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Scrapbook Volume 1, page 134 (64v)
Image | 1847 | The Printer's Scrapbook 1 image of page 134 (64v) from scrapbook volume 1. Image taken by Northeast Document Conservation Center in 2019 (image 1).
Saint Louis quadrangle, Missouri-Illinois
Image | 1925 | Historical Maps Online1 map, colored
Scrapbook Volume 1, page 140 (67v)
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1847 | The Printer's Scrapbook 2 images of page 140 (67v) from scrapbook volume 1. Images taken by Northeast Document Conservation Center in 2019 (images 1-2).
Camp Library of the American Library Association, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of a camp library building. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. is still maintaining libraries in army, navy and marine corps camps and hospitals. Libraries have been placed on 1,509 naval and merchant marine vessels. More than 2,500,000 books were sent overseas. The men in the hospitals are still looking for your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a s...
Letter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, September 21, 1864
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1864 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Eli Cress, a Union soldier in the 117th Illinois Infantry. Cress wrote about visitors from home coming to see the 117th while they were stationed at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, and shared other news of mutual friends.