WHMC-Columbia--Benecke Family Papers, 1816-1989, n.d. (C3825)--GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES

Benecke Family Papers, 1816-1989, n.d. (C3825)
90.8 linear feet, 62 volumes, 3 audio tapes, 3 records, 413 glass plate negatives
GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES Series A

Plates are 4 x 5. Subjects are Benecke family members and friends, activities such as camping, boating, hunting and fishing; Washington University students and activities; Brunswick; floods, bridges, trains, steamboats; G.A.R. reunions and parades; scenes of the seashore, theater; ocean vessels; miscellany. Identifications made by Joanna Benecke Townsend are in quotations. Plates date, c. 1900s-1910s.

#001-004 A baby fishing

#005-006 A baby in outdoor setting

#007-008 A baby petting a small dog

#009 A barefoot toddler

#010-013 Two babies in yard, decorative fence

#014-018 A baby and small dog on a blanket in outdoor setting, c. 1905

#019-021 A baby on a blanket in outdoor setting, c. 1905 (poor quality)

#022-022a Seated woman and child (Zillmans)

#022b-022c Woman seated on brass bed with infant

#023 Little boy in yard-- "Donald Sasse, 1st cousin of Joanna?"

#024 Little boy and girl seated in yard

#025 Three children standing in front of a picket fence

#026 Three children seated in front of a picket fence

#027 Small boy wearing large straw hat

#028 Young boy standing in front of Benecke house, 304 E. Broadway

#029 Three young girls dressed as boys and holding cigarettes in their mouths

#030 Two black boys with baseball bat and ball in front of a vine covered house

#031 Two boys boxing

#032-037 Four black boys eating watermelon by barn

#038 Four black boys by barn

#039 Three black boys by barn

#040 Black boy in hat by barn

#041 "Lucy Zillman's" two little boys with large dog in yard

#042 Young boy (possibly Ruby) in front of a house

#043-044 Young boy in front of a tree

#045-048 Black fisherman [Dr. Louis Minor] with young white boy

#049 Little girl, "Alma Sasse," on pony held by a woman, c. 1915

#050 Little girl, "Alma Sasse," on pony held by a man, c. 1915

#051 Little girl, "Alma Sasse," on pony in front of picket fence--"Brown house hotel behind Stewart's house across the street"

#052 Little girl standing by pony in front of a picket fence

#053 Little girl standing by pony in front of a picket fence; man watching

#054-055 Little girl in sailor dress and hat on a pony; large dog

#056-057 Two young girls in back of a decorated pony cart--"Alma Sasse's entry in the 4th of July parade"

#058-059 Three young girls in Alma's decorated pony cart

#060-063 Alma driving her pony cart

#064 Young girl in plaid dress seated on a porch

#065 Young girl in frilly dress seated on a porch

#066 Two young girls seated on a porch

#067 Young girl standing in a yard

#068 Young girl and boy standing in a yard

#069 Young girl, "Alma Sasse," seated on window sill with room interior visible

#070 Two young girls in front of a picket fence

#071 Three young girls, one black, in front of a tree; black girl is seated on a rug by a wicker rocking chair; baby buggy and doll in background

#072 Young black girl standing in front of a vine covered wash house SEE ALSO: #129,206,207

#073 Young boy and girl standing in a field

#074 Young man in a hammock [Louis Albert Benecke?]

#075-076 Three young girls dressed as boys and holding cigarettes

#077-078 Two young boys--straw hats and ties

#079 Four young men and a young boy in front of a train station--straw hats

#080 "Captain Louis Benecke and Josephine Benecke fishing on the Cut-Off," c. 1900s

#081 "Captain Louis Benecke and Josephine Benecke at Grand River near Brunswick," c. 1900s

#082-083 Benecke family fishing at the Cut-Off, c. 1900s

#084 "Lucy Benecke" with fish at the Cut-Off

#085 Captain Louis Benecke seated on a window sill with interior of room visible--possibly at his son Louis's in St. Louis

#086 Bearded man in hammock, c. 1900s

#087-088 Benecke family outing--in boat on a river bank, c. 1900s

#089 Two fashionably dressed women, "Magruder sisters--Eleanor?," in rural setting

#090 Two fashionably dressed women, seated, c. 1900--"Eleanor Magruder"

#091 Four men in a Maxwell car

#092 Woman in a Maxwell car, c. 1900s

#093-096 Four men in a Maxwell car, "Ruby W. Benecke" driving, c. 1900

#097-098 Man and woman with bicycles, c. 1900s

#099-101 "Louis Albert Benecke" on porch of house with room interior visible through window

#102-103 "Louis Albert Benecke" in his picture and photograph lined room in St. Louis, c. 1900s

#104 "Louis Albert Benecke" seated at his desk in his room in St. Louis

#105 Picture and photograph lined wall of Louis Albert Benecke's room in St. Louis--decorative pillows

#106 Louis Albert Benecke's room--furniture, and picture and photograph lined wall

#107 Louis Albert Benecke's room--fireplace with trinket lined mantel; sports equipment and furniture, c. 1900s

#108-111 "Louis A. Benecke" on horseback, n.d.

