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P-056: The Robert Graul Delta Queen Photographs
This collection consists of 55 photographs taken by Robert Graul on a trip aboard the excursion steamboat DELTA QUEEN from July 1972 trip from St. Louis to Peoria. Photographs include images of the DQ, passengers, crew, shore excursions, and local landmarks.
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- A backward glance at St. Louis
- A view of the arch from a boat on the Mississippi
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- Above Hardin Bridge
- A Woman looks out towards Hardin bridge.
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- Alone on the foredeck, a hand coils lines under the watchful eye of the mate and passengers.
- Alone on the foredeck, a hand coils lines under the watchful eye of the mate and passengers. The landing stage has been secured since its last use at some small river town where passengers boarded.
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- Big red wheel churns
- A big red wheel churns.
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- Capt. Wagner consoles Capt. Trone
- Four people look at Captain Wagner shaking hands with captain Trone.
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- Captain Dennis Trone of the Julia Belle Swain
- Captain Dennis Trone smiles while having his picture taken.
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- Captain Ernie Wagner
- Captain Ernie Wagner of the Delta Queen with the bones.
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- Captain Ernie Wagner
- Captain Ernie Wagner, of the Delta Queen, leans onto the starboard bridge wing.
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- Captain Ernie Wagner leans onto the railing above - picture 2
- Captain Ernie Wagner leans on the starboard bridge wing.
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- Captain Wagner oversees mooring
- Captain Wagner looks out onto land while the boat is moored.
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- Captains VW goes ashore
- People on the shore watch the captain's VW go ashore.
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- Close fit under bridge
- The Delta Queen barely passes under a bridge.
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- Debarkation at Peoria
- A group of people load a taxi in Peoria.
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- Deckhands haul away
- A group of three deckhands handle a line.
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- Delta Queen goes through lock 26 - Picture 2.
- This is another picture that shows the Delta Queen going through lock 26.
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- Delta Queen goes through lock 26.
- Delta Queen goes through lock 26.
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- Departure for homes
- People socialize and get ready for going home in a parking lot.
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- Father Marquette Monument
- A monument for father Marquette in Utica, Illinois.
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- Finally secure at Kampsville
- Delta Queen seen on the shore of Kampsville.
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- Finally secure at Kampsville
- Delta Queen seen on the shore of Kampsville.
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- Fire drill once a week
- Men perform their weekly fire drill.
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- Flying kites off stern
- Two Men handle a kite on a boat's stern.
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- Gang plank entertainment
- Women smiling towards something off-camera. One woman, second from left, holds racing horns. A couple others wear sashes, as if in a beauty pagent.
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- Group picture of crew
- The boat crew poses for pictures.
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- Hear that Calliope
- Smoke blows out of pipes.
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- Idle time during shore trip
- The Delta Queen seen from shore where children play on rocks.
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- Landing at Havana, Illinois
- A group of people on the Delta Queen look out towards the shore of Havana, Illinois, where the boat is about to land.
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- Last Look
- The Delta Queen, viewed at the stern.
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