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Title
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Frank Scott, Notions and Fancy Goods
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Description
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Advertising card for Frank Scott showing a woman in a dress with peacock feather hem, yellow wings, a gauzy shawl, and a butterfly antennae headband standing with thirteen birds of exotic species including a cockatoo, a crane, two kookaburras, a puffin, two owls, a pelican, a duck, and others. Front of card says: "Frank Scott, Notions and Fancy Goods...Lace Material, Berlin Zephyr, Canvas, Germantown Yarn, Knitting Silk, Crewels, Art Embroidery, Arrasene, etc., Decorative Needle Work, Turkish Rug Patterns, Patterns, Stamping, Honiton Braid." Front lower right side of image says: "Copyright 1881 by Geo. _____" (last part is obscured by image). Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 913 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Flight of Freedom: Missouri's Eagle Population Is the Nation's Second Largest during Winter
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Description
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Photos and article about the migration of eagles (including bald eagles, the national symbol since 1782) to Missouri each winter, making Missouri's eagle population the second highest in the nation during this season. Also description of specific places to view bald eagles such as Smithville Lake and Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge.
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Date
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2001-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Fun Magnates: Day Tripping with Shifra Stein
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Description
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One-page article about Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge about 90 miles northeast of Kansas City near Mound City, Missouri in the context of journalist Shifra Stein's day trip writings. Description and photo of the nature preserve especially for birds and deer, "with 7,000 acres of manmade marshes" and loess hills.
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Date
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1991-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Birds of the Kansas City Region
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Description
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Extracts from the diary of Otto Widmann, with bibliography and maps, not available at this library.
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Date
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1919-02-27
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
