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1994-98
Black and white photo of the Springfield Public Square. A Decoration Day parade is in progress. A street car navagates the "pie". St. Louis street in right background. Holland Building on corner of St. Louis Street is under construction.

1997-240
Tinted photograph post card of brick church with limestone foundation. Identified across top as Calvary Presbyterian Church. Postmark on back Mar. 4, 1909. One cent stamp. Addressee is Miss Maud Marten, Rt. 3, Pearl, MO. Mailed from Springfield. Bent corner, postmark ink lines across front. It appears to be the same church as 1992-45 in folder 6 identified as Calvary Presbyterian. 5 1/2"x 3 1/2"

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.

1997-30-3
Black and white photo of John Polk Campbell, son of Junius Tennessee Campbell and Mary Ann Blackwell. He was the nephew of Springfield's founder, John Polk Campbell.

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.

 1994-163-4-6
Two minie balls or bullets, grapeshot found at Phelps Grove Park. The park is on the site of the farm owned by John S. & Mary W. Phelps and was an active site during the Civil War.The area is Grand to Battlefield, Glenstone to Campbell, 1500 acres.

1998-284-1
Black and white photo of Gibson Chapel Presbyterian Church, at the southwest corner of Washington Ave. & Tampa St. (Pine) with members of the congregation standing in front. The church was formed in 1865 as the First Negro Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the first African American church started in Springfield after the Civil War. Peter Lear was the first pastor and it was named after H.A. Gibson.

1982-7-40
A black and white photo of the Thomas C. Strickland family. Back row: Isabell (daughter) and Sally Ann Fuller (step Daughter). Second row: Thomas Benton (son), Thomas Corlin Strickland (father), Maria Avaline Jones Fuller Strickland (wife). Front row: Etta (daughter) and Elmah (daughter). They lived in Lebanon, Marshfield, and Springfield, MO throughout the 1860's and 1880's.

 1998-278
A commemorative pin from the 35th Division (Army, World War I) reunion held in Springfield June 6-8, 1952.Harry Truman was the most prominent visitor attendee and many events were held in the Shrine Mosque. See the Harry Truman collection.

2000-187-6
Black and white photo made from a newspaper clipping of Walter "Duck" Majors in his red "Walter Major's machine." Majors owned a bicycle shop on Jefferson Avenue across from the Colonial Hotel. He built the first automobile made in Springfield and patented 13 other inventions, including a taxi cab meter and a hair dryer. Majors was a Spanish American War veteran. RESTRICTED ACCESS. DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION.

1997-29-1
Springfield Public Square showing the Model Home on the "Pie", Heer's, Route 66, Buses, Automobiles.looking northwest.

1994-78
Black and white photo , mounted on cardboard, of the Springfield Public Square looking east at St. Louis Street. A street car is approaching St. Louis Street, horses and wagons crossing the square, Visible in the background are the Baldwin Theatre and First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

1996-77-1
Black and white photo of the Springfield Public Square looking toward the sw quadrant. The Model Home is in the "pie". Identifiable businesses include, Marx, S. S. Kresge, J. J. Newberry, F. W. Woolworth. A street car can be seen navigating the center square.South Ave. and College St. are visible.

2000-85
Black and white photo of a Butterfield stage coach pulled by 4 horses driving by City Hall on Boonville St. Part of the centennial celebration in 1958 of the Butterfield Overland Mail which went through Springfield. Charles Sheppard is seated at right next to the driver.

1994-67
Black and white photo of the Springfield Public Square looking east down St. Louis Street. Woolfe & Bro. Clothing store on right. Atop the clothing store building is an advertising sign for the Patriot-Advertiser newspaper. Individuals, horse and wagon and horse riders are in center of photo.

 2004-19.2
Floor length lace overdress to be worn with sheat (2004-19.1) as a wedding dress. This dress was worn by Helen Ramona Black when she narried Edward Burney Staley on October 23, 1937 in Springfield, MO. This overdress has puffed sleeves and is slightly shired at the center front neckline. It has a left side opening which is closed with three snaps and three hooks and eyes. The skirt is made from four panels of lace.

 1994-1
Hume's Essays, Literary, Moral and Political by David Hume. From the library of James Boyd Delaney from his father Thomas J. Delaney, a Springfield attorney. His mother was Cordelia Boyd, daughter of S. H. Boyd.This book is one of the few that survived at the Boyd's home in Mumford, near Pearson Creek.

1998-466
Picture post card of the Springfield Public Square. Cars are parked on the Square, a street car is navigating the "Pie" in the center. Heer's, Baker Block, Lander's Building, and Nathan Clothing Co. are visible.

1992-215.87
A black and white photo of Marion Weaver Bissett, Queen of the Ozarks and great-great granddaughter of William Fulbright who built the 1st cabin in Springfield in 1829. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, Pi Theata Honor Society, Asso. Of University of Women, Daughters of American Revolution. Graduate of Christian College, Drury Collage, and Bryn Mawr.

1997-279
Nine women of various ages busily engaged in hooking rugs at their crafts class at the Ozarks Arts and Crafts Center,owned and operated by artist Raymond Kennon at 839 St. Louis, Springfield, MO. None of those shown are identified. The instructor was Rebecca Andrews of Walnut Ridge, AR. 8 inches x 10 inches. Black and white.


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