Name/Title
St. Joseph, Mo., the Electric City, Promotional Booklet, 1889Entry/Object ID
AM1968.13.5Scope and Content
St. Joseph, Mo., the Electric City, Promotional Booklet, 1889. "Historical and Descriptive Review of Saint Joseph, Missouri. Her Wealth and Industry, her phenomanal Growth and Admirable Enterprise, her Manufacturing Inducements and Commercial Advantages." Published for the Manufacturers Bureau by John Lethem, NY, 1889. Advertising and illustrations throughout.
"This pamphlet is issued by the Manufacturers' Bureau of St. Joseph, MO., for the purpose of calling the attention of manufacturers, of home seekers, and business men generally, to the advantages of our unrivaled location. The main object is to present in a compact and concise form, the principal benefits, present and prospective, accruing to the resident of our city. The facts and statistics presented are based on Actual Figures and are in no wise exaggerated. All that is submitted in these pages may be readily verified on application to the Secretary of the Bureau, at 408 Felix Street, and to whom all communication should be addressed.
Illustrations include:
Custom House
Board of Trade Building
St. Joseph in 1850 drawing from France's Hill
Episcopal Church
Benton Club
Cathedral Interior
Young Ladies' Institute
Buchanan County Courthouse
Presbyterian Church
Suburban Residence
Saxton & Hendrick Building
Warehouse Factory & Saw Mill, 7th & Angelique,
Felix Street Warehouse, 510-514
YMCA
St. Joseph Stock Yards
Allerton Packing House
South Park Elevator
Union Depot
St. Joseph's Great Department House
Smith Park
St. Joseph's Great Millinery House
Steinacker School
Garfield School
St. Joseph Pump Co.
Insane Asylum Number Two
Turner-Frazer Mercantile Co.
St. Joseph in 1874 from Prospect Hill
North Sixth St. Residence
St. Joseph Greenhouses, Hans Neilson
Ensworth Medical College
Photos include
St. Joseph from Frances' Hill
View of the Residence Part of the City
Residence on Main StreetLexicon
Search Terms
St. Joseph History
