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Title: Watching the lock walls rise beside them
Date: 1972-07
Description: Watching the lock walls rise beside them, the Delta Queen's passengers are all well aware that they are experiencing the final act in a chapter of American history. How sad to think that future generations may well be deprived of this unique mode of travel and escape from our society's breakneck pace.

Title: The Delta Queen approaches Lock 26 at Alton
Date: 1972-07
Description: The Delta Queen approaches Lock 26 at Alton, downbound on her last trip before being taken out of overnight passenger service. The Queen made a stately and forlorn appearance as she eased into the locks, heightened by the melancholy mood of a still early morning haze.

Title: Chain of Rocks Park Fire
Date: 1977-05-31, 1977-06-01
Description: Amusement park fire under inquiry: Firemen, silhouetted against blazing amusement rides at the Chain of Rocks Fun Fair Park, fight the fire which caused an estimated $180,000 in damage.

Title: Admiral First Deck
Date: 1978-06
Description: Photograph of L.G. Mitchell (left), Arthur Jackson (middle), and James Johnson facing the forecastle of the Admiral steamboat., p11-3-1-40-13

Title: Close fit under bridge
Date: 1972-07
Description: The Delta Queen barely passes under a bridge.

Title: The master rings for "All Stop"
Date: 1972-07
Description: The master rings for "All Stop" as the Queen is secured against the lock wall and the upper gates swing shut. With the river at a low stage, the Queen was dropped about fifteen feet this morning. The city of Alton was just beginning to waken, and no spectators were on hand to watch the Queen during her final lockage at Alton.

Title: Steamboat Captain Ernie Wagner.
Date: 1972-07
Description: Steamboat captain Ernie Wagner leans on the starboard bridge wing.

Title: Alone on the foredeck, a hand coils lines under the watchful eye of the mate and passengers.
Date: 1972-07
Description: Alone on the foredeck, a hand coils lines under the watchful eye of the mate and passengers. The landing stage has been secured since its last use at some small river town where passengers boarded.

Title: Admiral Lido Deck
Date: 1977-07-24
Description: Photograph of the St. Louis levee as seen from the top deck of the Admiral Steamboat. The Gateway Arch stands in the background., p11-3-1-41-20

Title: Admiral Boarding/Disembarking
Date: 1977-07-25
Description: Photograph of passengers disembarking the gangplank of the Admiral late in the evening., p11-3-1-40-5

Title: Rivermen know that steamboats have souls
Date: 1972-07
Description: Rivermen know that steamboats have souls, but everyone knows they have a voice. The Queen's whistle once heard will never likely be forgotten.

Title: Polish up the rail
Date: 1972-07
Description: A deckhand polishes a rail.

Title: Admiral Boarding/Disembarking
Date: 1971-05-11
Description: , p11-3-1-40-5

Title: A backward glance at St. Louis
Date: 1972-07
Description: A view of the arch from a boat on the Mississippi

Title: Delta Queen goes through lock 26 - Picture 2.
Date: 1972-07
Description: This is another picture that shows the Delta Queen going through lock 26.

Title: Big red wheel churns
Date: 1972-07
Description: A big red wheel churns.

Title: Lock Tender Watching the Queen
Date: 1972-07
Description: And now she's gone, as a lock tender watches almost with reverence. Next stop, St. Louis. Then Memphis, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, …

Title: Captains VW goes ashore
Date: 1972-07
Description: People on the shore watch the captain's VW go ashore.

Title: Fire drill once a week
Date: 1972-07
Description: Men perform their weekly fire drill.

Title: Deckhands haul away
Date: 1972-07
Description: A group of three deckhands handle a line.

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