Copyright: 354.18023.212 Boxcar Houses in St. Joseph, c. 1920
Name/Title
Boxcar Houses in St. Joseph, Photo, 1923
Entry/Object ID
P354.18023.212
Description
Boxcar Houses in St. Joseph, Photo, 1923. b/w. Photo of box cars placed on wheels and turned into humble residences, situated on either side of a dirt lane. Similar photo featured in May 5, 1923 News-Press. Headline: Box Car Homes Main Street In St. Joseph's Mexican Village. Caption: Where members of Mexican colony have established comfortable homes in obsolete box cars on Burlington right of way."
For Original digital scan see History 20 CD
Made/Created
Artist
MAX HABECKER
Date made
1923
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Box Car Houses, Mexican Immigrants in St. Joseph, 1923
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Feb 6, 2019
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Max Habecker
Provenance
Notes
Photographs taken in c. 1920's by Max Habecker, St. Joseph News-Press Photographer, affixed in photo album.
