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Title: Julia Belle Swain
Date: 1998
Description: 1949 - 1998. 50 Years. In honor of the Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary of Ralph and Kathleen Du Pae their children and grandchildren request the pleasure of your company at a reception on Sunday the 16th of August, Nineteen hundred and ninety-eight from five in the afternoon to nine at night a-board teh steamboat Julia Belle Swain at Riverside Park La Crosse, Wisconsin. Informal Dress. No Gifts Please

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: John Shipley's wife in pilot house of the PORTLAND.

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: Woman in pilot house of "Portland"

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: To be able in small way to be part of the restoration and preservation of our history and of the steamboats that made it possible for this country to become truly great is a great satisfaction. Signed: John Shipley

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: Steel bridge over Willamette River.

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: Ocean vessels in town for Rose festival

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: On board "Portland", looking past tug "Cascades"). Vessels at distance:paddle wheelers "Portland Rose" (larger) and ("Columbia" largr (both diesel_

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: Signal flags for opening day of "Portland"

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: "Portland" steam exhaust in smoke stack. See whistle!

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: The Portland was built in 1947 as a harbor tug. She is aprox 220 feet long, and her paddle wheel is 25 plus feet in diameter. She has 7 rudders. In 1980 the Port of Portland who owner her, retired her. They planned to restore her to daily passenger excursions, but gave up due to lack of funding. She was given to the Oregon Maritime Museum a few years ago, and the with massive volunteer help have restored her. The pictures are on her first trip since 1980. She is on a steel hull, Boiler Deck, and Main Deck. Floor. The rest is wooden. So hopefully, an exemption can be gotten to allow her to operate as basically is, or funds to change wood to steel. She is very typical of the Western Steam Paddle Wheeler.

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: Electronic caliope on "Portland". Player not known

Title: Portland
Date: 1993
Description: John Shipley's wife, and Darrell Dasper, in pilot house of the PORTLAND.

Title: Delta Queen
Date: 1981-08-03
Description: Photograph of driftwood along the Mississippi River. "Driftwood 'Floating Islands' in Mississippi after heavy rains 8-3-81, caused some flooding."

Title: Delta Queen
Date: 1972-10-28
Description: Photograph of the steamboat DELTA QUEEN as part of the St. Louis Luncheon Cruise. The bottom of the photograph depicts the words, “Delta Queen Port of St. Louis Luncheon Cruise / Sponsored by the American Association of Railroaders, Inc. October 28, 1972.”

Title: Island Queen
Date: 1947-09-09
Description: Burning Excursion Str. ISLAND QUEEN after explosion at a Pittsburgh wharf September 1947. Fuel tanks exploded resulting in the destruction of the boat and loss of 19 lives.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947-05-17
Description: "Golden Eagle" below Eads Bridge St. Louis MO. Picture taken May 17, 1947 before departure for her last trip to Nashville, Tenn. She sank next morning May 18 at Grand Tower Island after striking rock formation and fearing a 6 foot hole in the center seam in the hull. The Pilot Nathan Smith beached her and all passengers & crew were saved. Repeated floods in the summer of 1947 made raising of the

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947-05-17
Description: This picture was taken by Mr. Wesley when she left on her ill fated trip May 17, 1947 from the St. L. Levee at 6:00 P.M. Presented to the Golden Eagle River Museum by Marga Finger 1976,

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947
Description: Photograph of the Steamer GOLDEN EAGLE, sunk at Grand Tower. 1947.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947
Description: Clearing channel of Wreckage from the GOLDEN EAGLE by the U S Army Corps of Engineers.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947
Description: From the last St. Louis owned tourist Str. GOLDEN EAGLE, which struck rock bottom 80 miles South of St. Louis May 18, 1947. Passengers and crew left safely. The boat broke up, a total loss. The PILOT HOUSE is now in the River Room of the Jefferson Memorial in Forest Park.

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