Name/Title
Comstock (A.A.), father of Julia Comstock Field, St. Joseph Residence to 1873, Photo, 1956Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.255Description
Comstock (A.A.), father of Julia Comstock Field, St. Joseph Residence, 5th & Isadore, to 1873, Photo, 1956. b/w. Two identical of the large 2-story brick home occupied by the Comstock Family until late 1873, when Comstock lost his home in the Panic of 1873. The elaborate wedding reception of Eugene Field and Julia Comstock was held in this home, which among other things featured 34 wedding cakes.
This photo taken in 1956 when the home was painted white. By 2020 this location is a vacant lot. But in 1873 the street was home to Wyeths, Lemons.
(These photos are easy to confuse with Comstock's later residence at 425 N. 11th. See Museum Graphic....for explanation & identification.)
Original digital scan located on History CD 02.Made/Created
Date made
1956Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Fifth Street & Isadore Street, Field Family, Comstock Family, Field, Eugene, Fifth Street, Isadore StreetRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Comstock, A.A.Person or Organization
Field, EugenePerson or Organization
Julia Sutherland ComstockPerson or Organization
Julia Comstock FieldProvenance
Notes
Photos by SJM staff photographer, Don Reynolds