Broadside: “Millionaire Parker Never Contributed One Cent to the World’s Fair Fund! He Cannot Deny It? 20,000 men, rich and poor, did their share, and yet the man who wants to be Mayor Did Not Contribute One Cent.” Refers to George Washington Parker., ca. 1901

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13

Identifier: A1027-00003

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Broadside: Millionaire Parker Never Contributed One Cent to the World's Fair Fund!, 1901

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists primarily of receipts, accounts, correspondence, and other papers regarding the businesses of M.S. Mepham & Bro., the St. Louis Paint Manufacturing Company, and George S. Mepham & Co. in St. Louis. The collection also contains receipts, correspondence, and other business papers of M.S. Mepham from the 1830s and 1840s, prior to his arrival in St. Louis; several documents relating to the Civil War, many of which do not appear to be related to the Mepham family; papers regarding the steamboats owned by the Mephams, most notably the M.S. Mepham and the Minnie; a check signed by Brigham Young, 1872; invitation to a Socialist Party demonstration with Mother Jones speaking, 1905; a few items from the maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Olympic, 1911; and some personal Mepham family correspondence and papers.