#112-114 "Louis A. Benecke" on horseback, c. 1902

#115 "Louis A. Benecke" and horse, c. 1902

#116-117 "Louis A. Benecke and young Alma Sasse" with horse and pony, c. 1902

#118-119 "Louis A. Benecke and young Alma Sasse" with horse, pony and large dog, c. 1902

#120-121 Young girl [Alma Sasse] and pony, c. 1902

#122-124 Horse in a barn

#125 Louis Albert Benecke and horse in front of a brick building

#126 "Theodore Benecke house"--Christmas tree

#127-128 Horse, sleigh and two riders in front of the Benecke house; dog

#129-131 "Man standing in wash house door on Benecke property"--possibly Benecke brothers SEE ALSO: #129,206,207

#132 Two young men and a woman in a rural setting--possibly Ruby W. and Otto

#133 Dog and cat stand off at wash house door

#134-135 Mother dog and four pups

#136 Puppy and dish in a rural setting

#137-139 Dolls

#140-141 Man (possibly a Benecke) rowing on [Grand River], c. 1902

#142-142a Woman in a row boat fishing, c. 1900s

#143 Camp scene--man, woman, and fish, c. 1900

#144 Camp scene--women and tents, c. 1900

#145 Campers--possibly Ruby W. Benecke

#146 Campers, c. 1900s

#147 Picnic, c. 1900s

#148 Young couple in outdoor setting, c. 1900s--possibly Ruby W. Benecke

#149 Three women and a man in a yard, c. 1900s

#150-152 Bearded, grizzled haired man

#153 Man (possibly Ruby) watering horses at river, c. 1902

#154 Young man (possibly Ruby) , c. 1900s

#155 Young woman in plaid dress

#155a Four young women seated

#156 Five women seated in a rural setting

#157-158 Women picking fruit--two views

#159-160 Close-up of a fashionably dressed woman with large hat, c. 1900 (poor quality)

#161-163 Fashionably dressed woman, c. 1900s--three views (poor quality)

#164 [Benecke family] boating on [Grand River]

#165 Young woman fishing from rowboat on [Grand River}

#166-171 Fashionably dressed woman [a Benecke]--full and portrait views--outside the Benecke house (#168-171 poor quality)

#172 Fashionably dressed man and woman (poor quality)

#173-175 Fashionably dressed young woman [a Benecke] with parasol

#176 Three young women wearing stars and stripes "waists," hats

#177 Three women (possibly Alma, Dora, and Lucia) outside the "Sol Smith Russell home," Brunswick

#178 Women and three children in yard--possibly the Zillman family

#179 "Alma B. Sasse and her three Zillman nephews"

#180-181 "Eleanor Benecke" on porch behind large flowering plant

#182 Three young men in Benecke's yard--Shupe building in background

#183 Three young women seated in front yard of a house

#184-186 Two women in front of a house with a bay window

#187-188 Woman in front of a porch

#189-190 Young woman and interior of a house

#191-192 Young women by a porch

#193 Two young women on a porch and one in a doorway

#194 Young woman on a porch

#195-196 Two young women, wearing large hats, seated in front of a picket fence

#197 Two young women seated in a yard

#198 Women in a horse drawn buggy

#199 Young woman swinging on a grape vine

#200 Two young women swinging on a grape vine

#201 Man and woman swinging on a grape vine

#202 Woman reading a book in a country setting

#203 Two young women standing on a country road

#204-205 A couple seated in a rural setting--two views

#206-207 Young woman in front of vine covered wash house-- SEE ALSO: #72, #129

#208 Two young women in a row boat

#209 Two young women by the river [Grand River Bridge] (poor quality)

#210 Young woman by the river [Grand River Bridge]

#211-212 Young woman in front of a tree

#213-214 Portrait of a woman

#215 Picture of a woman's portrait by a Harrodsburg, Kentucky, photographer

#216-218 Elderly couple--detailed room interior, c. 1909

#219 Interior view of "Benecke and Benecke Law Office, 1st National Bank Building"

#220 "School on Seminary Hill," Brunswick

#221 "Benecke house looking east"

#222 "Benecke house looking S. West from Florence Hotel Corner

#223-224 Young boy by weather box at side of Benecke house, Brunswick--two views

#225 Carpenters on step ladders at Benecke house, Brunswick

#226 Benecke house, Brunswick

#227 "Jefferson Street house, Brunswick, 1906--Louis and Josephine Benecke's

#228 Jefferson Street house and man and woman in a car

#229 Black carpenter in room with carpenter's tools

#230 "Two carpenters, Mr. John Carl and Bates, building the new house"

