Photo Album

Name/Title

Photo Album

Entry/Object ID

2014.2.3256

Scope and Content

A light blue paisley print photo album/scrapbook. Silver border and printing of 'Photographs' on the lower right corner and a hand written taped paper tag in the upper left hand corner " Farm 1977'. Black inner pages all tied together through 2 grommets with brown twisted string. Photographs and keepsakes throughout the album.

Context

* Inside of front cover "Farm Summer '77" and a picture of 2 boys standing in front of a wooden home-made sign for the name of the camp. * Two pages of pictures of North American Indian Art - Sacred Circles Showing at the Nelson/Atkins Gallery & Art Museum taken on a fieldtrip to the facility. * Certificate "Trail Blazer Award" for the Farm Program 1977 for extended study in tree classification, fossil awareness, boating, safety, fishing . . . coping with elements and people around us. Two pages of pictures and a brochure of ' Common Trees of Missouri'. * Nine copies from "Show-Me-Too" St Joseph State Hospital newsletter of various dates. They are stapled together and taped to a page. The articles with the heading "The Farm Corner" are circled. * Pages of pictures of The Farm program activities are throughout the remainder of the album. They include trips to many Missouri attractions: Fort Osage, Bluff Woods, Rochester Falls, Lexington to see the graves of unknown soldiers of the Civil War, and Weston to see the tobacco farms. * Pictures of activities such as work on restoring Robidoux Row.(Included is a 2-page article "Journey From the Past" about the extensive restoration process); and Building a Nature Trail. * The pictures in the album end with visits to some of St. Joseph tourist attractions: the Patee House Museum, Pony Express Stables, and the Albrecht Art Museum

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Album, Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Album

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

11" x 14"