An elevated view of an alley, as well as several destroyed buildings, residential properties, and a church in a St. Louis neighborhood after a tornado hit on May 27,1896.
Houses were reduced to rubble, trees twisted to stumps and streetcars to splinters by the 1896 tornado, as this photograph taken on Lafayette avenue, looking east from Jefferson avenue, reveals.
Being a complete index to the residents of the entire city, and a classified business directory to which is added an appendix containing useful information of the churches, banks, insurance companies, city, state, and other miscellaneous matters; also a street and avenue directory., The digitization of this directory was made possible through the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
7/8-inch round, post-back clothing button with black and white portrait of William McKinley and Garret Hobart with the American flag in the background. Button has engraving on reverse side for Baldwin & Gleason Company.
landscape with the sun behind a mountain range. In the foreground is a bundle of wheat and a bundle of arrows in an open field. Within the border is text reading "St. Louis Convention June 16, 1896."
Yellow ribbon with black text reading "McKinley and Hobart and the whole Republican Ticket." Beneath this is a portrait of congressional candidate Thomas S. Butler. The bottom of the ribbon reads "Thomas S. Butler and Better Times."
16-inch by 13-inch oval tin tray with a ¾ view, chromolithograph portrait of William McKinley. The portrait is framed by a repeating leaf and arch motif at the border of the tray. Below the portrait is an image of a nameplate with McKinley’s signature “W. McKinley”.
Street view of destroyed buildings, debris and bystanders in the aftermath of a tornado which hit St. Louis' Lafayette Square neighborhood on May, 27,1896.
1 and 1/4-inch round, pin back button with black and white portrait of William McKinley framed by a gold scroll and the American flag in the background. Button has a paper label on reverse for Allied Printing Trades Council 3, Newark, and Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark.
"Wm. McKinley Convention (Rep) Washington Square. Note New City Hall North of Convention Hall." The 1896 Republican National Convention was held at the temporary structure pictured here near City Hall.