Image Gallery

54 historical photographs of Stoddard County, Missouri and the surrounding Bootheel — farm life, towns, schools, churches, and the people who lived here, from the 1890s through the 1950s. Each photograph is shown with its caption and full credit to the holding collection. (Stills from the 1950–1951 Dexter home movies will join the gallery once permission is granted.)

Methodist Church 1848

1848
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Portrait of Norman A. Mozley (1865-1922), Missouri Congressman

1894 (published in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, November 9, 1894)
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO) — newspaper staff portrait · Wikimedia Commons
Busy Bloomfield Scene Early 1900s

1900s
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
C.D. Matthews Farm

circa 1900
Henry Stark, Jr. · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier P0018-432; State of Missouri Collection P0018; original format 7x9 black and white photo)
Threshing

circa 1903
Henry Stark, Jr. · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier P0018-429; State of Missouri Collection P0018)
Wheat Farm (near Bloomfield)

circa 1904
Henry Stark, Jr. · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier P0018-430; State of Missouri Collection P0018)
Wheat Farm (near Bloomfield, annotated view)

circa 1904
Henry Stark, Jr. (attributed; companion to P0018-430) · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier P0018-431; State of Missouri Collection P0018)
Greetings from Bloomfield Mo.

circa 1908
unknown (souvenir greeting card publisher) · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier R1551-f075-003.jpg)
Freshman Class 1909

1909
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
S.E. Mo. Cotton Pickers

circa 1909
unknown · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier R1551-f087-009.jpg)
S.E. Mo. Logging Teams

circa 1909
unknown · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier R1551-f087-010.jpg)
Stock Show 1909

1909
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Hog Killing

circa 1910
unknown · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier R1551-f075-002.jpg)
Bloomfield Baseball Team 1911 1912

1911
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Aftermath Fire 1912

1912
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Baptisms Castor River 1913

1913
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Bloomfield High School Basketball Teams 1914

1914
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Big Snow 1917

1917
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
1919 Court Officials

1919
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Evans Pottery kiln and potter, Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri (HABS view 1)

1930s (HABS documentation compiled after 1933; Survey number HABS MO-1698)
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Potter at the wheel, Evans Pottery, Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri (HABS view 2)

1930s (HABS documentation compiled after 1933; Survey number HABS MO-1698)
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Potter trimming a tall vessel, Evans Pottery, Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri (HABS view 3)

1930s (HABS documentation compiled after 1933; Survey number HABS MO-1698)
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Index to Aerial Photography of Stoddard County, Missouri

1937
National Archives (via DPLA), hosted on Wikimedia Commons
Grandmother and child, Southeast Missouri Farms

May 1938
Russell Lee (1903-1986), for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Schoolchildren, Southeast Missouri Farms

August 1938
Farm Security Administration photographer, for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Sharecropper family on front porch of cabin, Southeast Missouri Farms

May 1938
Russell Lee (1903-1986), for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Sharecropper with two grandchildren, Southeast Missouri Farms

May 1938
Russell Lee (1903-1986), for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Southeast Missouri Farms Project. Drainage ditch

May 1938
Russell Lee (1903-1986), for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Southeast Missouri Farms. Farmer with trailer

May 1938
Russell Lee (1903-1986), for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Southeast Missouri Farms. New farmstead unit

May 1938
Russell Lee (1903-1986), for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Bloomfield Bank 1939

1939
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Cooperative store. Southeast Missouri Farms

January 1939
Farm Security Administration photographer, for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Cotton gin. Southeast Missouri Farms

January 1939
Farm Security Administration photographer, for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Member of cooperative, Southeast Missouri Farms

January 1939
Farm Security Administration photographer, for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Negro school. Southeast Missouri Farms

January 1939
Farm Security Administration photographer, for the U.S. Farm Security Administration · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Fall Festival parade from rooftop, Dexter, Missouri

1955 (per Missouri State Archives catalog)
Gerald R. Massie (Commerce and Industrial Development Collection) · Missouri State Archives, via Wikimedia Commons (uploaded from the Missouri State Archives Flickr stream)
Amos Stoddard

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Bischof Blacksmith Shop

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Bloomfield Cotton Gin

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Bloomfield Courthouse Before Addition

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Bloomfield Destruction

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Buck And Boyd Mercantile

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Cotton picking machines paraded down Main Street, Dexter, Missouri — Fall Festival

undated (mid-20th century)
Gerald R. Massie (Gerald R. Massie Collection) · Missouri State Archives, via Wikimedia Commons (uploaded from the Missouri State Archives Flickr stream)
Depot Road Bloomfield

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Episcopal Methodist Church Group (Bloomfield)

undated (early 20th century)
unknown · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier P0032-Bloomfield-001.tif)
Episcopal Methodist Church Group (Bloomfield, second view)

undated (early 20th century)
unknown · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier 004049)
Evans Pottery (exterior with customers)

undated (early-to-mid 20th century)
unknown · Photograph Collection, The State Historical Society of Missouri (identifier 027246)
First Bloomfield Public School

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Frisco Railroad

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Men Of Bloomfield

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Old Christian Church

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
Peoples Bank Bloomfield

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
T Drysdale Blacksmith Shop

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)
WWI Stoddard Countians

undated (historical)
unknown (not stated in Society collection) · Stoddard County Historical Society photograph collection (schs.online)