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Title: McCleary Memorial Hospital
Description: File contains information about the McCleary Clinic and Hospital, also called Parkview from 1919 to 1925 until it moved to Excelsior Springs in 1929. Includes a short bio on the founder Dr. A. S. McCleary.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Description: Information about Excelsior Springs and the Elms Hotel.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Woodhurst Villa, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Description: Image of Woodhurst Villa owned by Dr. William S. Woods. According to the Kansas City Journal, July 5, 1917, "Of late years Dr. and Mrs. Woods have maintained a home at Excelsior Springs and divided their time between that and California."
Object Type: Book

Title: Guests at the Hotel Snapp
Description: Vertical file contains a biographical article about Lincoln Johnson, a 60-year-old hat checker at the Hotel Snapp in Excelsior Springs, Missouri with an remarkable memory for hat owners. He was born in Palmyra, Missouri in 1863 and moved to Excelsior Springs with his mother in 1889 before graduating as valedictorian from Western University in 1897. He then became a teacher in Excelsior Springs and then principal at Lincoln High School while also speaking at Republican political conventions around the state. Later he bought his own farm and began hat-checking at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs.
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Resolved to Relax? Try Water
Description: Descriptive article about the Elms Hotel and Hall of Waters located in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Includes information on springs and recent renovation projects as well as photographs.
Date: 2002-01-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Third Regiment
Description: Unidentified members of the Third Regiment with cannons at their encampment near Excelsior Springs. Includes African Americans in photograph.
Date: 1892
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Excelsior Springs, Tryst Falls
Description: Postcard of Tryst Falls, Clay County's first park, located on Williams Creek in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Date: 1913
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Regent Spring. Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing people gathered at Regent Spring in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Excelsior Springs, James Farm
Description: Postcard of the James Farm in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Zerelda James at Jesse James' Grave
Description: Postcard of the grave of Jesse James at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, with his mother standing beside the tombstone.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Wabash Depot. Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Description: Postcard of the Wabash Depot in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Excelsior Springs, Missouri, The Elms Hotel
Description: Full frontal and side view of the third Elms Hotel building.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jesse James Family Auction in Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Description: Street view of auction held in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Description on back of photograph reads: Spinning wheel and curios sold at auction at Excelsior Springs, Clay Co., Mo., March 16, 1918. From home of Jesse and Frank James. Photo by Dr. A.H. Cordier.
Date: 1918
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Interurban Train to Excelsior Springs
Description: Two car Interurban train that ran to Excelsior Springs shown sitting at 13th and Walnut in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Excelsior Springs, Missouri, The Elms Hotel
Description: Front view of one of the earlier Elms Hotel building with horses and buggies in front. This building later burned.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Elms Hotel, Fire-Proof, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Description: Postcard of the Elms Hotel, Fire-Proof, Excelsior Springs, MO Jackson & McIlvain, Architects Copyrighted by Jackson & McIlvain , Kansas City, Mo. Swenson Construction Co., General Contractors
Date: 1912~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: 31st Annual Convention - Missouri Association of Public Utilities
Description: Group portrait of the Missouri Association of Public Utilities taken at their 31st Annual Convention at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Date: 1937-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Group Portrait with Jack Dempsey
Description: Four men posing for a group portrait. Second from the left with his hands behind his back is heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey. The photograph was likely taken outside the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Date: 1931-11
Object Type: Negative

Title: Group Portrait with Jack Dempsey
Description: Four men posing for a group portrait. The man second from the left, holding a hat is heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey. Another man is standing in the background. The photograph was likely taken at the Elms Hotels in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Date: 1931-11
Object Type: Negative

Title: Boxer Jack Dempsey and Jerry Luvadis
Description: Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey (right) and his trainer Jerry "The Greek" Luvadis standing next to an automobile waving their hats in the air. The stone building in the background is likely the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Date: 1931-11
Object Type: Negative

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