15 Rare Photos From Missouri That Will Take You Straight To The Past

In today's world, we are inundated with pictures and everyone has a camera on their phone.  It wasn't always that way.  Taking pictures was a much bigger deal, and keeping them from being damaged or decomposing with age has been a challenge for historians for many years.  Here are a few Missouri photos that have survived to show us a glimpse of what once was.

1. Aunt Dort and Sputnick, 1958

2. Guy and His Car, Late 1920's

3. Andy F. Scott and the Anderson Special Race Car, Kansas City, Missouri 1915

4. Old Court House. 11 North Fourth Street, St. Louis. Photograph by Joseph Hampel, 1946.

5. Family Portrait, date unknown

6. Boys of Summer, 1950, Exploring Jesse James Cave near Missouri River

7. Four men in an old automobile - T.D. Martin, C.J. Hammons, H.P. Hyde and E.L. Dickerson, Springfield, 1908

8. Title: Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri. Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer. Date Created/Published: 1910 May 9.

9. Joseph Moffet in Ridgeway Missouri - 1920’s or 1930’s

10. Ghosts of 50 Years Ago

11.May 27, 1896 Tornado hits South Broadway, St. Louis, Mo.

12. Walnut St., Downtown Kansas City, Mo. 1906

13. Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910

14. Frank (right) and Jesse James in 1872

15. Irish immigrants in Kansas City, Missouri, c. 1909

So much history, and it's important to keep these treasures alive.  Feel free to share your own photos in the comments below!