History Blog 

Retouching negatives was an art, and Kathy Herring Walley remembers that her grandfather, Herrmann Herring, wasn’t very good at it. She...

This Herring photo features Jack Herring and the Rhythm Swingsters. They performed every Thursday and Saturday at "The Owl" operated by...

Del Anderson of Ogden, Utah, whose grandparents were friends and neighbors with the Herrmann Herring family of Hannibal in the 1920s,...

Kathy Herring Walley's grandfather and father operated Herring Studio on the second floor of 304 Broadway in Hannibal. Photo below: Jack...

Question: In 1904, the Rev. Lena Mason of Hannibal, Mo., was asked to speak on behalf of the Republican National Committee, promoting...

Deena Budd's father worked at this garage on South Fourth Street in the 1950s. Over coffee at Java Jive, I surprised her with prints of...

When Joe Farrell of Hannibal, Mo., was a young firefighter working at Station One on South Fourth Street - working shifts of 24 hours on...

By MARY LOU MONTGOMERY “Cleo Kennedy died on the South Side. I was the oldest sleeper and I got his regular job. “When Chief Gwinner...

Today's firefighters ride in enclosed cabs when en route to a fire. That wasn't the case back in the 1940s, when Joe Farrell was a...

Joe Farrell, who joined the Hannibal Fire Department as a "sleeper" while still in high school in 1939, talks firefighting with Mark...