"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot.

"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot. https://mohistory.org/collections/item/N07937
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The 1917 East St. Louis Race Massacre
Title
"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot.
Description
Horizontal, black and white photograph of a two-story sided building with writing on both levels of the front and side. "Hotel De Breeze" is written above the gingerbread trim on the front porch and the back roof and back of the building is missing.

Company K was sent to East St. Louis to respond to the East St. Louis race riots of July 1917, and this photograph likely shows destruction in the aftermath of the violence.
Subject
East St. Louis Race Massacre
East St. Louis Race Riot
East St. Louis
African American History
Graffiti
Buildings
Temporal Coverage
1910-1919
Date
July 1917
Format
Photograph
WRSTL project
Group of African American men reporting property losses around time of 1917 Race Riot in East St. Louis. https://mohistory.org/collections/item/N40698The 1917 East St. Louis Race Massacre
Source
Missouri Historical Society
"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot. https://mohistory.org/collections/item/N07935"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot.
"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot. https://mohistory.org/collections/item/N07936"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot.
"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot. https://mohistory.org/collections/item/N08481"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot.

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"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot. https://mohistory.org/collections/item/N07937"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely occurred during the East St. Louis race riot.