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Title: General Ashburn
Description: The General Ashburn is a steel hull, sternwheel towboat built at Dubuque, Iowa in 1927 nby the dubuque Boat and Boiler Aworks. Her dimensions are :-130.l1x35.1x5.1 feet. She has a stoker fired coal burner and condensing engines, 15's by 30's, with a 6-1/2 foot stroke; 600 horse power. The Ashburn was originally owned and operated by the Inland Waterways Corporation of the Federal Barge Lines. The

Title: J. W. Van Sant and Bow Boat with log raft
Description: , the Lydia Van Sant made fast across the bow of the raft and by pushing ahead or back, as directed by the pilot of the raft boat \"J. W. Van Sant\", the bow boat moves the bow to the right or left giving the raft a different direction or \"point\". The J. W. Van Sant II, was built in 1890 and burned in 1907.

Title: Carte de la Louisiane et Pays Voisins
Date: 1757
Description: From Prevost d'Exiles' "Histoire Generale des Voiages." Paris: Didot, 1757

Title: Missouri.
Date: 1825
Description: Buchon, Carez, and Beaupre. "Carte geographique, statistique et historique du Missouri." Paris: Carez, 1825 from those authors’ general atlas in French and essentially the same map as the Missouri map from "The Historical, Chronological and Geographical American Atlas." Philadelphia: Carey and Lea: 1823

Title: The City of St. Louis Missouri.
Date: 1872
Description: Despite the tagline, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." this map seems to be an updated version of Colton's 1855 map that appeared in an 1872 atlas.

Title: Admiral First Deck
Description: p11-3-1-40-13

Title: Capitol, Construction
Description: Construction of the excursion steamer CAPITOL.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the steamboat DELTA QUEEN. The steamboat is docked, with passengers and crew depicted on each level. Photograph by Andrew J. Lodder of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Title: Thomas Hart Benton Portrait
Description: Engrave portrait of Thomas Hart Benton ca. 1850 by J. Rogers Co. with train vignette underneath.

Title: Pacific Rail Road of Missouri and Its Connections
Date: 1867
Description: From J. West Goodwin's Pacific Railway business guide & gazetteer of Missouri and Kansas for 1867-8 / Saint Louis, Mo : J. West Goodwin, 1867.

Title: Kansas City Federal Barge Line
Date: 1940
Description: The Kansas City is a twin-propellor, steel hull tow-boat, built in 1938 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia by the Marietta Manufacturing Company. Her dimensions are:- 148.4 x 40.1 x 8.1 feet. She has triple expansion condensing engines, 10-1/4 inches by 17 inches by 27 inches with [sic] and 18 inch stroke; 1,000 horse power at 225 r.p.m.; the propellors are 6 feet 5 inches in diameter. This boat is

Title: Tom Greene and Fred Way
Description: Unidentified man (left) with Tom Green (middle) and Captain Fredrick Way Jr. (right) aboard the Steamer DELTA QUEEN.

Title: Capitol, Aerial view
Description: Aerial photo of "Str. Capitol" at the Alton Locks on Sunday, May 19.

Title: Aerial Photo of Convention Center Construction
Date: 1976-02-12
Description: Aerial photograph of construction on the Convention Center. Downtown St. Louis in background.

Title: Men Surveying Construction Center Site
Date: 1975-05-02, 1975-05-03
Description: "James Welsh, left, of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, surveys Convention Center with Eugene L. Beckerle, center, center director, and Mayor John H. Poelker."

Title: Iron Workers Union Hall
Date: 1969-07-25, 1969-07-25
Description: Iron workers going into the Iron Workers Union Hall for a meeting.

Title: Iron Workers Union Hall
Date: 1969-07-29, 1969-07-29
Description: Iron workers going into the Iron Workers Union Hall for a meeting.

Title: Board of Election Commissioners Building-The Official Count
Date: 1977-04-13, 1977-04-14
Description: The official count from the city elections began Wednesday at the warehouse of the Board of Election Commissioners, 5038 Kemper Ave.

Title: Striking
Date: 1976-05-13
Description: It's not hard to tell the sentiments of striking Anheuser-Busch beer bottlers turned thumbs down on a company offer at a vote Wednesday.

Title: Maitre D' Adolph Fisher
Date: 1968-07-16
Description: Maitre d' Adolph Fisher of the Chase-Park Plaza shows the Hunt Room menu to Miss Red Bird Beth Ann Walker during a diet dinner.

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