"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
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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 writing on the first and second levels. The backside of the roof and residence are missing and the windows have been broken out.

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
Relation
"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.
"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.
"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.

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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/N07936"Hotel DeBreeze." Abandoned house covered with graffiti by Co. K, Second Illinois National Guard. Destruction likely ocurred during the East St. Louis race riot.