Jane Perkins’ dying wish:To see daughter married
Constructed circa 1895, this Queen Anne style house at 419 Bird Street, Hannibal, Mo., was home to the W.T. Perkins family. Daughter...
Martin family left ‘ink on paper’ legacy
This boarding house, located at 517-519 Broadway in Hannibal, Mo., is attributed to the Hannibal Arts Council’s historic photo...
Shopping center experience launches in September 1965
Jimmy Spencer, the official Huck Finn for the Huck Finn Shopping Center, is pictured in front of a sign promoting the planned shopping...
Foss family started lineage of Hannibal's noted Sonnenberg store
This photo of the Sonnenberg department store, following its remodel combining three store fronts to one in the mid 1920s, is from the...
1870s composite
This photo composite, originally created by Mrs. George Storrs, was published in the June 30, 1938 edition of the Hannibal, Missouri,...
H.C. Hansen: Celebrating newspaper photography
An alarm was sounded at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, January 12, 1930, signaling the devastating fire in the 100 block of North Main Street in...
Leo Rice: Bread man’s route a representation of the times
Tim Rice is pictured in 1949, standing in front of his father’s bread truck. They lived on the steepest part of Grace Street. Notice St....
Marble shooters fondly recall game of the past
This story was published in the Hannibal, Missouri, Courier-Post on Aug. 22, 1979. Marble champion Adair Holliday posed for a portrait in...
Hannibal native a hero during 1893 ‘Disaster in D.C.’
Ethelbert Baier is pictured in the Boston Globe on April 16, 1911. He was a candidate for police commissioner. newspapers.com This...
Judge Totsh’s first view of Hannibal: Frozen river
Linda Ham Thompson shared this photo of the Hannibal Police Department, circa 1904. John H. Totsch, who served most of his career in...