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A symbol might be understood as a vehicle for thinking and as a device for transporting thought from one mind to another.” –David Hackett Fischer, Liberty and Freedom

Visions of liberty and freedom are as many and as varied as the Americans who create them. These important and interesting symbols surround us every day—so much so that we may not even take notice of them!  The Missouri Historical Society has scoured its collections to find some of these symbolic “vehicles for thinking” in our own archive. 

View of St. Louis from the Bluffs	Snare drum	America First Pin	Fire Hat
Soldier	Little Boy Holding Flag	Memorial Pitcher	Gen. Brig. John C. Frémont
Mexican Lancer’s Guidon	Folk art statue of Abraham Lincoln	Horseless Carriage	“A Woman Living Here Has Registered to Vote”
WWI Poster Collection	V.J. Day	Charter Oak Hotel Cook Stove	Columbia Beer Poster
CORE Protest Poster	ADA Window Sticker

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Organized by the Virginia Historical Society with additional support from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and the
Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Changing Exhibitions Fund, American. Support in St. Louis is provided by The Stanley and Lucy Lopata Foundation
This exhibition has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Great Ideas Brought to Life.

Missouri History Museum