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A man, Harry S. Truman, stands at a podium flanked by police officers.

Harry S. Truman Delivering a Speech at the 35th Division Reunion on Washington Avenue (1950)

St. Louis, MO. Courtesy of Missouri Historical Society.

A tall intricate stone building with two visible spires with a walkway at the bottom.

Memorial Union Tower Being Built, University of Missouri (1926)

Columbia, MO. Courtesy of the University of Missouri Archives.

Several sections of intricate foliage interrupted on both sides by a gravel walking path. In the middle is a large statue.

Italian Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden (1921)

Garden designed by John Noyes. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Mark Twain stands outside a two-story house

Mark Twain Stands Outside his Boyhood Home (1902)

Hannibal, MO. Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives.

Six children stand around a small shelf of books.

Children Choose Books from the Small School Library (1938)

Near La Forge, MO. Southeast Missouri Farms School. Photograph by Russell Lee. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

A large room with a circulation desk and benches.

Circulation Desk at the St. Joseph Carnegie Library (c. 1903)

St. Joseph, MO. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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