Post Office & Custom House, St. Joseph, Mo, Postcard, 1916

75.24.40 Post Office & Custom House, St. Joseph, Mo,  Postcard, 1916: Copyright: 75.24.40 Post Office & Custom House, St. Joseph, Mo,  Postcard, 1916
75.24.40 Post Office & Custom House, St. Joseph, Mo, Postcard, 1916

Copyright: 75.24.40 Post Office & Custom House, St. Joseph, Mo, Postcard, 1916

Name/Title

Post Office & Custom House, St. Joseph, Mo, Postcard, 1916

Entry/Object ID

AM1978.5.17

Scope and Content

Post Office & Custom House, St. Joseph, Mo, Postcard, 1916. Colorized photo or illustration of Post Office at St. Joseph. 3-story stone building with corner clock tower at 8th & Edmond. "Post Office and Custom House, St Joseph, MO". Same photo as 65.22.7; 75.24.40, 79.41.1 , 94.34.33, 94.1.32. Unmailed Contained in postcard album, 78.5.2 Construction...began in 1883 and was completed in 1890. The construction took so long because the northwest corner at Eighth & Edmond Streets sank. Parts of the building had to be taken down and rebuilt after the foundation was strengthened. The entire structure was later torn down and replaced by a newer version in the same location. The right side of this building faces Eighth Street and the left side faces Edmond. St. Joseph, A Postcard History, Davis/White.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Buildings

Search Terms

U.S. Post Office & Custom House, St. Joseph History

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 2, 2014