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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: Deadhead
Date: 1992
Description: An image of a red locomotive trailing steam, and its caboose passing through a switch with the train's flagman standing next to the signal.

Title: The Gast Brewery
Date: 1995-07-16, 1995-07-16
Description: Gast St. Louis Brewing Co. operated a plant at 851 Hornsby Avenue. After a fire, it bottled beer in a plant in Highland, Ill. The brewery closed in the 1940s.

Title: Before the Surface Transportation Board : finance docket no. 33388
Date: 1997, 1997

Title: Cape Girardeau (Model)
Description: "Cape Girardeau" Model by Ernest Arenz on display at Golden Eagle River Museum 1987-1990. Photo by R.V. Gerber.

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: The Conrail Special
Date: 1997, 1997-05-21

Title: Channel Nine's First International Beer & Food Tasting
Description: Beer advertisement for Channel Nine's first international beer and food tasting. The event was held at the Omni International Hotel at Union Station and tickets cost $10 for Channel Nine members, $12 for guests and those purchasing at the door. Admission included samples of hundreds of international beer and food samples.

Title: Famous Label - Grim Race for Food Series
Description: A small child stands in the cold with a box of nonfat dry milk, donated by the people of the United States.

Title: Picard Riker '96 Bumper Sticker
Description: 3 inches by 11 1/2 inches unused vinyl bumper sticker. The background is split diagonally with red on the upper left half and white on the lower right half. In the red portion is white text reading "PICARD". In the white portion is black text reading "RIKER" and red text below reading "'96". In the bottom corner is small text reading "Collectors' Holiday St. Louis, MO 314-531-0044". To the right is an International Union of Painters and Allied Trades union imprint. The Picard and Riker referenced are Jean-Luc Picard and William Riker, characters from the television series Star Trek. In the top left corner is the Starfleet Insignia from Star Trek.

Title: Presidential Debate of 1992 Button
Date: 1992
Description: White button with three blue monochrome portraits labelled Bush, Clinton, and Perot. Below is red and blue text reading "I was there for the first Presidential Debate of 1992 October 11, 1992 St. Louis, Mo." A small blue star is centered between the portraits and text.

Title: Clinton and Gore Deserve Four More
Date: 1996
Description: Red, white, blue, and black political campaign button that reads "Clinton & Gore Deserve Four More! Re-Elect Bill & Al in 1996," with a black and white portrait of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

Title: "Win With Bush" Bubble Gum Cigar
Description: Bubble gum cigar with the words "Win With Bush" written on the wrapper in white. Produced by Swell Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corporation.

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