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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: Chase Hotel
Date: 1972
Description: Photograph of the Chase Hotel.

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

Title: Father Marquette Monument
Date: 1972-07
Description: A monument for father Marquette in Utica, Illinois.

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: Union Station
Date: 1972-08-18, 1972-08-19
Description: "Trains used to be in and out of here all day and night but now there are only three a day" —Edward Dodson, supervisor of red caps at Union Station.

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: Departure for homes
Date: 1972-07
Description: People socialize and get ready for going home in a parking lot.

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

Title: Lambert Airport, Metal Detector
Date: 1972-07-07, 1972-07-08
Description: Passenger passes through American Airlines' metal detector Friday.

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: Queen is awarded golden antlers.
Date: 1972-07
Description: The Delta Queen's crew is given a pair of golden antlers.

Title: Morris A. Shenker
Date: 1972-01-04, 1974-06-07
Description: The Kansas City organized crime family led by Nicholas Civella holds a secret interest in the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas "fronted" by St. Louis attorney Morris A. Shenker, the FBI alleged in court documents made public Friday.

Title: Polish up the rail
Date: 1972-07
Description: A deckhand polishes a rail.

Title: New Apartments near LaClede Town-Reverse
Date: 1972-02-14, 1972-02-24

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