Missouri Digital Heritage

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More than 6.8 million records can be accessed through Missouri Digital Heritage, including the collections of the Missouri State Archives, the Missouri State Library and other institutions from across the state.

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High Street Looking East from Jefferson, Jefferson City, circa 1940. From Historic Postcards of Jefferson City , contributed by the Missouri State Archives.

Bird's Eye View from the High School, Jefferson City. From Historic Postcards of Jefferson City , contributed by the Missouri State Archives.

Front Cover from the World War I Unit History "Being a Brief Historical Sketch of Company F, 314th Engineers." From the 35th and 89th Division World War I Unit Histories collection, contributed by the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial.

Gardeners loading plants for delivery to charities after the 1907 Missouri Botanical Garden Chrysanthemum show. From Illustrated History of the Missouri Botanical Garden, contributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden.

High Street Looking West from Madison, Jefferson City, 1908. From Historic Postcards of Jefferson City, contributed by the Missouri State Archives.

Students participating in a May Pole dance during the May Day Festival at the State Teachers College, circa 1920s. From the Domino Danzero Family Photograph Collection, contributed by Missouri State University Special Collections.

Aerial Racer in Delmar Garden Amuseument Park, 1910. From the University City Delmar Loop Photograph Collection, contributed by University City Public Library and the Historical Society of University City.

Advertising card for F. G. Smith, a Kansas City piano company, circa 1880-1900. From the Advertising Cards collection, contributed by the Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library.

Missouri Botanical Garden Arboretum, Gray Summit. From Illustrated History of the Missouri Botanical Garden, contributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Letter of Joseph Babb to his mother from the Gratiot Street Military Prison Hospital in St. Louis, 1863. From the Boone County Historical Society Civil War Collection, contributed by the Boone County Historical Society.

Briget Roetto Danzero picking flowers, Springfield. From the Domino Danzero Family Photograph Collection, contributed by Missouri State University Special Collections.

Stephens College Senior Class photo, 1900. Page 14 of the 1900 Stephens College Yearbook, Stephensophia. From Stephensophia, contributed by Stephens College.

Burning Old Academic Hall, University of Missouri, January 9, 1892. From Mizzou in 1900, contributed by the University of Missouri - Columbia.

Ladies' ready-to-wear department, Newman's Department Store, Joplin, 1911. From Joplin Historical Postcards, contributed by the Joplin Public Library.

Swedeborg, Missouri train depot. From Frisco: A Look Back at the Saint Louis-San Francisco Railway, contributed by the Springfield-Greene County Library District.