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[Letter from the American Veteran Industries] (open access)

[Letter from the American Veteran Industries]

This letter from the American Veteran Industries had the newspaper article with picture of Mr. And Mrs. A.P. George Accession # 2000.020.005a. The letter reads: "American Veteran Industries P. O. Box 834 Kansas City, Missouri. Attention: The American Veteran has selected YOUR Article! Your new item containing memories of the golden past has been preserved by the process of Permolasting to defy the elements of time, air and water. Your remittance of $1.00 or more if you wish would be greatly appreciated so that we may continue our work. If you desire we can obtain additional copies through the courtesy of the publishers. Your Favorite photographs, membership cards, social security cards, etc., can also be processed for a small fee if you will send them to us. Enclosed for your convenience is a prepaid remittance envelope. Thank you in advance for your reply. Sincerely yours, The American Veteran." A form below the letter request name and address information.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J.H.P. Davis taken by "Scholten, St. Louis"]

Photograph of J.H.P. Davis taken by "Scholten, St. Louis" as written on the bottom. In the bust portrait, Davis is wearing a jacket with a dark (with pattern of white shapes) cravat over the collar of his white shirt. Davis has short dark hair and mustache. The portrait is mounted on a cardboard substrate which has a thin gold line around perimeter of photograph and the photographer name at bottom.
Date: [1875..1880]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Belle Ryon Davis]

Photograph of Belle Ryon Davis. In the bust portrait, Davis is wearing a dark dress with shirring on right shoulder and intricate beadwork on the left shoulder. Buttons run down the front of the dress beginning just below the high necked collar. Where the collar splits into a short v-, a half-moon shaped (diamond?) stick pin is attached. A chain is slightly visible from fifth button. Davis has curled hair at forehead and around temples with the rest pulled back into a bun. The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate. The outer perimeter of the cardboard is bordered by a thin brown line. Between bottom of portrait and border is written: "Scholten, St. Louis." Back of photograph in brown print: Scholten Portraits 920,922 Olive St. St. Louis." and in pencil "Bell Ryon".
Date: [1875..1885]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Button with the shape of a star on it]

Button with the shape of a star on it. In center of star, it states: "+1803 ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR. 1903+.THE STAR OF PROGRESS IS IN THE WEST". Purple ribbon extends downward and states: "EL PASO 1903 ST. LOUIS NATIONAL STOCK YARDS WORLD'S FAIR 1902 ST. LOUIS". Old Object Term: Commemorative button, livestock
Date: [1902..1903]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Head of cattle cut out in the center of circular pin]

Head of cattle cut out in the center of circular pin. Pin states: "ST. LOUIS NATIONAL STOCK YARDS". Old Object Term: Commemorative pin, livestock
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Button with the shape of a star on it]

Button with the shape of a star on it. In center of star, it states: "+1803 ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR. 1903+.THE STAR OF PROGRESS IS IN THE WEST". Purple ribbon extends downward and states: "EL__ 1903 ST. LOUIS NATIONAL STOCK YARDS WORLD'S FAIR 1902 ST. LOUIS". Old Object Term: Commemorative button, livestock
Date: [1902..1903]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red "Lee Livestock Commission" button]

Red button with white writing that states: "Lee LiveStock Commission Co. KANSAS CITY, MO. ALL MARKETS". A metal Old Object Term: Commemorative button, livestock
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pin that states: "ST. LOUIS NATIONAL STOCK YARDS"]

Pin. "ST. LOUIS NATIONAL STOCK YARDS" Gold colored frame. Ribbon is missing. Old Object Term: Commemorative pin, livestock
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

["St. Louis National Stock Yards World's Fair" Ribbon with button]

Ribbon with button. White button reads "1803 ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR 1903 THE STAR OF PROGRESS IN THE WEST" Purple ribbon reads "EL PASO 1903 ST. LOUIS. NATIONAL STOCK YARDS WORLD'S FAIR 1904 ST. LOUIS" Old Object Term: Commemorative pin
Date: [1903..1904]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