#231 "Two carpenters, Mr. John Carl and Bates, building the cottage," c. 1906

#232-233 "The cottage"

#234 The cottage--car in driveway

#235-237 "The Charles Lea house, East Broadway, Brunswick"

#238 "300 Block East Broadway, Brunswick"

#239 "30 Clock East Broadway, North side, Lutheran Church--Louis Benecke's grape vines on fence in foreground"

#240 Brunswick scene

#241 "Main Street, Broadway, looking west, Brunswick"--snow covered

#242-244 "Main Street, Brunswick--Celebration [Welcome] Arch"

#245 Bird's eye view of Brunswick

#246 Team of mules--"North view of Brunswick"

#247-248 Young boy in horse drawn buggy--livery stable in background-- "across the street from the old Benecke house"

#249 Telephone switchboard; chair and radiator, Brunswick

#250 Telephone line--Brunswick street scene

#251 Men aboard the ferry from Brunswick to Marshall

#252-253 Veterans--G.A.R., Decoration Day Celebration, in front of the old City Hall, Brunswick, 1912

#254-255 G.A.R. Decoration Day Celebration, Brunswick, 1912--street scene

#256 G.A.R. Decoration Day Celebration, Brunswick, 1912--rural scene

#257-261 Threshing--five views

#262 Unidentified farm house

#263 Cows in front of a barn

#264 A family in front of a log cabin, tobacco crop in foreground

#265-266 Man with a shotgun on porch of a wood cabin

#267-270 Farm house and outbuildings

#271-272 Flowers bordering side of Benecke house

#273 Flower garden

#274-282 Flood scenes--houses and outbuildings, c. 1909

#283-284 Brunswick flood scenes--"views from hill showing wagon bridge at foot of Jackson Street, c. July 1909"

#285-311 Brunswick flood scenes--"views from hill to the river, c. 1909"

#312-313 Flood scene--bridge

#314 Flood scene--rowboat in river

#315-322 River scene

#323-327 Brunswick river scene and clouds--"experiment with...ray filter"

#328 Bridge [Grand River]

#329 Railroad tracks and men by depot

#330 Wabash locomotive at station

#331-334 Train at full steam

#335-338 Train wreckage and observers

#339-340 Scenes from train window

#341 Woman disembarking from steamboat Guy Hunter under watchful eyes of young black boys and a hound dog

#342 Steamboat Guy Hunter

#343-345 "Alma Sasse" in theatrical costume

#346-353 Woman in theatrical costume on a stage

#354-355 Two women in theatrical costumes on a stage

#356-357 Storm damage to an unidentified house and tree

#358-378 [Memorial Day] parade, [Cincinnati, Ohio]--G.A.R., c. 1899

#379-381 Seashore scenes

#382-384 Ocean vessel--three views

#384a Chariton County, Justice of the Peace document, 1915--Peery v. Woods

GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES Series B

Plates are 6 2 x 8 3/8 in size. There are two separate pictures per plate in some instances. Subjects include the Elliott Grove Cemetery; Ruby W. Benecke and friend hunting; Brunswick views, street fair, produce exhibits in City Hall, Brunswick schools, elementary and secondary classroom scenes and group pictures. Identifications made by Joanna Benecke Townsend are in quotations. Plates date, c. 1910.

#385 Elliott Grove Cemetery

#386 Elliott Grove Cemetery--Captain Louis Benecke at right

#387a Elliott Grove Cemetery--Plunkett family crypt

#387b Elliott Grove Cemetery--Benecke family tombstones

#388a Hunters and dog--"Ruby W. Benecke and friend"

#388b "Elliott Grove Cemetery near Benecke plot to right of Summer house"

#389a-389b Hunters and dog--"Ruby W. Benecke and friend"--two views

#390 Elliott Grove Cemetery

#391 House and landscape

#392 Two women by flower gardens, house in background

#393 Three women seated on porch of a frame house

#394a Rhode Island Reds in a cage

#394b Two young women by a tree

#395 "View 21 miles across Chariton County taken from the Brunswick water tower"

#396a "Benecke cottage?"

#396b "Longest tree bridge in Missouri; Brunswick"

#397-398b "Brunswick Street fair, 1910"

#399 Brunswick Fair--"Produce exhibit in old City Hall which burned, 1910"

#400-401 Brunswick Fair, 1910--Produce exhibit in old City Hall

#402a Black school children--group picture

#402b-402c Brunswick Public School--"Miss Louis's classroom"

#403a "Brunswick Public School Scholars"--group picture

#403b "G and H School," Brunswick

#404-407 Brunswick Public school students--group pictures

#408-409 Brunswick Public School building

#409a-410 "Assembly Room and class, Brunswick High School"

#411 Brunswick High School girls' basketball team, Ruby w. Benecke and unidentified woman

#412 "Physics class, Brunswick Missouri Public School"

#413 Young children standing by their desks in their classroom

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