Information Sheet

 

 

R         Commercial Club of Joplin.

900                  Booklet, 1913.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This is Joplin Missouri: The City of Wealth Industry and Opportunity, a promotional book­let published by the Commercial Club of Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri.  The text extols Joplin’s economic infrastructure, and there are many photographic illustrations of the city’s major public facilities, commercial buildings, and primary industries.

 

The Publication Committee of the Commercial Club of Joplin published this 52-page booklet on 2 June 1913.  The first few pages of text are devoted to Joplin’s economic advantages, based upon the zinc and lead mines and mills of the Tri-State District.  Sections on Mining, Manu­facturing and Jobbing, Fuel and Power, Steam and Electric Roads, Public Utilities, and Newspa­pers are followed by an invitation to “Come to Joplin.”  Blessed with a “salubrious and healthful climate,” Joplin was presented as the perfect place for business and residence.

 

The text is followed by many photographic illustrations of Joplin’s major industries, build­ings, and public facilities, including the newly-opened Oak Hill Golf Club, Lakeside Park, St. John’s Hospital, the Elks’ Club, the “new” Joplin Theatre, Union Depot, and the annual “Cham­pion Drilling Contest” held at the ballpark.

 

 

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