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This bungalow at 1639 Broadway served as home to the Chauncey Goodrich family for 30 years or more. Goodrich, as a teen, traveled via...

This 1875 photo of Hannibal is representative of the time when a man named ‘Sykes’ came to Hannibal and identified himself as a wealthy...

Ambrose Haley poses with his backup musicians in this December 1950 publicity photo, taken at the KHMO radio studio in Hannibal, Mo. OTIS...

John H. Huss, reprinted from the Shelbina Democrat on Feb. 20, 1901. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY “There is no mistake in saying that Hannibal has...

This photo, reprinted from Steve Chou’s book, “Bluff City Memories,” shows the 100 block of North Fifth St., Hannibal, Mo., from the...

A close look at this 1918 photo shows a sign in the 300 block of North Third Street (looking south) in Hannibal, pointing to “Caler’s...

St. Joseph's Academy, circa 1880. 111 Broadway, built in 1848, demolished circa 1923. Photo contributed by Marion Schnelle, it is now...

Known simply as “Hannibal Cave” when this photo was taken about 1880, Mark Twain Cave hardly resembles the major tourist attraction it is...

This Herring photo from Steve Chou’s collection is dated Jan. 19, 1934, and was taken after the demolition of the house which was located...

Somewhere on the north end of Hannibal’s Riverside Cemetery were buried Eugenia Irwin and her young daughter Charlotte (Lottie.) The...