P-003: Ruth Ferris Collection Prints

This part of the Ruth Ferris Collection contains prints, mostly lithographs taken from illustrated periodicals in the 19th century.
Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library
A View of Fort Armstrong
A view of Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Mississippi River. Probably 1853.
Bombardment of Island No. 10
Bombardment of Island Number Ten by the mortar fleet, March 16, 1862. -- Sketched by Alexander Simplot. -- [ See page 219.] The gun-boat fleet dropping down stream to reconnoitre. Steamers towing mortar-boats into position.
Closing scene of the naval fight before Memphis
From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Colonel Ellet's Ram Approaching Memphis
From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Crevasse on the Lower Mississippi
Illustration of fishermen on the riverbank of the Mississippi at flood stage. House and men in a canoe in the background., From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Eisenbrucken. III.
1. Rheinbrucke zu Koblenz. 2. Mississippibrucke bei St. Louis (Nordamerika) wahrend des Baues., Iron Bridges. 1. Rhine bridge to Koblenz. 2. Mississippi bridge at St. Louis (North America) during the construction.
Flag Ship "Harper" Attacked
The flag-ship "Harper" attacked by the ram "Manassas" and a fire-raft in the Mississippi.-[see page 373.]
Government Bridge Between Davenport and Rock Island
View of the Government Bridge (or Arsenal Bridge) spanning the Mississippi between Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa.
Grand Tower and Devil's Bakeoven
Grand Tower and Devil's Bakeoven, Mississippi River. Drawn after nature for proprietor Herman J. Meyer.
Great Crevasse of the Mississippi
The great crevasse of the Mississippi on the plantation of Mr. Bell, near New Orleans, April 11, 1858.--See page 7.
Ice Bridge at St. Louis
Ice bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis.-[Photographed by R. Benecke, St. Louis.]
Indianola
The United States gun-boat Indianola (iron-clad) running the blockade at Vicksburg.
Memphis Before the War.
Old battery at the Navy-yard. Steamboat landing. The cotton levee., From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Queen of the West
The federal ram "Queen of the West" attacking the rebel gunboat "Vicksburg" off Vicksburg.--[See page 139.]
St. Louis Riverfront
View of the bridge now building across the Mississippi at St. Louis. - Sketched from the shot-tower by Robert P. Mallory. (See page 30).
The Eads Jetties
The Eads Jetties, at South Pass, mouth of the Mississippi River.
The Floods at St. Louis
The floods at St. Louis - working on the levee at night.-Drawn by Charles Graham.-[See page 423.]
The Mississippi River
The delta of the Mississippi - scene at Southwest Bar. Telegraph station at Southwest Bar. Stake Island. Scene after the hurricane of October 5.
The Valley of the Upper Mississippi
Flat boats. Rafting. Lake Pepin. Sugar Loaf. Chimney Rock on Turkey River.
Vicksburg Canal
Break in the Mississippi Levee near the canal at Vicksburg.-Sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.-[See page 215.]; and Cutting away the dam at the head of the Vicksburg Canal.-Sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.-[See page 215.]

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