["St. Louis National Stock Yards World's Fair" Ribbon with button]

Ribbon with button. White button reads "1803 ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR 1903 THE STAR OF PROGRESS IN THE WEST" Purple ribbon reads "EL PASO 1903 ST. LOUIS. NATIONAL STOCK YARDS WORLD'S FAIR 1904 ST. LOUIS" Old Object Term: Commemorative pin
Date: [1903..1904]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bronze medal]

Bronze medal in 2 pieces connected with a red ribbon. Top "St. Louis National Stock Yards", on ribbon "Fort Worth March 21 - 22 - 23 1905", bottom is Texas star with longhorn bust. Old Object Term: Commemorative ribbon, livestock
Date: [1905-03-21..1905-03-23]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maximum daily temperatures for the last half of July, 1913 (open access)

Maximum daily temperatures for the last half of July, 1913

Compares the temperatures for July 16-31, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska, Topeka, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Brownsville, Texas as taken from the Government Climatological Summary.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maximum daily temperatures for the first half of July, 1913 (open access)

Maximum daily temperatures for the first half of July, 1913

Compares the temperatures for July 1-15, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska, Topeka, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Brownsville, Texas as taken from the Government Climatological Summary.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore]

A formal portrait of Helen Edmunds at the age of 15. She is wearing her long hair up on top of her head and is wearing a white or pastel formal dress. This appears to be a debutante portrait. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "Sepha Edmunds 1896 Kansas City Mo."
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore]

A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore on a postcard trimmed to smaller size. To the right of the portrait is handwritten "Kansas City 1901." Helen Edmunds is wearing a white long-sleeved blouse and a long dark skirt. She has a black ascot at her neckline. She is wearing a large black hat with a white brim. The hat has a black bow on the right side.
Date: 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of woman with lace collar]

Photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a dress with a lace collar.
Date: unknown
Creator: L. Motz Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Bluebonnet" in Cuba, Missouri]

St. Louis - San Francisco (Frisco) Railway's de Luxe passenger train - "The Bluebonnet" (jointly operated with the Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad) train No. 8, northbound, headed by Engine No. 4501, a Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, rolls on the high iron at a speed of a mile a minute through the town of Cuba, Missouri, enroute to St. Louis.
Date: 1948~
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Sunset Special" rolls through Missouri]

This train of yesteryear, Missouri Pacific Railroad's "Sunshine Special" train No. 2, northbound, headed by Engine No. 6423, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of seven cars, rolls through Missouri countryside enroute from Texas to St. Louis.
Date: 1917~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Flying Crow" rolling through Eastwood Hills, Missouri]

Kansas City Southern Railway's " The Flying Crow" train No. 15, southbound, rolls through Eastwood Hills, Missouri enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana, circa 1925. The train is headed by a beautiful Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a Vanderbilt oil tender.
Date: 1929~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Entrance to the St. Louis Union Station]

Photograph of the front side and main entrance to the St. Louis Union Station. The building has an eclectic architectural style.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Texas Eagle" southbound from St. Louis]

Photograph of Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1, southbound, passing through Carondelet Park in the suburbs of St. Louis enroute to Texas on a late summer afternoon in 1948.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Shed at St. Louis Station]

Photograph of the St. Louis Union Station's train-shed which covers about fifteen acres. Under this steel canopy there are thirty-four stub-end tracks devoted exclusively to passenger service.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Kansas City Star"]

On a snowy morning at 10 o'clock, with the temperature at 18 degrees, the Union Pacific Railroad's No. 69, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2877, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departs from the Kansas City Union Station enroute from St. Louis to Denver on January 5, 1947.
Date: January 5, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Blue Bird" near St. Louis, Missouri]

Wabash Railroad's famous streamliner "Blue Bird" train No. 24 northbound, powered by diesel locomotive No. 1002 with domes on Pullman cars and coaches. glides through beautiful Forest Park, St. Louis, enroute to Chicago.
Date: 1958~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History