Side-wheel packet James Howard, built in 1870 for the St. Louis-New Orleans trade. In 1872 she transported the Grade Duke Alexis of Russia and his entourage to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. In March of 1881 she burned at St. Louis while carrying a large cargo of sugar.
The photographs of the William F. and Betty Streckfus Carroll Collection are mostly of the boats, people and businesses of the Streckfus Steamers Company, although photographs of other vessels and river personalities can also be found. A finding aid to the full collection, including the photographs, is available.
Painting of the side-wheel packet Eclipse, commemorating her famed (and hotly contested) speed trial of 1853. The boat was designed for the Louisville-New Orleans trade and was given great power with the expectation that she could make the upstream voyage in four days; she never did.
M/V A. A. McKinney - McKinney Towing, Inc. - Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 1,800 horsepower - Avondale Shipyards, Inc. - 1963 - January 2006 at New Orleans, Louisiana
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See also: M/V Paul H. Chotin, M/V Emmanuel Ch 133
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Boat Photo Museum No. 1850-41918
Billie and DeDe Pierce of the Preservation Hall Band, New Orleans, are members of the Olympic Jazz Company which will represent the United States at the Olympics in Mexico City and which will be at The Globe-Democrat concert Oct. 17.