Title	Newspaper Article and Pictures Entitled "Brown Business Began in 1909"
Date of Original	28 February 1980
Date of Digital	14 November 2004
Description	HANNIBAL, MO - J. T. Brown, an architect and teacher at Lincoln University of Jefferson City, Mo., came to Hannibal and found work in his trade helping with the UBF Hall and the Masonic Lodge in the Wedge area.  Such work was scarce so Brown worked for the cement plant where in an accident he lost an eye and three fingers.  From the money in the settlement he and a partner,  Charles McElroy started the McElroy and Brown Transfer Company.  After a few years, J.T. Brown bought out Mr. McElroy and expanded the business into new directions.  The business has been in the Brown family since that time.
Creator	Hannibal Courier-Post (Hannibal, Mo.)
Publisher	Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, MO)
Subject	Brown, J. T.
Subject	Brown, Philip, Jr.
Subject	Brown & Son Transfer and Storage Company (Hannibal, Mo.)
Subject	African American businesses -- Missouri -- Hannibal.
Subject	African American businessmen -- Missouri -- Hannibal.
Original Format	Newspaper article and photographs.
Digital Format	jpg
Identifier	B7303