P0024 SHSMO Glass Negative Collection 363 glass plate negatives, 3 folders This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. This collection is available online through the Society’s digital collections. If you would like more information, please contact us at [email protected]. INTRODUCTION The SHSMO Glass Negative Collection is comprised of 317 4x5 glass plate negatives and a selection of corresponding prints. Images depict Missouri in the early 20th century, primarily in Columbia and St. Louis, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis parks and city scenes, and the University of Missouri. DONOR INFORMATION The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by an unknown donor on an unknown date. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection includes glass plate negatives and a selection of corresponding prints created by an unknown photographer or photographers. Images depict Missouri in the early 20th century, primarily in Columbia and St. Louis, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis parks and city scenes, and the University of Missouri. Also depicted are factories and industrial equipment, agriculture, firefighters, steamboats and river scenes, zoo animals, and parades. Portraits, identified and unidentified, complete the collection. Glass negatives are arranged by identifier. A numbering system applied by the photographer was retained. Numbering of images is not consecutive; previously unnumbered images have been assigned numbers of 24-2### by the processing archivist. The majority of the negatives date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Prints corresponding to glass negatives are numbered with the same identifier. Use copies are available through the Society’s digital collections. CONTAINER LIST Box 1 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-004 – 24-152 Box 2 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-158 – 24-272 Box 3 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-273 – 24-444 Box 4 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-445 – 24-694 Box 5 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-701 – 24-808 Box 6 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-809 – 24-894 Box 7 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-895 – 24-2022 Box 8 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-2023 – 24-2039, 24-C-32 – 24-C-190 f. 1-3 Prints IMAGE LIST Box 1 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-004 – 24-152 Creation Creation Identifier Title Description Location Date 24-004 Woman woman in hat outside about to walk up short steps to building 1900 ca. 24-012 On the Tracks group portrait of young people standing on electric railway tracks 24-014 Band Pagoda band pagoda at Forest Park with statues St. Louis 24-015 Pair on Bridge man and woman standing on a bridge, identified as Lafayette Bridge in Forest St. Louis Park 24-020 Tower Grove Park main southern entrance to Tower Grove Park St. Louis 24-021 Avenue tree-lined avenue leading to a statue in an unidentified park 24-033 Newsboy Strike concrete and metal structure on a city street, with newsboy strike graffiti 24-041 Horse Jumping horse jumping over hurdle; men watching 24-081 Machines interior of factory, multiple machines on a belt driven system 24-083 Hamilton, Ohio view of the Main Street bridge and surrounding businesses in Hamilton, Ohio Hamilton, OH 24-084 Railroad Tracks railroad tracks between an unidentified river and bluffs. Power lines run along the riverbank. A steamboat is on the river. 24-087 Store exterior of an unidentified business 24-089 Steam Engine steam engine in field with what appears to be a water wagon 1900 ca. 24-092 Steam Engine and view of a steam engine operating a threshing machine 1900 ca. Threshing Machine 24-96-24 Watermelon Picnic group of people eating watermelon outside, on a lawn, some seated on the ground or benches 24-145 Steamboat R. G. Gunter steamboat docked at levee St. Louis 24-146 Eads Bridge view of Eads Bridge from bank St. Louis 24-147 Clinton School exterior view, group of students. This school appears to have been remodeled St. Louis 1880 sometime before 1891. Located at Grattan Street and Hickory Lane. 24-150 Meramec Highlands view of the Meramec Highlands Frisco Railroad tunnel, with the Sunset Kirkwood Tunnel Pavilion above, and a man standing on top of the tunnel structure 24-152 Railroad Tunnel view through a railroad tunnel, with a man standing next to the tracks. Kirkwood Identified as the Meramec Highlands Frisco Railroad tunnel. Box 2 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-158 – 24-272 Creation Creation Identifier Title Description Location Date 24-158 Students three students sitting at table 24-159 Students Four students in dormitory or apartment 24-160 Village Street dirt street in an unidentified