Crowd Stopping Streetcars at Collinsville Avenue and Broadway During the East St. Louis Race Riots · WRSTL PLACE

Item sets: Digital Public History Class; African American Photos and Prints at the Missouri Historical Society; The 1917 East St. Louis Race Massacre

Title: Crowd Stopping Streetcars at Collinsville Avenue and Broadway During the East St. Louis Race Riots
Description: Horizontal, black and white photograph showing a crowd stopping streetcars at Collinsville Avenue and Broadway during the East St. Louis race riots. A caption attached to the photograph reads: "State Troops Establish Order in East St. Louis after Furious Riots. The photo shows the crowd stopping streetcars at Collinsville Avenue and Broadway, East St. Louis, where they hauled off and massacred passengers. The militia after steady and effective work quelled the rioters, but it was a hard task. 2000 Guardsmen patrol the streets today although comparative quiet reign. 7/5/17."
Creator: Underwood and Underwood, New York
Subject: Riots; Race Riots; 1917 East St. Louis Race Riots; East St. Louis; African Americans
Temporal Coverage: 1917
Medium: UK
Format: Photograph
Date: 1917-07-05
Source: Missouri Historical Society, Photos and Prints Department
Identifier: P1024-00002

Media: CROWD STOPPING STREETCARS AT COLLINSVILLE AVENUE AND BROADWAY DURING THE EAST ST. LOUIS RACE RIOTS