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 1998-398
Colt patent Navy revolver #122926, 36 calibre, made at the Samuel Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co. in 1862. Issued by Union Army Quartermaster General, St. Louis, to Col. Henry Sheppard, 72nd Reg., Enrolled Missouri Militia. He had been in the 16th MO Volunteers.

1994-158-4
Black and white photo, taken at the Ford Tractor Training School, of Lester E. Cox, Ernest R. Breech, Henry Ford II, and Jack Davis at the Cox Kickapoo Prairie Farm, currently Chesterfield Village.

1992-30
Black and white photogtaph of First Baptist Church, Springfield, Missouri. Brick building with limestone foundation. View of front. Large stained glass window in center with round windows above it in the gable. Entry is at the right under the steeple and appears to have a wrought iron gate across it. Part of the street is paved with bricks and the street car tracks may divide in front of church. A man is walking on sidewalk. Measurements/Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/4". Material/Color: Emulsion on paper affixed to cardboard, sepia tone. Emulsion peeling off paper. Machine made.

1998-437
7:00 am snapshot taken from the corner of Jefferson and St. Louis looking west at marathon runners of the Trans-Continental Foot Race, or Bunion Derby. Stoplight in center of intersection with man leaning on it, possibly controlling it. Missouri US 66 sign attached to stoplight. It may be a portable stoplight brought in for the occasion. Springfield-Conway marathon on Route 66. Colonial Hotel on left side of street in photo.

 1997-36
Panhandle Profiles:Bank of Billings(1889-1989) by John K. Hulston.Written for the 100th anniversary of the Bank of Billings. Contains history of topics listed in keywords plus information on the John Phelps family, Christian Co. settlers, Butterfield Overland Mail and Missouri Century Farms.

1999-162
Black and white photo of the Drury Library, Harwood Hall, named for Drury benefactor Charles Harwood. Later used as an art gallery, razed ca 1996 for the Olin Library.

2002-83
Photo of five young women taken for newspaper, possibly a fashion show, Drury students. They have been identified as follows: 1. uk, 2. Nancy Rose (Anderson), 3. Charmaine Fisk, 4. Joanne (Jody) Williams (McClure), 5. Virginia Pummill (Dailey).

1984-142-3
Black and white photo, made from a glass plate negative, of the Greene County Courthouse on the northwest corner of the public square. Visible on the right are the Star Clothing Co. and The Baker Block office building.

2000-187-5
Black and white photo of George and Eliza Bedell Crittendon with their two sons and 6 daughters. Crittendon is seated holding a hat and Eliza is seated at his left. At his right is his son Roy. Crittendon escaped from slavery in AR, fought in the Union Army with Company H, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery, and was in the Battle of Wilson's Creek. He later worked for the Springfield Wagon Company. RESTRICTED ACCESS. DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION.

1992-215.174
A black and white photo of Charlotte Kayes, Mary Lytle who became Lady Seddon in Englnad as the wife of renowed surgeon Dr. James Seddon, doctor to Winston Churchill and author of major medical texts. Marion Bissett (right). This photo was taken at Bryn Mawr.

 2003-37.3
This wedding dress was worn by Mollie Chalfant Sellars, mother of Mary Sellars Brightwess on December, 1915, when she was married to Guy Sellars at Chalfant Family Farm outside of Richland, Missouri in Pulaski County. The dress if off-white and the fabric may be crepe. It has an inset of net and needlework above the bodice with a collar of the same netting. The sleeves come just above the elbow and are gathered with elastic. The dress in one-piece but is made to look two-piece. The belt at the waist is made of the same fabric as most of the dress. There is one box pleat in the skirt front and one knife pleat in the back.

1999-339
Black and white photograph of the Charles and Frank Service Station as well as the J.P. Cantrell Oil Company office; Grant Avenue and Commercial Street. There are seventeen men in the picture as well as one woman. Thirteen of the men are dressed in service station uniforms. There are six oil trucks and four passenger cars in the photograph. There are four Veedol gasoline pumps Along Grant Avenue is a Missouri U.S. 160 highway marker. There are two gasoline storage tanks. Along Grant ave. is an entrance to a subway.

1990-22
Black and white photo of former President Theodore Roosevelt riding in an open car driven by Dave McGregor.Roosevelt came to Springfield by train to campaign for election and was driven to Drury College where he spoke at an outdoor rally. D.J. Landers Lumber Co. in the background, at 208 E. Walnut

1997-203
Night photograph taken by Dr. Roland Neal, chemistry teacher at Drury College of First Congregational Church on the corner of Calhoun and Benton. There is snow on the ground and lots of trees in front. According to a note on the back, the church burned in 1953. Measurements/Size: photo 2 3/4" x 4" printed on 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" card. Material/Color: ink on paper black and white. Machine made. One corner off, hole through top, paper exfoliating.

 2001-258
Concert prgram by Springfield High School Orchestra at Drury College, January 25, 1935 in Clara Thompson Hall.

1998-524-1
Group of students, from Drury Academy, posing in front of a band stand with "Note Indians" in the bottom left. Drury Academy had become part of the education of Native Americans. Several students went on to college at Drury and some graduated. Names Unknown of the Native Americans included in this picture.

1998-200
Black and white photo of the final classes held in the Boyd residence. For several years classes were held in the house which had been the residence of Mrs. Mary S. Boyd. It was situated at the northwest corner of Benton and Center Streets, across Benton Ave. from Drury College Chapel. The teacher at the left of the class is Miss Roxie Cassity. Mabel Hunt is seated in the front row, the fifth from the left.

1998-145
B & w photo of Armistice celebration on Springfield, MO public square, Nov. 11, 1918. Shown is soldier color guard with on-lookers in background. SW side of public square at College St.. Woolworth Co. 5 & 10 store, Dr. W. T. Magruder, dentist, Morris & Ferguson Clothig Co. among businesses shown.

1989-210-21
Two 4" x 5" black and white photoprints mounted on black paper: one shot of 5 women on farm house porch with chickens; one shot of 7 or 8 women and men in horsedrawn farm wagon with camera and tripod in corner of shot.Possibly a Drury College group.

1989-210-2
9" x 12" mounted black and white photo of group of 10 students seated on lawn, playing guitars, mandolins, and cello in front of Fairbanks Hall at Drury College. Two boys in cadet uniforms were enrolled in the military program.


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