Photograph of the steamboat DELTA QUEEN as part of the St. Louis Luncheon Cruise. The bottom of the photograph depicts the words, “Delta Queen Port of St. Louis Luncheon Cruise / Sponsored by the American Association of Railroaders, Inc. October 28, 1972.”
Burning Excursion Str. ISLAND QUEEN after explosion at a Pittsburgh wharf September 1947. Fuel tanks exploded resulting in the destruction of the boat and loss of 19 lives.
With the Reliance at St. Louis. The Alton, a beautiful side-wheeler was built in 1906 at Jeffersonville, Indiana. She was 241.1 feet in length, 38 feet beam and 7.3 feet depth of hold. She was of 800 tons, 1350 horse power, and owned and operated by the Eagle Packet Company of St. Louis. A feature of her construction was an octagonal shaped pilot house. In 1913 she was operating as an excursion
Photograph of the center of the Orleans room "Mr. and Mrs. Mantler's Table #57 = 2nd - 4 chair table on left. Band stand straight ahead" aboard the steamboat DELTA QUEEN.