Photographs

Arthur Witman Photograph Addenda, 1932-1984 (S0717)
13516 photographs

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This addenda to the Arthur Witman Papers contain photographs Witman took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Subjects of interest include Busch Stadium, Cahokia Mounds, women in World War II, and fundamentalist religious gatherings.

Arthur Witman Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0541)
1695 photographs

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Arthur Witman was St. Louis Post-Dispatch news photographer (1932-1969), who pioneered the use of 35mm in news photographs and Organized the St. Louis Press Photographer's Association in 1945. This collection consists of photographs Witman took for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Arthur Witman Photographic Prints Collection, 1936-1956 (S0836)
2 cubic feet, 94 folders, 1971 photographs

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This collection contains photographic prints of images Witman took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The photographs include images of women working in factories during World War II, the St. Louis Zoo, Carl Sandburg, and the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) Rally in St. Louis.

Paul A. Wobus Papers, 1918-1989 (R0008)
2.5 cubic feet (58 folders, 89 notebooks, 79 photographs)

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The Paul A. Wobus Papers contain the personal and professional papers of Reverend Paul A. Wobus of Manchester, Missouri. The papers include Wobus’s uncompleted and unpublished memoirs, photographs, correspondence, materials concerning Mount Zion Community Church and the Ozark Community Council, historical notes concerning Wobus’s avocational interest in the mills and railroads in the regions, miscellaneous newspaper clippings and other printed materials, narrative accounts of many of his trips into the Ozarks. Also included are 89 small notebooks, dated from 1938-1972, in which he kept records of his mileage, routes, schedules, expenses, and places and person visited.

Joseph Wood Photograph Collection, 1931-1958 (S0819)
0.25 cubic foot, 212 photographs

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The Joseph Wood Collection contains photographs of St. Louis baseball teams and players, dog shows, and the U.S. Merchant Marine. Wood was an accomplished photojournalist with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat for twenty-seven years and was has been inducted into the Missouri Photojournalist Hall of Fame. Additional items include magazines, newspapers, and a booklet.

Gary Woolfolk Photograph Collection, 1896-1900, no date (P0880)
1 folder

Copy photos of the Fulton area.

World War I Photograph Collection, 1917-1925 (P1030)

Photographs of organizations dealing with aspects of the war effort

World War II Engineer's Photograph Collection, 1941-1944 (S0796)
0.25 cubic foot, 194 photographs

The World War II Engineer's Photograph Collection consists of 194 black and white photographs taken from 1941-1944. The collection includes images of several bridges and railroad construction projects in Italy and France.

World War II, European Theatre, Snapshots, 1940-1945 (P1058)

Twenty-five snapshots of soldiers, landscapes, and military operations during World War II in the European Theatre. People and places in these photographs are unidentified.

Wright Studio Photographs, 1954 (P1162)

Four copy photos of the aftermath of the 1954 State Penitentiary riot in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Wright's Studio Postcards, no date (P0629)
7 postcards

Photo postcards of Trenton, MO, published by Wright's Studio.

Edward C. Wright Jr. Photographs, 1958-1961, no date (P0674)
0.15 linear feet

Photos of Independence area historic sites and buildings, 1961.

Jay Wright Photograph Collection, 1877-1882 (P0795)
4 photographs

Copy photos of the Randolph County Courthouse and Mount Pleasant College.

Robert Wright Photograph Collection, 1908-1924 (P0011)
0.125 linear feet

Collection of images focused on Audrain County and Mexico, MO. Includes some train accident photo postcards and images of steamboats.

Ruth Osborne Wright Papers, 1950-1999 (S1023)
62 cubic feet

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The papers of Ruth Osborne Write contain poetry, notebooks, correspondence, and artwork documenting Wright's career as an artist, as well as her service in the United States Navy during World War II.

R.O. Wykoff Photograph Collection, 1882-1892 (P0557)
9 postcards

Postcards of Robert Ford Funeral, 1892, in Colorado.

Ilene Sims Yarnell Collection, 1906-1972 (P0601)
0.19 linear feet

Photographs and postcards of Morgan County, especially churches, houses, and schools in and near Versailles, MO. Postcards, primarily depicting the Lake of the Ozarks area and adjacent counties.

James E. Yeatman Portrait, 1868 (P0975)
1 photograph

Copy print of James E Yeatman

Mary Ann Younk Photograph Collection, 1927 (P0008)
15 photographs

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15 original photos showing damage to houses and buildings after F4 tornado hit St. Louis, September 29, 1927.

T.H. Yount Photograph Collection, 1840, 1920, no date (P1068)

Slides depicting historic structures in Sedalia and Sedalia history.

Frank Zeisler Photograph Collection, 1914-1945 (S1210)
0.4 c.f.

Collection of photographs and postcards depicting scenes in Europe during and shortly after World War I, including monuments, tourist sites, gas attacks, trench warfare, and combat. Also included in the collection is a series of German photographs from World War II, and a book, 'The Horror of It: Camera Records of War's Gruesome Glories' by Frederick A. Barber, Historical Foundations, New York, 1933.

Christine I. Zelinsky Photograph Collection, 1967-1969 (K0678)
0.5 c.f.

Zelinsky is an artist and freelance graphics designer who was hired by the City of Kansas City to establish a design program for the city. Includes slide transparencies depicting Kansas City architecture and the various activities at City Hall.

Ziesler World War I Photographs, 1917-1919 (S1174)
0.25 cubic foot

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This collection contains photographs from World War 1 and a book, "The Horror of It."

G.L. Zwick Postcard Collection, 1949, no date (P0687)

Copy prints of postcards of Lover's Lane, St. Joseph, MO.