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Title: Flying kites off stern
Date: 1972-07
Description: Two Men handle a kite on a boat's stern.

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: Last Look, Steamer Delta Queen
Date: 1972-07
Description: The Delta Queen, viewed at the stern.

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: Above Hardin Bridge
Date: 1972-07
Description: A Woman looks out towards Hardin bridge.

Title: Queen returns to starting line
Date: 1972-07
Description: A group of people look at the Delta Queen from the shore at the end of the race.

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: 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: Idle time during shore trip
Date: 1972-07
Description: The Delta Queen seen from shore where children play on rocks.

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

Title: No hard feelings
Date: 1972-07
Description: The Delta Queen appears to be docked. A sign reading "Go Julia Belle Swain" in the foreground.

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