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Title: Arcturus and Robert E. Lee
Date: 1976-07-02
Description: French Boat "Arcturus". 7/2/76. "Str. Robert E. Lee" on right

Title: Admiral
Description: Steamer ADMIRAL at the Saint Louis riverfront. Photograph.

Title: City of Providence
Description: The City Of Providence ws an Anchor Line boat built in 1880 . For the St. Louis and Natchez trade. She ws a side wheeler with a texas deck and was later made an excursion boat. Shown here from South St. Louis bluffs above the Iron Mountain railroad tracks as an excursion boat operated by Columbia Excursion Company, she finally sunk in a wreck at St. Louis January 20, 1910. A part of the City of Providence's superstructure was destroyed in the cyclone of 1896. Ws an excursion boat owned by Capt. W. H. Thorwegan she ran in competition with City of Alton and defeated the latter boat in many races.

Title: Saint Louis Riverfront
Description: Boats lined up along the St. Louis levee. Union Elevator visible on the Illinois shore. Boats are, from left to right, unnamed, the snagboat C. R. Suter, the showboat French's New Sensation, and a steamer ----lyde. Date range of photograph could be from 1888 to about 1910.

Title: Providence and Ferryboat
Description: Ferry boat and steamer Providence. Wiggins ferry? Note bull rail on main deck. Julius Walsh, Kuntz; ferryboater, 3; working --- North Market, 24 hr. service = ran to Venice on Sun. beer open. Capt. Menke got showboat for Sunday trade

Title: St. Louis Riverfront
Date: 1935-06-09
Description: Ed Bruckner Mate. 6/9/35. Saint Louis, Missouri riverfront at flood stage. Eads Bridge in background. Elevated railroad tracks to the left of photo.

Title: Admiral
Description: The Admiral at the Saint Louis riverfront. Gateway Arch in the background. Dec. 2, 1967. Goldenrod Showboat visible as well. Hilton under construction.

Title: St. Louis Levee
Description: Photograph of cargo and steamboats lining the Saint Louis levee in the 1890s. GRAND REPUBLIC (second) and BELLE OF CALHOUN, as well as the Anchor Line wharfboat are pictured. Eads Bridge in the background. Railroad tracks to the left.

Title: River Queen
Description: RIVER QUEEN sunk at Saint Louis, Missouri, Dec. 2, 1967. Formerly the CAPE GIRARDEAU and GORDON C. GREENE. Last packet boat built at Howard Shipyards (b. 1923). Looking north.

Title: Gordon C. Greene
Description: Photograph of the steamer GORDON C. GREENE mid-stream at St. Louis, Missouri.

Title: Bighorn, Montana, Cora
Date: 1865-12-16
Description: Steamers BIGHORN, MONTANA, CORA. Breaking of the ice, St. Louis, 1865 (Dec. 16). Sam G. Smith.

Title: St. Louis Levee
Description: St. Louis levee, 1890's. Grand Republic (second), Belle of Calhoun, ?, City of New Orleans. Photographed by Henry Stark, Jr. of St. Louis.

Title: JEANNE BARRETT and Tow
Description: I piloted this boat St. Louis to Missouri City with tow and returned light. The only boat of the famous Barrett Line that ever entered the Missouri [River].

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

Title: JEANNE BARRETT
Description: My old sweetheart 'Jeanne Barrett'. The Barrett Line Cairo Took tow St. Louis to Missouri City returned light.

Title: ADMIRAL
Description: Photograph of steamer ADMIRAL at the St. Louis levee. The Eads Bridge is in the background.

Title: Saint Louis Riverfront, Circa 1900
Description: Photograph of the St. Louis Riverfront, circa 1900. The U. S. Snagboat Horatio G. Wright is in the background. Positioned in front of it is the steam tug, Ella St. Clair, which operated on the riverfront from 1898 - 1902. An excursion steamboat and another boat are to the right of the image. Women and children are walking the levee.

Title: WRIGHT
Description: Wright, U.S. Snagboat. U.S. Government Yards and Fleet of Mississippi River Commission, St. Louis, Mo.

Title: Madell
Date: 1896
Description: This levee scene taken just after the cyclone of 1896, shows the damage to the transfer boat Ma dell.

Title: MINNEHAHA
Date: 1864-07-09
Description: Photograph of a bill of lading concerning a delivery of Hemp on the steamboat MINNEHAHA.

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