City Election Ballot Handling, Photos (6) , 1957-1966

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Walter Welsh, Ballot Destruction, 1966

Name/Title

City Election Ballot Handling, Photos (6) , 1957-1966

Entry/Object ID

P2001.11.30

Description

City Election Ballot Handling, Photos (4), 1957-1966. b/w. Seven photos depicting aspects of the City Clerk's office in handling ballots, during the tenure of Walter Welsh, City Clerk. Photos are not numbered in chronological order, see list below. Various non-consecutive items numbers within this Accession #. 01.11.30 = Walter Welsh placing bag of ballots into incinerator, Bags marked April 5, 1966 Regular Municipal Election. Bill Bennett, Photographer., 1966 01.11.36 = Workmen with backs to camera, preparing incinerator for burning of ballots. Ballot sacks on handcart behind them. Walter Welsh, right, and another man, looking on. Dick Jones Photographer, c. 1960s. 01.11.37 = Two workmen preparing ballot sacks for burning at incinerator. Walter Welsh, right and another man look on. dated "Oct. 18, 1957" (although bags are marked Nov. 10, illegible year). 01.11.39 = Walter Welsh & two unidentified women standing in room filled with ballot sacks and boxes, labeled May, illegible year. c. 1960s.

Made/Created

Artist

Various

Date made

1960

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

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Government, City government

Search Terms

City of St. Joseph, City Election

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Mar 10, 2015

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Welsh, Walter

Provenance

Notes

Photos donated by widow of Walter Welch, City Clerk, who swore in Mayors over decades.