Post Office Flag Incident in St. Joseph at start of Civil War, Illustration, Photo, 1961

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

94.1H.251 Post Office Flag Civil War Riot in St. Joe, 1861

Name/Title

Post Office Flag Incident in St. Joseph at start of Civil War, Illustration, Photo, 1961

Entry/Object ID

P1994.1H.249

Description

Post Office Flag Incident in St. Joseph at start of Civil War, Illustration, Photo, 1961. b/w. Photo of illustration depicting the Southern sympathizers in St. Joseph reacting to the raising of the U.S. Flag over the Post Office at the beginning of Abraham Lincoln's term when he sent a new Postmaster to the city. A riot broke out in a group of protestors outside the Post Office and certain men climbed the roof and took down the flag. Two identical photos of different size. See Museum Graphic, Winter, 1961, Vol. VIII, No. 1, p. 4. This illustration depicts the crowd and men on roof of Post Office at the flag. Labeled: "Lowering the U.S. Flag to a mob in St. Joe. Original digital scan located on History CD 04.

Made/Created

Artist

Date made

1861

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

Civil wars

Search Terms

Civil War in St. Joseph, Post Office Flag Incident, 1861

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Dimension Notes

both 8" x 10" and 5¼" x 3½" copies

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair