History Blog 

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

This photo of the south side of the 300 block of Broadway in Hannibal is part of Steve Chou's vast collection. By enlarging the photo I...

Robert A. Curts, undertaker and embalmer, stands in front of his business at 327 Broadway, Hannibal, Mo., circa 1903. Curts, son of...

​ Evans Fritz was first funeral home owner in the long lineage of the current Smith Funeral Home & Chapel in Hannibal. This picture is...

As I write this, a packet of old, Hannibal-based photos is en route from Idaho to my front door. Communications started with a man who...

This house, located at 1120 Broadway, north side just east of Maple, served as home to William and Annie Hunt during the first half of...

Stevens Plowman, right, and his father, Bayard Plowman, as photographed in 1991. Stevens Plowman, who worked 47 years for the combined...

Jack Kretzer of Yuma, Ariz., formerly of Hannibal, called with a memory about Smith Funeral Home, which is featured today on this...

Robert A. Curts, in a photo accompanying his biography in "Mirror of Hannibal." Note that his teeth are visible when he's smiling....

1881: Jordan & Nelson (Harvel Jordan & Jas A. Nelson), livery, sale and feed stables, 4th, Between Broadway and Church. This photo, part...