community, looking toward a church steeple 24-161 Park College exterior view of MacKay Administration Building Parkville 24-168 Lafayette Park statue of George Washington in Lafayette Park St. Louis 1899 24-169 Street Car street car on Lafayette Avenue, near the entrance to Lafayette Park St. Louis 1900 ca. 24-170 Lafayette Park band stand in Lafayette Park St. Louis 24-171 Mechanical Shop interior of mechanical shop at the University of Missouri Columbia 24-172 Mechanical Shop interior of mechanical shop 24-173 Blacksmith Shop interior of a blacksmithing shop 24-175 Mechanical Shop interior of mechanical shop 24-176 Chemistry Lab interior of college chemistry laboratory 24-178 Compton Hill Standpipe long view of water tower in Resevoir Park, St. Louis St. Louis 24-179 Armory external side view of Armory St. Louis n.d. 24-186 Playing with Sailboats group of boys, one with a bicycle, playing with toy sailboats on a lake 24-187 Animals two camels, a buffalo, assorted fowl, and a peacock in paddock enclosures 24-189 Lafayette Park view of a bridge in Lafayette Park, in winter with snow covering the ground. St. Louis Homes in view in the background 24-190 Lafayette Park view of bridges and a pavilion in Lafayette Park, in winter with snow St. Louis covering the ground. Homes in view in the background 24-191 Football Practice young men playing ball on snowy ground; house in background Columbia 1900 ca. 24-192 University of Missouri team seated in snow on practice field Columbia 1900 ca. Football Team 24-193 View from Boyle Avenue view of homes along an unidentified street intersection with Boyle Avenue in St. Louis winter, with snow on the ground. A boy and a man stand by the street sign. 24-197 Zoo people look at a bear exhibit at a zoo 24-202 Engineering Students seven students and professor in a mechanical shop Columbia 24-204 Man unidentified man sitting next to a table, holding a letter 24-206 Men in Suits four men in suits lounging on and around a bed 24-207 University of Missouri Front view, Switzler Hall in the background; includes the recent installation Columbia 1900 ca. Columns of electric light posts 24-208 Laws Observatory exterior of observatory building at the University of Missouri Columbia 24-223 Pickard Hall Exterior view Columbia 1900 ca. 24-224 Benton Hall exterior of Benton Hall, University of Missouri Columbia 24-225 Lathrop Hall Exterior 3/4 view Columbia 1900 ca. 24-227 Mechanic Arts Building Exterior view Columbia 1900 ca. 24-228 Engineering Exterior 3/4 view; partial view of Switzler Hall Columbia 1900 ca. 24-230 Jesse Hall Exterior front view; recently completed building; cannons on quadrangle Columbia 1895 ca. 24-232 Senior Hall early view of Senior Hall, exterior, on the campus of Stephens College Columbia n.d. 24-234 Christian College exterior front of Luella St. Clair Hall Columbia 24-239 Surgical Preparation group of nurses anesthetizing patient in preparation for surgery 24-243 2945 Franklin Avenue exterior of building at 2945 Franklin Avenue, intersection with Garrison St. Louis Avenue. Known as the Frederick G. Niedringhaus Residence and St. Louis Baptist Hospital. 24-244 Nurses portrait of two nurses, in uniform, by a gazebo. Several children peer at the n.d. camera from the background. 24-246 Parade Honoring Admiral crowd at parade in St. Louis honoring Admiral George Dewey. Men in top St. Louis 1900 George Dewey hats driving carriage 24-247 Parade Honoring Admiral crowd at parade in St. Louis honoring Admiral George Dewey. Corner view St. Louis 1900 George Dewey of building in background 24-248 Parade Honoring Admiral crowd at parade in St. Louis honoring Admiral George Dewey. Century St. Louis 1900 George Dewey Rowing Club barge "Tony Faust" 24-249 Parade Honoring Admiral crowd at parade in St. Louis honoring Admiral George Dewey. Cannon at left St. Louis 1900 George Dewey 24-250 Compton Hill Standpipe exterior view of standpipe in St. Louis St. Louis 1900 24-253 Lafayette Park bridge with 4 urns and cast iron railing in Lafayette Park St. Louis 24-255 St. Louis Riverfront Mississippi River with boats, levee and Eads bridge in background St. Louis 1900 ca. 24-258 Tugboat Ida Patton tugboat on river, Eads Bridge in background St. Louis 24-260 Band Pagoda band pagoda at Forest Park with statues, view through trees St. Louis 24-270 Steamboat City of front quarter view of people boarding steamboat Providence 24-271 Steamboat City of view of unidentified persons posing for photo on the upper deck of the n.d. Providence Steamboat Providence 24-272 Boathouse boathouse, with canoes tied up to the shore Box 3 4x5 glass plate negatives 24-273 – 24-444 Creation Creation Identifier Title Description Location Date 24-273 Canoes at Dock canoes tied up at dock next to a boathouse 24-274 Fine Arts Museum front corner view of Fine Arts Museum in St. Louis, located on the St.