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Title
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Albert Wachsmann
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Description
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Albert Wachsmann, husband of Virginia Bridger.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Meeker, Ezra
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and information on Ezra Meeker (1830-1928), an Oregon Trail pioneer starting in 1853 and later a promoter of markers on the trail, passing through and visiting Kansas City several times.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Virginia Bridger Wachsmann
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Description
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Inscription on back of photograph: July 1927, To James Bridger Zane from Aunt Virginia Brown eyes, grey hair
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Date
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1927-07
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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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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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Title
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Virginia Bridger Wachsmann
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Description
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Photograph of Virginia Bridger Wachsmann by photographer Gilliland at S. W. Cor. 11th and Walnut.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Albert Wachsmann
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Description
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Inscription on back of photograph: Laura Mills, Westport, Missouri, Great friend of Captain A. Wachsmann. Printed on back: Ragan & Winan's Gallery of Art, Cor. Third and Main Sts., Over Leively's Store, Kansas City, Mo.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Karst
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Description
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Inscription on back of picture: ""Louise, this is my mother's father. His name is Karst.""
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Priests of Pallas, Oxen Team
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Description
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Postcard showing Ezra Meeker's oxen team in Motion at the 1910 Priests of Pallas Parade.
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Date
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1910
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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SC42 Jim Bridger Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This one box, 16 folder collection includes photographs, photocopied correspondence, newspaper clippings, and charts. The 24 photographs in this collection are primarily of Bridger relatives including Bridger's daughter, Virginia. Genealogy charts for the family and correspondence between relatives is also included. There are photographs taken in 1923 of Ezra Meeker and the ruins of Fort Bridger in Wyoming as well as of Oregon Trail remaining ruts.
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Date
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1804/1881
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC98 Old Men's Association Records Finding Aid
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Description
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The Old Men's Association was a social organization that met for 25 years in Kansas City beginning in 1893 up to 1918. Men had to be 60 years old or older in order to qualify for membership. Prominent names associated with the group include Alexander Holland, Judge Stephen Twiss, S. M. Philbrook, Frank Holsinger, Edward L. Dimmitt, Thomas Lewis, Judge W. R. Brown, W. F. Cloud, and many others. The collection contains the records of the Association and includes two record books (1893-1918) which contain the organization's minutes, membership rolls, financial accounts, newspaper clippings, and some ephemeral items. Programs included local speakers although Ezra Meeker of Oregon Trail fame also appeared at a meeting in 1908.
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Date
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1893/1918
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Ezra Meeker and Pathfinder Automobile
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Description
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Ezra Meeker posing outside of his Pathfinder car disguised as a covered wagon. The car is parked outside of the Main Branch library at 9th and Locust streets.
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Date
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1928~
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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, on right in picture and Mrs. W. S. Metz at Big Horn Hot Spring, Thermopolis, Wyoming Feb. 19, 1932
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Date
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1932-02-19
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ezra Meeker: His Mansion, Monuments, and Mission
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about explorer and Ohio native Ezra Meeker (1830-1928) and his 1890 mansion in Puyallup, Washington, restored in 1973. Description of his life and career as an Oregon Trail pioneer in 1852 and in the 1901s-1910s a promoter of the trail's preservation through monuments and books, making visits to President Theodore Roosevelt and Kansas City.
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Date
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1973-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Ezra Meeker
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Description
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Inscription on back of photo reads, "Old Oregon Trail in solid rock, Sweetwater Valley, Wyo. Ezra Meeker in reminiscent attitude-taken August 20, 1923 by Albert Park, Casper, Wyo."
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Date
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1923-08-20
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sweetwater Crossing
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Description
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Inscription on back of photo reads, "Site of Sweetwater Crossing, taken Aug. 20, 1923 by Albert Park, County Surveyor of Casper, Wyo., Independence Rock in distance. Granite mountains in background. Devil's Gate can be seen at left end of granite ridge. Ezra Meeker looking for relics."
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Date
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1923-08-20
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Object Type
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Photograph
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