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Greyscale photo of two sunflower heads

Sunflower Heads in Field, Southwest Missouri Farms (1938)

New Madrid County, MO. Photo by Russell Lee. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

A crowd is gathered around a white building under construction.

Cornerstone Laying Ceremony, Missouri State Capitol (1915)

Jefferson City, MO. Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives

A Ferris wheel with a small crowd around the bottom.

Ferris Wheel and Trapeze at the Morgan Street Fair (1903)

Boonville, MO. Courtesy of the State Historical Society.

Partial view of a football field and crowded stadium.

Crowded Football Stadium (c. 1930)

Courtesy of the Kansas City Public Library, from their Journal-Post Photograph collection.

A large pavilion with several people in period dress around it.

View of the Central Pavillion, Missouri Botanical Garden (1895)

St. Louis, MO. Pavillion designed by George I. Barnett. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Gov. Hearnes and astronaut Neil Armstrong hold a framed photograph of Armstrong on the moon.

Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes and astronaut Neil Armstrong hold a photo of Armstrong on the Moon (1970)

Jefferson City, MO. Photograph by Whitey Owens. Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives.

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