The fifteenth volume of Gould's Blue Books, this directory contains the names of the most prominent householders and businesses in the city of St. Louis and surrounding suburbs, as well as residents from Alton, St. Charles and Carlinville for the year 1897. Residents and businesses are arranged alphabetically by name and street. In addition to the directory, it contains rosters of social clubs and instructions concerning proper etiquette.
1 and 1/4-inch round, pin back button with black and white portrait of William McKinley framed by a gold scroll and the American flag in the background. Button has a paper label on reverse for Allied Printing Trades Council 3, Newark, and Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark.
Red, white, and blue ribbon with golden ribbon badge reading "Souvenir". Gold text reading "Patriotism Protection Prosperity" is printed on the ribbon, with all three words sharing a large "P". The medal hanging from the ribbon depicts a profiled portrait of presidential candidate William McKinley with the text "Protection '96 William McKinley" along the border. The back of the medal depicts a landscape with the sun behind a mountain range. In the foreground is a bundle of wheat and a bundle of arrows in an open field. Within the border is text reading "St. Louis Convention June 16, 1896."
Being a complete index to the residents of the entire city, and a classified business directory to which is added an appendix containing useful information of the churches, banks, insurance companies, city, state, and other miscellaneous matters; also a street and avenue directory., The digitization of this directory was made possible through the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
7/8-inch round, post-back clothing button with black and white portrait of William McKinley and Garret Hobart with the American flag in the background. Button has engraving on reverse side for Baldwin & Gleason Company.
Yellow ribbon with black text reading "McKinley and Hobart and the whole Republican Ticket." Beneath this is a portrait of congressional candidate Thomas S. Butler. The bottom of the ribbon reads "Thomas S. Butler and Better Times."
16-inch by 13-inch oval tin tray with a ¾ view, chromolithograph portrait of William McKinley. The portrait is framed by a repeating leaf and arch motif at the border of the tray. Below the portrait is an image of a nameplate with McKinley’s signature “W. McKinley”.
American flag button with a circular photographic portrait of presidential candidate William McKinley. The black text around the portrait reads "Protection 96".
This promotional directory for the year the 1895 features a history of St. Louis, a listing and description of major businesses and industries operating in St. Louis, and photographs of landmarks and buildings.
Being a complete index to the residents of the entire city, and a classified business directory, to which is added an appendix containing useful information of the churches, societies, railroads, city, state, and other miscellaneous matters; also, a newly revised street and avenue directory.
The thirteenth volume of Gould's Blue Books, this directory contains the names of the most prominent householders and businesses in the city of St. Louis and surrounding suburbs, as well as residents from Alton, St. Charles and Carlinville for the year 1895. Residents and businesses are arranged alphabetically by name and street. In addition to the directory, it contains rosters of social clubs and instructions concerning proper etiquette.
Letter from miner Samuel McCleave to his wife Emma, written from Hot Springs, Arkansas in May of 1894. McCleave describes his extreme anxiety about Emma's lack of communication.
The twelfth volume of Gould's Blue Books, this directory contains the names of the most prominent householders and businesses in the city of St. Louis and surrounding suburbs, as well as residents from Alton, St. Charles and Carlinville for the year 1894. Residents and businesses are arranged alphabetically by name and street. In addition to the directory, it contains rosters of social clubs and instructions concerning proper etiquette.
This directory contains an introduction featuring statistics related to growth and finances, followed by an index to advertisements and business headings, a street directory, a St. Louis City residential and business directory, and a city and county record listing civic and social institutions for the year 1894.
2894, or The Fossil Man (A Midwinter Night's Dream) is part of the Utopia Collection. The novel specifically belongs to the subgenre of feminist utopias; the story reverses traditional gender roles and inserts the protagonist, Lord Ammonite, into a society of "dominant women and submissive men."
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From "The Bookseller and Newsman, Volume 11" (1894):
"2894" or THE FOSSIL MAN, by Walter Browne; G. W. Dillingham publishers, New York; paper, 50cts. 12mo. 298 pages.
The adventures that befall this dreamer, when, as a fossil man he is brought to life in the Utopia of A. D. 2894; form most amusing reading. Mr. Browne seems to have absorbed the imaginative styles of Rider Haggard and Jules Verne. He seriously accounts for his many marvels with a plausibility which is almost convincing; and at the same time his lines bristle with a sly undercurrent of wit, which is worthy of "Pinafore" Gilbert. A light love story gives a zest to the book; but the ludicrous incidents arising from the loss of the fossil's right hand; which is broken off before his revivificiation; and the many escapades of the man to-day, forms the bulk of the book.
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This novel is a particularly rare work of the English language, and this is currently the only known copy held in a publicly accessible institution. The book was digitized in 2018 as part of an effort to increase accessibility and preserve the work.
Please direct all inquires regarding this and other rare books in the Saint Louis Mercantile Library collection to the library's Reference Services: http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/research/research-request.html