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R         Potosi (Mo.).

234                  Photographs, ca. 1875-1935.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

These are photographs of prominent citizens, commercial buildings, and street scenes in Po­tosi, Washington County, Missouri.  Included are views of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Dunklin, Judge Edward Eversole, ragtime musician Philip Lankford, the Potosi Home Guard, the Washing­ton County Courthouse, and various businesses.  The views have been copied on 35mm black-and-white negatives.

 

 

View #    Roll #      Neg. #    Description

 

01            1              06            “Mr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Dunklin.”  Photographer’s imprint: “G. H. McConnell, 63 N. 4th, St. Louis, Mo.”

02            1              07            Potosi Home Guard, ca. 1917.

03            1              08            Potosi Home Guard, ca. 1917.

04            1              09            “Looking down Breton Creek toward Red Bridge.”

05            1              10            Exterior view, possibly the Dunklin house.

06            1              11            “Old Stagecoach Inn, Potosi, Mo.”

07            1              12            “Main Street, Potosi, Mo. (South side)” postcard view.

08            1              13            “Greetings from Potosi, Missouri.  The Mining Center.”  Postcard view.

09            1              14            Hotel Austin.  Mr. Garrett identified as holding newspaper; Edward Ever­sole identified by an arrow.

10            1              15            “Courthouse, Potosi.  Sept. 15th 1897.”

11            1              16            Lawn croquet at the Breton Hotel, corner of High and Missouri streets, ca. 1880s.

12            1              17            Standing group view of members of Missouri’s 41st General Assem­bly with Gov. Alexander Dockery, March 1901.  Identified on re­verse: Blair, of Dekalb County; Hudson of Worth; Jeffries; Mabry of Mont­gomery; Clay of Audrain; Bradley of St. Francois; Ever­sole of Washington; Ward of Wayne; Wilmer of Jasper; Huck of Ste. Ge­ne­vieve; and Tapley of Pike.

13            1              18            “Judge Edward Franklin Eversole I, in office at Courthouse, Potosi, Mo.”

14            1              19            Store interior, probably the R. M. Bugg Store.  Identified on reverse as: right, Henry Flynn, Steve Richards, John Evens Jr., Joe Prov­ince; left, S. F. Johnson and dog, Joe Forshee, Ron Bugg.

15            1              20            Exterior view of R. M. Bugg Mercantile Co.  Identified: “Mr. Bugg, with whiskers, Floyd Lynch, employee, Lankford--the delivery boy.”

16            1              20A         Exterior view, “R. M. Bugg Store.  Mr. Jim Settle—watch chain and striped tie.  Mr. Bugg in long whiskers and turban.”

17            2              00            R. M. Bugg Store [Duplicate of 1-20A].

18            2              01            R. M. Bugg & Co., “Potosi Store,” with mule teams in street.

19            2              02            Another view of the R. M. Bugg “Potosi Store.”  Reverse: “Mrs. Mary Eversole on horse on right.”

20            2              03            Slais Saddle Shop.

21            2              04            R. M. Bugg & Co.

22            2              05            Philip Lankford, Potosi-born ragtime composer and musician, a con­tempo­rary of Scott Joplin.  View of Lankford in group of un­identi­fied African-American musicians, with instruments.

23            2              06            Detail of Philip Lankford, from 2-05.

24            2              07            Interior of T. F. Blount  General Store, Potosi, ca. mid-1930s.

25            2              08            Exterior view of the T. F. Blount General Store, Potosi, Mo.

 

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