Veteran Market Street merchant watched as ‘The Wedge’ crumbled
This photo of the 1200 block of Market Street was taken by Charles Doty in 1962. Just behind the Westinghouse sign is Schanbacher’s Meat...
Local jurors side against liquor agents in Prohibition-era trial
This picture postcard identifies the members of the Leitz family, circa 1920. Back row, Leola and Alberta Leitz; middle row, Katherine...
County’s largest windmill provided power for Rohrer’s dairy operation
The Hannibal Creamery was located at 112 N. Fourth, Hannibal, Mo., during the early years of the 20th Century. Of the three men pictured,...
B.L. Waldron recorded, analyzed Hannibal’s weather for 29 years
Bion Leland Waldron served as Hannibal’s weather observer for the U.S. Weather Bureau from 1904 until circa 1930. He was born in 1867,...
Hannibal through the eyes of Artemissia Briggs Marsh
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY This undated photo from Steve Chou’s vast historic collection shows the Marsh house, located on the northeast corner...
1875: Coal oil lamps light Market Street
Shown is the replacement of the sidewalk in front of Levering Hospital in 1967. Looking straight ahead are buildings that were once...
West End building served needs of the blue-collar neighborhood
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Edmond Jones and others are pictured in front of his grocery store, which was located at 315 Market Street, at the...
Schanbacher brothers life-long Market Street businessmen
This photo of Gottleib Schanbacher’s saloon on Market Street was contributed by his great-grandson, Jim Schanbacher. Gottleib is standing...
Sons of Hannibal businessman became big in music industry
The cover for the sheet music, “There’s a Service Flag Flying at our House,” is part of the Joe Morris Co., collection, Library of...
Lottie Porter: A strong woman of color, who despite hardships, persevered
Fortune teller. The Spokane Press, Nov. 12, 1910, newspapers.com. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In 1901, there stood a small, square frame house on...