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Title: Jim Bridger
Description: Sseated portrait of Jim Bridger. Description on the reverse side of the image reads: "James Bridger, father of Mrs. Wachsman. Taken for sons in 1857. Granddaughter, Mrs. Louise C. Lightle."
Date: 1857
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Group of Men Caught on Movie Film
Description: Group of men believed to be associated with the Missouri Valley Historical Society. The man on the right is thought to be John Barber White, long time president of the group. The other men are not identified. Photograph made from a frame of a fragment of movie film found in SC7. Apparently connected with the making of the movie Two Girls and One Bonnet, made by Pageant Film Corporation in cooperation with the Missouri Valley Historical Society.
Date: 1916~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates Opera House
Description: An exterior two image stereopticon card, No. 125, of the Coates Opera House showing the back of the structure. Back of the card states "Kissel & Shannon's Stereoscopic & Large Views of Kansas City & Vicinity." They were located on Main Street, between 2nd and 3rd streets in Kansas City, Missouri. Card was a gift to the society by Mrs. Homer Reed. The Coates Opera House was once located on the northwest corner of 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Portrait identified as Capt. J. H. Brady in World War I uniform.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Postcard portrait of Frank J. Bliss in his World War I military uniform.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Related Pose
Description: Snapshot, full body view of an unidentified man in unidentified location. Part of SC7, Series V, Gold Star League Papers (World War I related).
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Snapshot of World War I soldier R. H. Rhamey posed on lawn in unidentified location.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Portrait
Description: Portrait of an unidentified young man in his World War I military uniform.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: E. Milton McGee
Description: Small, 19th century portrait of Elijah Milton McGee.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Portrait of 2nd Lt. L. F. Brown in World War I uniform. Listed at 2913 Bales Avenue.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Portrait of Man
Description: Small 19th century portrait of a man. Words on back of picture appear to be "Hellen(s) Tod".
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Henry Withers
Description: Small 19th century portrait of man identified on back of photograph as Henry Withers. May be Henry M. Withers as a young man. He was a local lawyer and politician who died in Kansas City in 1908.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Portrait identified as Sgt. John Dutro, 35th Division, 110th Engineers, Company B.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Related Portrait
Description: Portrait of an unknown young man. Found in Series V of SC7 which contains the Gold Star League Papers (World War I related).
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. George's Hospital
Description: Full photograph of St. George's Contagious Disease Hospital which was built on a barge in 1889. The boat was hauled to the shore near the Monarch Vinegar Works to have the bottom caulked. An island in the Missouri River used for the quarantine and treatment of smallpox patients known as "Pest House Island" had been destroyed by flooding in 1887, and residents subsequently protested the construction of an inland facility on Raytown Road. The "floating pest house" pictured was used as a replacement. Man on the end at the left of the barge is Keeper, James McLain. Others identified in the photograph are Charles Miller, Albert, Charles Brewer, and W.S. White.
Date: 1889-07
Object Type: Photograph

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