The Gustav F. Goetsch and Hazel W. Goetsch Collection includes etchings, drawings, watercolors, and etching plates donated by their son along with archival materials related to their careers as artists. Gustav F. Goetsch was an artist and art educator in Minneapolis, Minnesota and St. Louis. Hazel Goetsch's career was primarily in St. Louis. Currently, the etchings have been digitized. The subjects include landscapes of St. Louis, Minneapolis, and surrounding regions, including scenes of Washington University in St. Louis.
Photograph is of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant. She is looking to her left in photograph. On the back "Mrs. Grant" is written in pencil across the top, with "Julia Dent Grant" written below. In the center there is the logo for G. Cramer. The logo has two cherubs around a stylized GC. Below it the address, "1001 South Fifth Street, Cor. of Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, Mo" is printed.
The collection of railroad executive William J. and his wife Helen Dixon. Mr. Dixon worked for the Baltimore & Ohio and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroads during his career. He was also a notable collector of railroad documents, books and ephemera.
Other title: River Surfaces, Do Jetties raise the Bed as well as the Surface? Ergo, will every River in the Mississippi Valley finally overflow? Is a River Bar as vitally necessary as a River Bank? Natural Drainage of the Valley impeded by Channel Contractrnents, and its malarious conditions thereby intensified.
8 7/8 inches by 7 inches cartoon book about Dwight D. Eisenhower. The cover is red and blue with white letters spelling "PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S CARTOON BOOK 95 specially drawn cartoons by 95 of America's most distinguished cartoonists with a foreword by GEORGE M. HUMPHREY, Secretary of the Treasury". There is also a cartoon of Eisenhower's head on the cover to the left of the writing and seven gold stars line the bottom of the cover. The book is made up of cartoons that were presented to Eisenhower when he became an honorary member of the National Cartoonist Society. The book was made to help save government savings bonds. The pages usually feature one piece of art and a short biography of the artist while some have three on one page.