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J.S.
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J.S.
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p. 1071 - on Upper Mississippi River, believed to be '1902-1910' Davenport, Iowa. First as sternwheel 'J.S' J.S. 'first ' J.S. excursion boat built at Jeffersonville, Indiana. 1901 - size 175'x33'x5.5'. engines 18"x7' stroke, built for Captain John Streckfus Sr. Originally placed in Davenport - Clinton, Iowa daily trade, offering "moonlight excursions". In this trade she was found to be too large and heavy to run the rapids every day. She was withdrawn and operated exclusively as an excursion boat, and made great success as such. She was lost by burning, on June 25, 1910 at "bad ax bend," near Victory Wisconsin. It is said that the fire which caused her destruction was touched off by a passenger who was confined in the jail located in hold.
BOWLING GREEN
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BOWLING GREEN
Date
190-
Description
pay" $2.80 a week, at the end of the week I had my $2.80. She was short and sweet, had to be short to get through the Green River locks. She coined the money for her owners. Her dimensions were 122' X 32' X 5' not overall. She had two boilers, with brooms in them ever hear of that? Well, I will explain to you sometime, I helped to operate them. Her engines were 4" X 6' stroke. This picture
CHESTER
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CHESTER
Date
1908
Description
Mo. River packet boat-first sternwheel-then screw propellers-1908
Queen City
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Queen City
Description
copied from the one you see in this picture. A section of the wire railing with its fanciful rosettes is used on the little steamer LADY GRACE. One of the gilded acorns surmounting the hogchain posts today is in the River Museum, Marietta, Ohio. We don't know the identity of the lady with the nice white shawl thrown over her shoulders, nor of her companions, but they are having a nice time sailing
Saint Louis Riverfront, Circa 1900
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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.
Large Steamboat Album
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Large Steamboat Album
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Loading the sternwheeler Oakland. From page 2 of large steamboat album.
MISSOURI
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MISSOURI
Date
1908
Description
Photographic post card of the MISSOURI addressed to Miss Helen Pallis in 1908. "I make a big bluff. Walter & I traveled as far as the river but it seems as though we can't go any further. Still in town & will not cause you to go to the post office Sunday. George W. H. to Miss Helen Pallis."
Photograph of a Painting of a Steamboat and Rowboat
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Photograph of a Painting of a Steamboat and Rowboat
Description
Photograph of a painting of painting of three men on a rowboat in front of a steamboat bellowing smoke. In the background, there are more stacks with dark smoke filling the air. There's one person visible on the steamboat, and an American flag displayed on a flagpole at the bow.
Photograph of the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
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Photograph of the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
Description
Photograph of the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company. The building's text identifies landings on the Mississippi River towards Vicksburg, Mississippi. Surrounding the buildings are stacks of lumber and horses attached to carts. Behind the buildings on the river are several steamboats and a bridge crosses the scene in the background. The boats are of Lee Line Steamers.
Photograph of Several Steamboats and Bridge
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Photograph of Several Steamboats and Bridge
Description
Wide photograph of the riverbank and bridge; the Saint Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company, the Consolidated Coal Company, Cape Girardeau and Commerce, and Diamond Line Steamers line the river side. Steamers are docked behind the buildings and there are several boats moving across the water in the background. The foreground has lumber on the bank with people spread across it intermittently.
Photograph of the Steamboat Dr. Frederick Hill
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Photograph of the Steamboat Dr. Frederick Hill
Description
Photograph of a stopped steamboat, labeled "Dr. Frederick Hill of St. Louis". There's a sign on the messy wooden dock for the purchase of ferry tickets, and people are spread around the boat. In the foreground, debris covers the riverbank.
M-514 Early St. Louis Glass Plate Photograph Collection
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M-514 Early St. Louis Glass Plate Photograph Collection
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This collection of glass plate negatives depicts scenes of St. Louis at the turn of the 20th century including the construction of the 1904 World’s Fair in Forest Park, the newly built Compton Hill Water Tower, the Cathedral Basilica, the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts and Brookings Hall at Washington University, a variety of farm houses and homes around the city, steamboats along the riverfront, and families enjoying various activities, picnicking, shopping, etc.
Steamboat R.C. Gunter
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Steamboat R.C. Gunter
Description
Photograph of the steamboat R.C. Gunter. The R.C. Gunter was a sternwheel packet built at Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1886 for the Chattanooga and Decatur Packet Company. R.C. Gunter was the owner and master. By 1896 the boat had been sold to the St. Louis, Harden and Hempsville Packet Company, and then sold again to the Eagle Packet Company a year later in 1901. The latter company ran the boat one final year until it sank in 1902 on the Illinois River. This is a unique view of the steamer we've not found elsewhere. Several passengers can be seen posing on the railing of the boiler deck. Photograph ca. 1900.

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