operate west of the Allegheny Mountains. Little information on the New Orleans has survived. There is even some question whether she was a sidewheeler or a sternwheeler. Her first voyage took place in 1811, when she left Pittsburgh in October, doubled back from Louisville to Cincinnati to prove she could run against the current, and reached New Olreans in January, 1812. For the 1911 centennial
River Protection Work - United States Engineer Dept. Weaving brush mattress ; showing barge load of willows, weaving way flats and steam tender Greenfield Bend near Bird's Point, Mo.
Being a complete street and classified list of the manufacturing, mercantile, and professional interests of the entire city, together with statistics in reference to the federal, state and city governments, etc., also containing Business Directories of Alton, Ill., Belleville, Ill., East St. Louis, Ill., Granite City, Ill., Madison, Ill., St. Charles, Mo., and Venice, Ill., Volume 37 of a series originally titled Gould's Commercial Register.
Alphabetically arranged and classified by streets, with a list of the most prominent citizens in St. Louis, Alton, East St. Louis, Carlinville and St. Charles. Also a complete list of club members with their business locations.
Record of masters, mates, pilots, and engineers of merchant steam, motor, and sail vessels kept by the United States Steamboat Inspection Service in 1909.
The more complete title reads "Being a Complete Index of the Residents of the Entire City, and a CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX CONTAINING USEFUL INFORMATION OF THE CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, RAILROADS, CITY, STATE, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MATTER, ALSO Street and Avenue Directory.
River Protection Work - United States Engineer Dept. Floating section of willow mattress awaiting rock for sinking. Greenfield Bend near Bird's Point, Mo.
Political cartoon from "Harper's Weekly" depicting men dressed in various types of clothing, denoting wealth and status, all standing in line at a "polling place". Below the cartoon "Where All Men Are Equal, Drawn by Hanson Booth" is printed. "Hanson Booth" is also signed at the bottom of the cartoon.