Missouri Collection (#8)

The Knighting of Saint Martin by the Emperor Constantine, ca 1514. Creator: Orley
The Knighting of Saint Martin by the Emperor Constantine, ca 1514. Found in the Collection of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, c1897. Founded in 1859 and known informally as Shaws Garden after its founder and philanthropist Henry Shaw

Forest Park. St. Louis, Mo. c1897. Creator: Unknown
Forest Park. St. Louis, Mo. c1897. A public park in western St. Louis, Missouri. n 1901, Forest Park was selected as the location of the 1904 Worlds Fair, known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Charleston, Missouri, Dogwood Azalea Festival

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge at dusk-night over Mississippi River Cape Girardeau, MO

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge over Mississippi River Cape Girardeau, MO

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge at night over Mississippi River, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Sunrise, Trail of Tears State Park, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

The Arch, St. Louis, Missouri

Pale Purple Coneflowers (Echinacea pallida) White River Trace Conservation Area, Dent County, Missouri

Barge on Mississippi River and Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge at dusk, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea) male Glass Lizard Fen Ripley Co. MO

Gilded River Cruiser (Macromia pacifica) in copulation wheel Nance Fen Ripley Co. MO

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) in flight Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary St. Charles Co. MO

Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata) Bee Fork West, Reynolds County, Missouri

Hines Emerald (Somatochlora hineana) male Parker Branch Fen, Reynolds County, Missouri

Yellow-sided Skimmer (Libellula flavida) female Cottonmouth Fen Ripley Co. MO

Lily Pond, Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Mo. U. S. A. 1897. Creator: BL Singley
Lily Pond, Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Mo. U.S.A. 1897. Tower Grove Park in St Louis, Missouri, opened in 1875. It was laid out on land donated to the city by British-born botanist Henry Shaw

Earth from space - the Mississippi River and St Louis, USA, c1980s. Creator: NASA
Earth from space - the Mississippi River and St Louis, USA, c1980s. Two views of the city of St Louis, Missouri, near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers

The Jolly Flatboatmen, 1846 (oil on canvas)
3428129 The Jolly Flatboatmen, 1846 (oil on canvas) by Bingham, George Caleb (1811-79); 96.8x123.2l cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA; American, out of copyright

Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. At this point, the 3rd largest passenger station in the world. Date: circa 1920s

Hotel Statler, St. Louis, Missouri, USA - situated on Washington Avenue at 9th Street and St. Charles Street. Date: circa 1920

The Orchestra promenade, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1930s

USA - St. Louis, Missouri - Municipal Bridge - then the largest double-span bridge in the world. Date: 1941

Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA, c1900. Formal planting in the second largest botanical garden in North America. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell

Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, c1900. Public park opened in 1876. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co. c1900]

Broadway, North from Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Broadway, North from Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, c1900. Trams and a horse-drawn carriage. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co. c1900]

Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), lithograph, published in 1882
Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula). Lithograph, published in 1882

Columbia Missouri US City Street Map
Vector Illustration of a City Street Map of Columbia, Missouri, USA. Scale 1:60, 000. All source data is in the public domain. U.S

Giving Significance to the Skyscraper: Grouped Towers at St. Louis, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Images relating to Winston Churchill Memorial Library, St Mary Aldermanbury, London, 1989
Montage of images relating to the Winston Churchill Memorial Library, St Mary Aldermanbury, London, 1989. Big Ben; coat of arms of the Dukes of Marlborough; Winston Churchill painting in front of

Shack made of barrels and tar paper, St Louis, Missouri, USA, Great Depression, 1931. One of a mile-long row of such makeshift huts on the shore of the Mississippi

06580-00214 Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata) male Washinton Co. MO

Map of Kentucky and Tennessee - Scanned 1886 Map

HAREM, c1900. The Sultan in his Harem. Humorous study by the St. Louis photographer Fritz W. Guerin, c1900

Hoover Cartoon, 1935
HOOVER CARTOON, 1935. D.R. Fitzpatricks cartoon commenting on ex-President Herbert Hoovers speech at St. Louis, Missouri, in December 1935 in which he indicated strongly that the depression was

EXPL2A-00194
Father Jacques Marquette holding a peace pipe to greet Native Americans during his journey to the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00035
Map of the Lewis and Clark route across Louisiana Territory, 1804-1806. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Steamboat taking on cargo, Mississippi river, 1800s
Mississippi steamboat loading cattle and corn, New Madrid, Missouri, circa 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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