Robidoux Row (Restored) Color Postcard, c. 1985

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Robidoux Row , c. 1985: Copyright: 2018.2.163 Robidoux Row, c. 1985
Robidoux Row , c. 1985

Copyright: 2018.2.163 Robidoux Row, c. 1985

Name/Title

Robidoux Row (Restored) Color Postcard, c. 1985

Entry/Object ID

AM2018.2.163

Scope and Content

Robidoux Row (Restored) Color Postcard, c. 1985. Color photo of single story red brick apartment building, originally built in 1840's by city founder, Joseph Robidoux, restored by St. Joseph Historical Society in 1981. Legend: "Robidoux Row, St. Joseph, Missouri" Joseph Robidoux III, born in St. Louis in 1783, was a French fur trader dealing with the Indians at Blacksnake Hills from 1826. He established the town of St. Joseph on his land in 1843, and in the late 1840's built this row of apartments to provide temporary housing for newly arrived settlers. He die here in 1868." Photograph by Peter Bittner.

Collection

Marshall & Melanie 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

Search Terms

Robidoux Row

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 11, 2018