLEGE, and LOG CABINS. 1837 pro-slavery RIOT. HOUSES in VA, West VA, and MO. Photos of StL Academy of Science Founders and Busts.

J.E. Briggs Jr. Photograph Collection, 1958-1970, no date (P0633)
9 photographs

Copy photos of Wheatland area, Hickory County. Photos are also included in donor's book "Dawn of Wheatland".

Brinkopf Family Photographs, no date (P0666)

Photographs of the Brinkopf family of Cape Girardeau, MO from the late 19th century through 1942.

Mary J. Briscoe-Riesberg Papers, 1993-2015 (CG0030)
0.8 c.f.

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The Mary J. Briscoe-Reisberg Papers includes papers, maps, photographs, and audio cassettes related to the Missouri Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association from 1994 to 2015.

James T. Brockman Photograph Collection, 1909, 1915 (P0331)
2 photographs

Mounted photograph of the M.E. Church, South, Festus, Mo., and a portrait of Omar Bradley (1915).

Harry Broermann Photograph Collection, 1890-1970 (P1066)

Copy photos of Atchison County, especially relating to the Rankin Farm and Mule Barn.

Betty Brooks Photograph Collection, 1870-1915 (P0440)
1 folder

Copy photos of Boone and Moniteau counties, covering the University of Missouri, Columbia, Rocheport, Tipton, and California.

Joy L. Brown Photograph Collection, 1897-1960 (P0728)
6 photographs

Copy photos of Pierce City and Lawrence County, MO, early 1900s.

Robert C. Brown Photograph Collection, 1900-1971 (P0004)
51 photographs

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Photographs of Missouri railroad depots, primarily for the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad. Photographs relating to A.F. Schliecker of Kansas City, Missouri.

Dr. Richard S. Brownlee Photograph Collection, 1864-1900 (P0070)
1 folder

Copy photos of Brownlee family and family home, Brownlee Banking Co, etc.

Bruhl Family Photographs, 1902-1984, 1994-1996 (CG0037)
0.2 c. f.

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The Bruhl Family Photographs include individual and family portraits of this family and the related families of Ritzenthaler, Caldwell, and Anderson from 1902-1984.

The Brunswicker Photograph Collection, 1920-1939 (P0506)
16 photographs

Copy photos from The Brunswicker of Brunswick, Missouri in the 1920s-1930s.

Bill Brush Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1890-1970 (S1105)
12 cubic feet, 343 lantern slides

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The Bill Brush Lantern Slide Collection consists mainly of glass lantern slides dating from approximately 1890 to 1970 which provide a visual record of St. Louis and the surrounding area. The slides came from St. Louis Public Schools, Schwarz Taxidermy Studio, and the St. Louis Naturalists Club. Highlights include images of steamships such as the Admiral and the Robert E. Lee, the 1904 World’s Fair, the St. Louis Zoo, and historic buildings in St. Louis. Both photographic images and drawings are used in the slides, and some slides are title cards. Contained with boxes located off-site are images pertaining to major events in United States and world history. Also included are 35mm film slides, and small number of nitrate film photographic negatives.

William S. Bryan Collection, 1902 (P0931)
6 photographs

Photos of Bryan House, Daniel Boone's spring, and rural school, Warren Co.

E.E. Bryant Photographs, 1960, no date (P0760)
14 photographs

Photographs of houses and churches in the rural and Charleston areas of Mississippi County.

Velma Lee Buban Collection, no date (P0805)
1 folder

Postcards of Missouri scenes, primarily in St. Francois and St. Charles Counties, photos of Dred Scott painting and Lieutenant Sturgis' grave.

J.W. Buchanan Photographs, 1959 (P0773)
16 photographs

Photos of Osage County churches, ca. 1959.

I.M. Buck Photographs, 1900, no date (P0706)
2 photographs

Photos by I.M. Buck of Weeks Hardware Company and First National Bank in Carterville, MO.

Leslie Leroy Bucklew Papers, 1897-1997 (S0625)
0.4 cubic foot, 5 folders, 7 photographs, 2 audio tapes

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The Leslie Leroy Buckley Papers consists of photocopied biographical material about the life of Leslie LeRoy Bucklew. The collection features correspondence between Bucklew and soldiers he served with during the Spanish-American War and World War I, and letters from President Harry S Truman and Bess Truman. Other materials of interest include 1917 photographs of World War I servicemen serving at Camp Doniphan and Fort Sill. The collection also contains two oral history interviews of Bucklew recounting his childhood in St. Louis, his mother's friendship with Mary Todd Lincoln's sister, and his experiences in the Spanish-American War.

Burford-White Photograph Collection, 1870-1948 (P0038)
64 photographs

Snapshot and studio photos, including tintypes related to the White-Burford-Taylor-Adkins-Harness-Marolf families plus scenes from Ladue, Vista and Independence, as well as vacation scenes outside of Missouri.

Burgess Studio Portrait, 1890 (P0097)
1 photograph

Cabinet card; young lady in evening/wedding dress, 1893. Photo by Burgess, Moberly, Missouri.

Christian Johann Burki Papers, 1861-1886 (R1416)
0.1 cubic foot (4 folders)

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The Christian Johann Bürki Papers contain materials related to his service during the Civil War. Born in Bern, Switzerland, Bürki moved to the United States prior to the Civil War and enlisted at St. Louis in the Missouri Volunteer Infantry, 15th Regiment, known as the ‘Swiss Rifles,’ where he rose to the rank of captain.

Burwell-Tate Family Papers, 1850-1930 (K0233)
1 c.f.

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Moses T. Burwell was a prominent Kansas City banker and real estate broker. Primarily photographs of the Burwell and Tate families, including studio portraits and exterior and interior shots of the Burwell's late-1800s home. Also included are a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, and other family papers.

John J. Buse Jr. Papers, 1860-1931 (S1083)
5 cubic feet, 2,005 photographs

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The John J. Buse, Jr. collectin consists of photographs, scrapbooks, historical notes, correspondence, and personal reminiscences ofa St. Charles, Missouri , historian and collector. An extensive photograph collection by Rudolph Goebel, John Gossler, and A. Ruth are included.

Ruth B. Bush Postcard Collection, 1904-1989 (P0066)
0.42 linear feet

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A large collection of original postcards from around the state of Missouri.

Business Men's Portraits of 1897, 1937, 1897, 1937 (K0542)
0.26 c.f.

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Photograph portraits of prominent Kansas City, MO businessmen removed from the first Convention Hall Cornerstone (1897).

Butler County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1965 (P1099)

An artificial collection of photographs of Butler County, primarily of Poplar Bluff but also including photographs of Mingo Swamp, Black River Slough, and the Garrison & Dalton Bus Co.

Cabinet Cards Collection, c. 1890s (CA6343)
0.2 cubic feet

Collection of largely unidentified cabinet cards from the Jefferson City and St. Louis, Missouri, areas, circa 1890s. It is unclear if this is a family photograph album or was compiled by a photographer. Only two baby photographs have been identified, those of Daniel Gundelfinger and Harold Singer.

Caldwell County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1926, no date (P1100)

An artificial collection of photographs of Caldwell County, Missouri.

Dorothy J. Caldwell Photograph Collection, 1830-1970 (P0151)
0.33 linear feet

Photographs, primarily of Rocheport, its buildings and residents. 35mm slides of historic sites across Missouri.

J.C. Caldwell Photographs, 1959-1970 (P0426)
0.21 linear feet

Photos of Boone County: Gordon Manor, Maplewood, M.K.T. Railroad Tunnel, Schaefer's Shoes, St. George's Church. Also, photos of Chariton County historic buildings.

Callaway County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1903-1942 (P1101)

An artificial collection of photographs of Callaway County, Missouri.