Lewis and Clark Images

Great Rapids (JPEG: 2MB)
Great Rapids of the Columbia [River]. [Washington and Oregon]. Entry of 30 October–2 November 1805. Missouri Historical Society Archives. Photograph by David Schultz, 1995. Photograph and scan © 1995-2001, Missouri Historical Society.

Journal (JPEG: 1.5MB)
William Clark’s elkskin-bound field journal. Missouri Historical Society Archives. Photograph by David Schultz, 1997. Photograph and scan © 1997–2002, Missouri Historical Society.

 

Letter of Credit (JPEG: 3MB)
Letter of Credit: Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, July 4, 1803. Missouri Historical Society Archives. Photograph and scan © 1999, Missouri Historical Society.

 

Telescope (JPEG: 1MB)
Ship’s-master type telescope with five brass and one wood and leather collapsible sections made by William Cary, London, ca. 1800, owned by Meriwether Lewis. Missouri Historical Society Collections. Photograph by David Schultz, 1998. Photograph and scan © 1998-2001, Missouri Historical Society.

Meriwether Lewis (JPEG: 3MB)
Meriwether Lewis. Pastel on paper by Charles B.J.F. St. Memin, ca. 1803. Missouri Historical Society Collections. Photograph by Allied Photocolor, 1991. Photograph © 1991–2002, Missouri Historical Society.

 

William Clark (JPEG: 3.5MB)
William Clark. Oil on canvas attributed to John Wesley Jarvis, ca. 1810. Missouri Historical Society Collections. Photograph by David Schultz, 1998. Photograph © 1998, Missouri Historical Society.

 

Open Journal (JPEG: 2.5MB)
Journals of William Clark, open to entry of 30 Jan, 1806. © 2002 Missouri Historical Society

 

 

Pipe (JPEG: 311KB)
Catlinite pipe showing man facing a bear, pre-1842, collected by Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny. © 2002 Missouri Historical Society

 

Necklace (JPEG: 873KB)
Rattlesnake tail and seed pod necklace. Unknown date and origin. © 2002 Missouri Historical Society.