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Title: 12th Street Poised for Big Things
Description: Article about Ollie Gates' plans to revitalize the area around 12th and the Paseo. His vision includes restoring William T. Fitzgerald Memorial Fountain, erect a memorial to African American soliders and construct housing and retail establishments.
Date: 2006-03-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 22 with Military Uniforms
Description: Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 3.5 x 7 cm. and shows a soldier in uniform. Each card says: "Illust'd Sweet Caporal" and identifies the rank, regiment, and state of the soldier. All are from Massachusetts, New York, or Rhode Island.
Date: 1886~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 23 with Military Uniforms
Description: Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 3.5 x 7 cm. and shows a soldier in uniform. Each card says: "Illust'd Sweet Caporal" and identifies the rank, regiment, and state of the soldier. All are from Massachusetts, New York, or Rhode Island.
Date: 1886~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 50 with People and Animals
Description: Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards showing the following:1. A girl in boots and trousers.2. Three children with a small carriage harnessed to a large dog.3. A man on skis with a pack on his back.4. A saleswoman holding a tray of flowers around her neck.5. A woman dressed as a soldier with breastplate, sword, boots, hat, and skirt. Card says: "Army."6. A girl holding a heart made of flowers.7. Two children putting a doll on the back of a dog.8. A circus woman doing tricks while riding a horse in a ring.9. A brown dog's face.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 55 with People and Pets
Description: Scrapbook page containing eleven advertising cards. Four small cards are cut to the shape of their image and show three cats and a dog. The other seven cards show the following:1. A girl picking apples. Card says: "Use Acme Soap .."." Best bar soap made."2. A girl in fancy hat and collar. Card says: "Muzzy's Corn Starch. Purity." Lower left corner has number I 65 and right corner says: "Shober and Carqueville, Chicago."3. A clown running from his shadow. Card says: "Middleboro Skating Rink, Town Hall, Middleboro, Mass..."""4. Ten African American children and babies gathered around an old man in a rocking chair next to a stove. Card says: "What Uncle Obadia says about Dixon's Stove Polish. Dixon's Carburet of Iron Stove Polish. Copyright 1887."5. A short, fat man with cymbals and a tall, thin man with a flute or whistle. Card says: "The Latest Importation, Coney-Island Musicians." Compliments of Bush and Bull, Largest Dry Goods Dealers, 305, 307, 309 and 311 Northampton St. Easton, Pa."6. A British, a Confederate, and a Union soldier holding hands and dancing around an obelisk marked "Bunker Hill." Next to them a grave says "Hatchet." and three dates are marked on card: 1861, 1776, and 1876.7. A woman sitting on a bench under a tree with a man in uniform.
Date: 1887~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: African American Soldiers in the Border War
Description: Part one is a series about the role of black troops in the border wars fought along the Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas borders. This installment focuses on the political obstacles and controversy surrounding the formation of African American units.
Date: 2010
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Alexander W. Doniphan Is Honored
Description: The majority of this issue is about Alexander W. Doniphan. It begins with a list of numerous places and things named for Doniphan and continues with transcribed extractions from newspapers about the Doniphan statue in Richmond, Missouri, selected obituaries and biographical material, as well as his will. Includes on page 43 a list of "Some Important Dates" related to Doniphan.
Date: 2009
Object Type: Magazine Article