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Title: Man and Boy Rabbit Hunting
Date: 1904
Description: Man and boy rabbit hunting, by A. B. Frost, 1904.

Title: J.S.
Description: 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 She was withdrawn and operated exclusively as an excursion boat, and made great success as such.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.

Title: 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

Title: CHESTER
Date: 1908
Description: Mo. River packet boat-first sternwheel-then screw propellers-1908

Title: 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

Title: BUCK ELK
Date: 190-
Description: Property of Norman G. Heckmann. NC Steelman. 1900's, Hermann, Mo.

Title: Missouri River Flood
Date: 1903-07-07
Description: Photograph of the MO. River flood in New Haven, Mo on July 7th, 1903.

Title: A. D. Allen
Description: Sternwheeler A. D. Allen docked.

Title: A. D. Allen
Description: Sternwheeler A. D. Allen at port. Crew is visible on deck.

Title: A. D. Allen
Description: Sternwheeler A. D. Allen at Lock 3 on the Arkansas River.

Title: A. Baldwin
Description: A. Baldwin on river. Crew visible on deck and in pilot house.

Title: Albermatla
Description: Albermatla on river. Passengers are visible on upper deck.

Title: Addie T
Description: Addie T at port, loaded with goods. Passengers and crew are visible on deck and in pilot house.

Title: Large Steamboat Album
Description: Loading the sternwheeler Oakland. From page 2 of large steamboat album.

Title: Vacation Album
Description: Walking path with wooden fence: "Our honeymoon trip, June 1905." One of 31 photos bound in a leather stamped album.

Title: Vacation Album
Description: View of an unidentified lake. One of 31 photos bound in a leather stamped album.

Title: Vacation Album
Description: Entrance to an ice cave. One of 31 photos bound in a leather stamped album.

Title: Vacation Album
Description: Walking path along bluff: "Our honeymoon trip, June 1905." One of 31 photos bound in a leather stamped album.

Title: Vacation Album
Description: Man and woman on pier, July 1905: "At Chicago Beach Hotel." One of 31 photos bound in a leather stamped album.

Title: Vacation Album
Description: Close-up of woman in rowboat: "Lake Harbor Michigan." One of 31 photos bound in a leather stamped album.

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