the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Marlin Perkins holding a bison calf. [Marlin Perkins Papers (S0516), State Historical Society of Missouri]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-02/1.-marlin-perkins.jpg?h=340ad325&itok=fjnCeB_T "Marlin Perkins holding a bison calf. [Marlin Perkins Papers (S0516), State Historical Society of Missouri]")
Marlin Perkins served as director at three zoos during his career: the Zoological Gardens in Buffalo, New York; the…
![Ivory Perry addressing a crowd at a civil rights demonstration in front of St. Louis police headquarters on September 16, 1965. Photograph by Buel White, © St. Louis Post-Dispatch. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Collection, N22497]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-06/1.%20Ivory%20Perry_2.jpg?h=1f1db35b&itok=eqp2V0l3 "Ivory Perry addressing a crowd at a civil rights demonstration in front of St. Louis police headquarters on September 16, 1965. Photograph by Buel White, © St. Louis Post-Dispatch. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Collection, N22497]")
A community organizer, civil rights campaigner, housing specialist, and antipoverty…
![Pippin Place. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John F. Bradbury Jr. Postcard Collection, R1551]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2025-08/1.-pippin-place.jpg?h=e4d128fe&itok=_doFS-wE "Pippin Place. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John F. Bradbury Jr. Postcard Collection, R1551]")
Pippin Place was a legendary Gasconade River resort in the Missouri Ozarks. With the spread of railroads…
![William Powell on a card distributed with packs of cigarettes. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, George Arents Collection, 1206072]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-William-Powell.jpg?h=b4a713c2&itok=Cspik1-I "William Powell on a card distributed with packs of cigarettes. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, George Arents Collection, 1206072]")
William Horatio Powell was the epitome of the suave, urbane leading man throughout his stage and film career…
![Wayne Powers with his family in France. [© Francois Gragnon / Paris Match / Scoop, used by permission]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2025-01/1.-wayne-powers.jpg?h=c0aa477a&itok=Ow5R4uvT "Wayne Powers with his family in France. [© Francois Gragnon / Paris Match / Scoop, used by permission]")
When Wayne E. Powers, a US Army private from Missouri, was arrested for desertion on March 22, 1958, it…
![Vincent Price in the Broadway production Diversions and Delights, 1978. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Division, swope_630152]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Vincent-Price.jpg?h=7380a2c7&itok=NgrYPOu9 "Vincent Price in the Broadway production Diversions and Delights, 1978. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Division, swope_630152]")
Vincent Price, a versatile actor of stage, screen, and television, was born in St. Louis,…
![Red’s Giant Hamburg sometime after it closed in December 1984. [State Historical Society of Missouri, David Eslick Photograph Collection, SP0088, 1976-2001]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-03/1.-reds-giant-hamburg.jpg?h=cb1fa88b&itok=MzxABlva "Red’s Giant Hamburg sometime after it closed in December 1984. [State Historical Society of Missouri, David Eslick Photograph Collection, SP0088, 1976-2001]")
The original Red’s Giant Hamburg on Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri, was a legendary roadside spot for…
![Charles G. Ross. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-hec-20327]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Charles-Ross.jpg?h=6924a192&itok=0AxT_vHV "Charles G. Ross. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-hec-20327]")
Born in Independence, Missouri, on November 9, 1885, Charles G. Ross attended…
![Nellie Tayloe Ross. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-29524]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Nellie-Tayloe-Ross.jpg?h=efb5bc87&itok=My8xv_Wc "Nellie Tayloe Ross. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-29524]")
Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman in the United States to serve as a state governor…
![Saukie and Fox on the St. Louis waterfront by Karl Bodmer, 1834. [State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection, 1958.0010c2]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-10/1.-sac-and-fox.jpg?h=aa59a2db&itok=1y6DpE0c "Saukie and Fox on the St. Louis waterfront by Karl Bodmer, 1834. [State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection, 1958.0010c2]")
The Sac and Fox were not native to Missouri, but were significant in Missouri’s territorial and early…