P-005: Dorothy Heckmann Shrader Collection

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: DENISON; The U S, Engineer Dep't Snag-boat DENISON - During April 1955. In operation while demolishing and removing from the river, the old abandoned Lock #7 and it's dam , on the Warrior River, near Eutaw Ala .

: DUBUQUE; Sternwheeler, Diamond Jo Line boat, operated between St. Louis and St. Paul, later converted to excursion.

: DeWitt, Mo. Ferry Boat; Photo, ferry boat on Missouri River, DeWitt, Mo.

: Dennison, Texas; Photograph of the Red River and bridge in Denison, Texas.

: Denuer Federal Prison

: Destrehan, La.; Moss Draped oak, Destrehen Refinery, "Louisiana, S. O. Co."

: Douglass Bridge; Photograph of the Douglass Bridge.

: ECLIPSE; SUPPLY DEPOT: Below Fort Benton, the waterway was dotted with port towns whose main business was to maintain the flow of supplies from the East. Steamboats were the lifeline of the frontier. The ECLIPSE is docked at the Third Street landing, Bismark, Dakota, 1876.

: ELISHA WOODS; Photograph of ELISHA WOODS, dock in Kansas City.

: ELLA MAY; Photograph of the ELLA MAY. Ferryboat.

: ELSA MAUR; Photograph of the ELSA MAUR on the Black River

: EMMA at Bowling Green, KY.; Bowling Green, KY. B.G. Ice and Cold Storage Co. Str. EMMA in foreground. 11-22-1962 Steamer Emma – 1901-1923 at Bowling Green Ky. on Barren River head of navigation. In 1924 she was renamed M.C. Clay. Built at Evansville Ind. In 1901, size 85’x22’x3.9. She had two boilers, western river type engines were – 10”x4½’ stroke slide value poppet cut-off. She towed, RR cross ties, coal, and asphalt, under command of Capt’n J. Mike Speck, Teb Howell, Jessie L. Wilson, and Captain James E. Wallace, on the Emma, I was a member of her crew under Captn Jessie L. Wilson, and Captain Jas. E. Wallace, Charlie Lucas was chief engineer (Cylinder Cock Charlie as he was known). Had my real, really first pay job as a deckhand on this boat at age 15, under command of Captn Jessie L. Wilson. I was a little too light for decking especially when we hit a coal pile. Captain Wilson and my father were very close friends and Captain Jessie carried me on the payroll as a deckhand, but put me in the firebox to haul ashes down through the ash well. At other times, I spent in the engine room with Chief Lucas. Then later on when was about 19, I was a watchman on her, in command of Captain James E. Wallace. Captain Wallace is now living in Bowling Green, Ky., in his 91st year. By Courtney M. Ellis, Nashville, Tenn.

: Eads Bridge; Photograph of the Eads Bridge, Mississippi River, St. Louis, Mo.

: Eagle Packet Company; Eagle Packet Company, Office of Wharfboat, Foot of Vine St., St. Louis, MO. Steamers: ALTON, BALD EAGLE, SPREAD EAGLE, CAPE GIRARDEAU

: F.Y. BATCHELOR; Photograph of steamer F.Y. BACHELOR at the Fort Buford Landing, 1878.

: FAIRMONT; Photograph of the FAIRMONT. Railroad tracks in the foreground.

: FAIRMONT; Photograph of the FAIRMONT

: FAIRMONT; Photograph of the FAIRMONT.

: FAIRMONT; Photograph of the FAIRMONT in 1917

: FAIRMONT; Photograph of the FAIRMONT

: FAIRMONT and SATURN; Photograph of the FAIRMONT and SATURN

: FAWN, ROYAL, VIENNA; Photograph of the steamers FAWN, VIENNA and ROYAL, about 1890.

: FLOATING STUDIO No. 2; Photograph of FLOATING STUDIO No. 2, a floating photograpy studio.

: FLOYD H. BLASKE; Str. Floyd H. Blaske. Blaske Lines.

: FLOYD H. BLASKE; Photograph of steam tow FLOYD H. BLASKE.

: FORT CHARTRES; Photo of Ft. CHARTRES (U.S. Dredge No. 6).

: Federal Barge Lines Tow; Photo. Federal Barge Lines tow.

: Federal Barge Lines Tow; State Boat F.B.L., 1942, ice, Ill. River

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