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School Group
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Description
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Unidentified group children. On back, "3600 light oak, Guitar." Photo has lower left corner missing.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Unidentified Woman
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Description
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Dressed in late 1800s clothing. Inscription on back: "Dear (?)Jeannette ?"
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Scheirenberg
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Description
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Photograph in Akard collection. His relationship to James J. Akard, captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War, is unknown. "Scheirenberg" is handwritten on front of photo.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Odon Guitar
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait in military uniform. On the back, "Nichols & Bro's, Photographic Gallery, No. 60 North Fourth St., St. Louis, Mo."
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Virginia Bridger Wachsmann
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Description
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Photograph of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann. Picture taken in 1875. Was living on farm near Dallas, Missouri, Jackson County. Daughter of Jim Bridger and his Indian wife from Ute tribe
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Date
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1875
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Brick Building With Gravestones
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Description
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Unidentified brick building with gravestones displayed in front and along side. Two unidentified men stand among stones.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Harve Kirk's Home
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Description
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Exterior, distance view identified as Harve Kirk home in Livingston County, Missouri. Wooden fence in view. Mount indicates student's work, A. L. Russell, teacher of photography in Chillicothe Normal School.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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James J. Akard
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Description
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James J. Akard was born July 7, 1838, in Polk County, Missouri. He was captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war he was elected to the state legislature and held other important Polk County positions including sheriff, collector and clerk of the county court. He died in 1919. Mounted photo on grey stock and engraved at the bottom "Drake, Bolivar, Mo." Handwritten on the back in pencil, " Mr. Jim Akard, Stockton, Mo."
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Edward Jackson Lightle
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Description
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Inscription on back: Edward Jackson Lightle married Louise Catherine Wachsmann, daughter of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann and Albert Wachsmann. Father of Helen Elizabeth Lightle and Louise Marie Edna Lightle.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Carl Betz
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Description
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Portrait of Carl Betz as a young man.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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John Barber White
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Description
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Portrait of John Barber White seated, holding a roll of paper.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Residence in Saint Joseph
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Description
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417 North 9th Street, Saint Joseph, Missouri. (Four copies.)
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Dorothy Lisle Bacon
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Description
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Young girl posing with family artifacts including spinning wheel.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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William Lawson
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Description
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Photograph in Akard collection. Relationship to James J. Akard, captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War, is unknown. Handwritten on the front of the photo is "Wm. Lawson."
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Carl Betz Display
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Description
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Interior view, display case with portions of the Carl Betz Collection on display during an unidentified teacher's meeting. Back of picture reads: "This picture was taken in November of 1968 in the Missouri Valley Room of the Kansas City, Mo. Public Library. In the case were displayed books, periodicals and outlines written by Carl Betz, 1854-1898, pioneer in physical education. He introduced physical education into the public schools of Kansas City, Mo., in 1885. Also shown are medals awarded to Carl Betz by the Paris Exposition in 1889, and by the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
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Date
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1968
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Carl Betz Display
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Description
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Close-up view of display case with items from the Carl Betz Collection. Back of photograph reads: This picture was taken in November of 1968 in the Missouri Valley Room of the Kansas City, Mo. Public Library. The picture shows a part of the glass case in which were displayed books, periodicals, and outlines written by Carl Betz, 1854-1898, pioneer in physical education. He introduced physical education into the public schools of Kansas City, Mo., in 1885. The medals shown were awarded to him by the Paris Exposition in 1889, and by the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893."
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Date
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1968
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Wachsmann Marker at Union Cemetery
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Description
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Louise Davis, great granddaughter of Jim Bridger (right), and Adrienne Christopher at Wachsmann marker, Union Cemetery.
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Date
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1968
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Unidentified Group of Men
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Description
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Tintype of four men is part of the James J. Akard collection. Their relationships to James J. Akard, captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War, is unknown.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Virginia Bridger Wachsmann
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Description
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Photograph of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann with Mr. Charles W. Hel?
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Object Type
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Photograph
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