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Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

A. Harless and Company Receipt Book

 Collection
Identifier: A0001
Scope and Contents

Volume consists of freight receipts of A. Harless and Company of St. Louis for drug shipments, in account with Adams Express Co. (St. Louis), dated December 20, 1878, to May 24, 1879.

Dates: 1878 Dec 20-1879 May 24

Ula C. Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0008
Scope and Contents

Collection consists primarily of receipts for household accounts of Ula C. Adams, who lived at 5810 Waterman in St. Louis. Also includes a diary written while she was a girl, dated January 19, 1893, to August 9, 1896; receipt of Mullen Ambulance Co., 5165 Delmar Blvd., that includes an image of two ambulances, circa 1932-1943; business card of Walter Rielau, hardwood floor contractor, 3843 Fillmore Ave. (formerly 3134 Gurney Avenue), circa 1928.

Dates: 1875-1959

Advertising Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0011
Scope and Contents

Collection contains advertising cards, circulars, etc., for various St. Louis and national businesses.

Dates: 1859-1974

Aloe Company Building Time Capsule Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0023
Scope and Contents

The metal capsule, packed with rolls of medical wrapping, was opened on October 10, 1996. It contained over two dozen items, including a letter written by company president Howard F. Baer in September 1940, numerous brochures and catalogs put out by the company, photographs, coins, and a selection of periodicals.

Dates: 1937-1940

Amate Plantation Records

 Collection
Identifier: A0026
Scope and Contents

The papers of the plantation include the incorporation papers of the Mexican Coffee Trading and Planting Co. of New York, the Missouri certificate of incorporation, deeds, memoranda, receipts, and correspondence. Also includes papers after the plantation was sold to Samuel M. Kennard and Frank M. Estes.

Dates: 1895-1955

American Car and Foundry Records

 Collection
Identifier: A0027
Scope and Contents

The collection contains manuals concerning the construction of railroad cars; photographs of different types of railroad cars and parts of the cars; and descriptions of the plants located at St. Louis, St. Charles, and Berwick.

Dates: 1940-1970

American Express Company Daybook

 Collection
Identifier: A0030
Scope and Contents

The daybook, dated December 20, 1860-September 10, 1862, is a journal of bank drafts sent and received by an American Express Company office for collection. The office may have been located in St. Louis. This volume was later used as a scrapbook by William L. Galloway, causing accounts at the beginning of the volume (pages 1-196) to be obscured by clippings.

Dates: 1860-1862

Barbara Anderson St. Louis Broadside Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1059
Scope and Contents The Barbara Anderson St. Louis Broadside Collection contains four broadsides advertising events sponsored by business organizations, employee organizations, and social clubs/common interest groups in the St. Louis area. These events include annual masquerade receptions given by the St. Louis Candy Makers and the Jolly Time Fishing Club; the First Grand Railroad Excursion given by the Mound City Commercial Association; and the Continuous Show and Hop given by the Kittiwinks, an employee group...
Dates: 1904-1904

Bader Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2540
Scope and Contents The collection includes advertising circulars, circular letters, price lists, and brochures, many of which relate to the dry cleaning business; advertisements and letters promoting dry cleaning correspondence courses; ten issues of “Widder’s Practical Dyer” (1920-1921), published by the Widder Dye & Chemical Co., Inc., Brooklyn, New York; letters to Ernst Bader offering jobs and business opportunities in reply to an advertisement he placed in a dry cleaning trade magazine; papers...
Dates: 1877-1922

Robert A. Barnes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0085
Scope and Contents Collection consists of personal, business, financial, and family papers of Robert A. Barnes, who was a grocer, commission merchant, bank president, stockholder, property owner, and philanthropist. Includes correspondence, bills, receipts, legal papers, property and income tax documents, insurance policies, personal and business accounts, and papers relating to the Barnes estate and the estate of John W. Reel, of which Barnes was the administrator. Also includes numerous bills of lading and...
Dates: 1784-1923; Majority of material found within 1820-1914