Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

St. Louis Tripoli Company advertising card
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1880 | George W. Lienesch Collection (Digitized Content)An advertising card for St. Louis Tripoli Company's soap polish and Mastodon hand soap from St. Louis, Missouri. The card includes a portrait of Secretary of the Interior Carl Shurz circa 1880.
Yarnell's Spoon in Can Baking Powder
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 0 | George W. Lienesch Collection (Digitized Content)A handbill advertising "Yarnell's Spoon in Can Baking Powder" manufactured by Yarnell Bros. in St. Louis, Missouri circa 1880s. This advertisement includes a poetic story in twelve parts with various recipes using the spoon in can baking powder product.
Midwest and West railroad lines map clipping
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1890 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A clipping of "Chicago, Alton & St. Louis and Chicago, Kansas City, & Denver Short Lines." This advertisement includes a map of the railroads and price information.
Letter from Darius Plumb to William Plumb, April 24, 1849
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1849 | Eames Family Letters (Digitized Content)A letter from Darius Plumb to William Plum. He writes that he has sold his lumber yard in Chicago and is now in St. Louis, Missouri on his way to the gold mines. The address block panel of the letter is addressed to Wm. [William] Plumb Esq.
Sunken Garden Public Library, St. Louis, Mo.
Image | 1950 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library. One of the notable architectural monuments of its day, in the designing of which collaborated such famous artists as Bela L. Pratt, Frederick McMonnies, Augustus St. Gaudens, Daniel C. French, Purvis de Chavannes, Louis St. Gaudens, Edwin A. Abbey, John S. Sargent, John Elliott, Joseph Lindon Smith, Elmer E. Garnesy." Postcard was never mailed.
Map of Jacksonville South-Eastern Line and Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway clipping
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1880 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A clipping of a "map of the Jacksonville South-Eastern Line, and Toledo, Peoria & Western Ry. occupied by the Adams Express Company.
Frederick M. Crunden and Purd B. Wright in St. Louis Fair
Image | 1904 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #43: From Left: Purd Wright / F. M. Crunden
Soldiers Reading Books at St. Louis Armory
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing soldiers reading library books at the library of the St. Louis Armory. The soldier at the far right side is reading a book titled, Loot
War Library Lunch
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing library personnel eating lunch in the staff room of the St. Louis war Library
Letter from Robert Idell (Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri) to George S. Durfee (Vicksburgh, Mississippi), July 5, 1863
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1863 | George Durfee Correspondence (Digitized Content)Letter from Robert Idell (Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri) to George S. Durfee (Vicksburgh, Mississippi), July 5, 1863
New Central Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Image | 1930-1945 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "The new Central Library, located at 14th and Olive Streets, covers an entire city block. A sunken garden in the rear of the building is one of the attractive features." Postcard was never mailed.
New Central Library, St. Louis, MO.
Image | 1910 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNEW CENTRAL LIBRARY, 14th and Olive Sts., covering an entire block, a sunken garden being one of the attractive features. This garden is in the rear of the building." Postcard was never mailed.
St. Louis Tripoli Company advertising card
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1880 | George W. Lienesch Collection (Digitized Content)An advertising card for St. Louis Tripoli Company's soap polish and Mastodon hand soap from St. Louis, Missouri. The front side of the card also includes a portrait of Democratic Congressman S. S. Cox circa 1880. Cox was named ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in 1885.
A Group of Librarians at St. Louis Fair
Image | 1904 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #42: From Left: Miss ? / Miss M. L. Jones / Mr. C. W. Smith / F. B. Bigelow / F. P. Hill / Miss I. E. Lord / Miss Helen Haines / Dr. Andersson (Sweden) / Walter M. Smith
Preparing Books for Camp Libraries, St. Louis Pub. Lib.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing library personnel processing books donated through the ALA for use by American service personnel during World War I
Grand Leader Window, St. Louis Book Drive
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing a window display advertising the St. Louis [MO] book drive for American service personnel during World War I
Saint Louis quadrangle, Missouri-Illinois
Image | 1925 | Historical Maps Online1 map, colored
McCulloch, Warren S. and Rook, 1945, 1947-49, 1952-55, 1957-60, 1963-64, 1966, 1968-70, 1972 (6 of 6)
Document | 1972 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
Sunken Garden and Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Image | 1917 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "SUNKEN GARDEN AND LIBRARY. Locust and Thirteenth Sts. Church shown here is Christ Church Cathedral." Postcard was mailed, postmarked September 25, 1917.
New Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Image | 1915-1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
Charles Niedringhaus advertising card
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1881 | George W. Lienesch Collection (Digitized Content)An advertising card for Charles Niedringhaus' business as a "Dealer in Stoves, Tinware, and House Furnishing Goods" in St. Louis, Missouri. The front side of the card includes a photograph of Republican and twentieth President of the United States, James A. Garfield, during his presidency circa 1881.
St. Louis Tripoli Company advertising card
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1880 | George W. Lienesch Collection (Digitized Content)An advertising card for St. Louis Tripoli Company's soap polish and Mastodon hand soap from St. Louis, Missouri. The front side of the card also includes a portrait of New York Republican Senator Roscoe Conkling circa 1880.
Goudy's Illinois and Missouri Farmer's Almanac
Multi-Page Item | 24 pages | 1846 | Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)A pamphlet entitled "Goudy's Illinois and Missouri Farmer's Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the year 1846" which includes various weather and lunar information. This document was published in Springfield, Illinois by E. T. Goudy and "sold by Keith and Woods" in St. Louis, Missouri.
A Group of Librarians at St. Louis Fair
Image | 1904 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #45: From Left: Mr. G. S. Godard / Mr. ? / Mr. Purd Wright / Mr. W. P. Cutter / Mr. J. T. Gerould / Mr. C. R. Dudley
Washington University Library
Image | 1911 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. Postcard was mailed on February 12, 1911
New Central Library
Image | 1910 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection
New Central Library, St. Louis, Mo. (1)
Image | 1921 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNew Central Library, St. Louis, Mo.
Sunken Gardens, Christ Church Cathedral and Public Library, St. Louis, Mo.
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
North Missouri Railway and Connections clipping
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1890 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A clipping of a "map of North Missouri Railway and Connections.
Making Scrapbooks, St. Louis Book Drive
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing women assembling scrapbooks for use by American service personnel
A Group of Librarians at St. Louis Fair
Image | 1904 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #44: From Left: Dr. E. C. Richardson / R. G. Thwaites / Dr. H. Putnam
Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Image | 1930-1945 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "The Public Library, a fine specimen of dignified public-building architecture, occupies a commanding position overlooking the new Civic Center in the heart of the St. Louis business district." Postcard was never mailed.
St. Louis Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionOn front: Public Library, St. Louis, Mo. On back: The Public Library, a fine specimen of dignified public-building architecture, occupies a commanding position overlooking the new Civic Center in the heart of the St. Louis business district.
New Central Library, St. Louis, Mo.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNew Central Library, St. Louis, Mo.

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