Side-by-side buildings demolished to make way for five-story skyscraper
Artist’s sketch of the old Hannibal Trust Company building, at left, and the new, five-story building that was constructed 1909-1910....
Skyscraper constructed, but not without incident
This image of the planned Hannibal Trust Company building was published in the Hannibal Morning Journal on June 12, 1909. The image is...
Lasting memories exist of Central Park bandstand
This undated post card shows a view of the Central Park band stand, from Fourth Street. OnFrom this view, you can see the door to the...
1800s entrepreneur sold seltzer in a shop on St. Mary’s Avenue
Joseph Schoknecht advertised his soda and seltzer factory in the Hannibal Daily Courier, May 15, 1882. It describes the location at...
Mystic Lodge purchases church building in 1906
The old Broadway Methodist Church, located on the southeast corner of Sixth and Broadway, was constructed in 1881 at a cost of $15,000,...
Kennedy brothers ‘moved mountains’
This old newspaper image from the St. Louis Post Dispatch of Sunday, June 23, 1901, shows the Kennedy Brothers steam shovel moving dirt...
Mainland built park, ballfield to generate street car revenue
This photo, from 1905, shows Car #22 at the site of Athletic Park. The baseball park, operated by the Hannibal Railway and Electric...
Sisters maintain long-term ownership of 210 Broadway
This photo, taken from the southeast corner of Main and Broadway in the late 1860s, shows a portion of the 200 block of Broadway as it...
Steam locomotive engineer spent 40 years on the rails
This postcard image shows the yards and roundhouse where Phil Fetter would have worked during the later years of his career. In 1903, the...
Growing, shaping Bonsai trees a year-round hobby
Mike Wojick works with a plant which he started in 2021. He carefully tends to each plant, encouraging growth and shaping at it matures....