Copyright: 94.1H.165 Patee House Raffle Ticket, 1865
Name/Title
Patee House Raffle Ticket Photo, 1865
Entry/Object ID
P1994.1H.165
Description
Patee House Raffle Ticket Photo, 1865. b/w. Photo of a copy of the raffle ticket that John Patee sold in 1865.
During the Civil War, the Union Army took over the hotel, and Patee, who was backing the Confederacy, decided to sell the building in a nation-wide lottery. When 100 tickets came back unsold on April 28, 1865, Patee bought them himself and won back his own hotel.
Original digital scan located on History CD 04.
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1868
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
Twelfth Street & Penn Street, Patee House, Patee House Hotel, World Hotel, Penn Street, Patee House Raffle
