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Title: Burlington
Description: Steamer BURLINGTON at a levee on the Upper Mississippi. Northern Line Packet Company

Title: Cincinnati
Description: Cincinnati, Ohio levee showing Str. "Cincinnati" with "Queen City" outside. New "Island Queen" above. Date about 1925.

Title: Cotton Blossom
Description: Cotton Blossom. Used for movie Showboat.

Title: Steamer May Bryan!
Date: 1885
Description: This time table will be in force June 1st, 1885, until October 1st, 1885. There will be no ferrying done with skiff excepting on Sunday, unless some accident on account of boat. Will run until sundown, if called for. Washington Ferry Co. Frank Hoelscher, Master.

Title: St. Louis Riverfront
Date: 1865
Description: Panoramic photograph of St. Louis, Missouri, 1865. Identifiable steamboats (from left to right) are: EDWARD WALSH, WARSAW, U. S. Mail Line C. E. KILLMAN, SULTANA, and EMPRESS. The Old Courthouse rises above the rest of the skyline.

Title: Rob't. E. Lee
Description: The 1866-built Rob't. E. Lee (Robert E. Lee) & Great Republic at Cairo Wharfboat.

Title: Cincinnati
Description: Near New Martinsville, West Virginia. Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company. Sold to Streckfus Steamers and rebuilt from the hull up as the President.

Title: Montana
Date: 1884-06-22
Description: "Montana's bell is on J. W. Hubbard (washed on shore near Jeffersonville, Ind.) 1934." - Ruth Ferris

Title: Cotton Blossom
Date: 1912
Description: Cotton Blossom Floating Theatre 1912. Marine Band on head-

Title: Steamboat Bell Pulls

Title: Cotton Blossom
Description: Cotton Blossom Showboat. Sign on bow reads \"Famous Vaudeville and Novelty Acts\"

Title: P-003: Ruth Ferris Collection General River Photographs
Description: The Ruth Ferris Collection General River Photographs contain photos of the places, sites and towns important to the inland rivers of North America.

Title: Missouri (Snagboat)
Date: 1921
Description: At S--sh Point, 1921. U.S. Snagboat Missouri. Sent to me by Mrs Thekla M. Baldwin widow of Capt Baldwin on Jan 23, 1930.

Title: P-003: Ruth Ferris Collection Bills of Lading
Description: This series of the Ruth Ferris Collection consists of bills of lading. Bills of lading are documents that were issued by a steamboat, steamboat line, or a third party such as a commissioning agent and issued to the customer to give a receipt of proof of shipment on a steamboat.

Title: Cincinnati
Description: Steamer CINCINNATI under steam.

Title: Bellerive Park
Description: Two men staring out at the Mississippi River from Bellerive Park, winter time.

Title: Missouri (Snagboat)
Date: 1888
Description: Photograph of U. S. Snagboat Missouri.

Title: P-003: Ruth Ferris Collection Photographs
Description: Photographs from the Ruth Ferris Collection include photographs of vessels, important personages to the inland waterways, and of towns and sites along the North American waterways.

Title: P-003: Ruth Ferris Collection Vessel Photographs
Description: The Ruth Ferris Collection contains many photographs related to the inland waterways of North America, including the vessels that have worked them.

Title: P-003: Ruth Ferris Collection Realia
Description: This part of the Ruth Ferris Collection contains realia related to the North American inland waterways, such as packet tickets, brochures, menus, invitations and the like. Bills of Lading are located at Ruth Ferris Collection Bills of Lading.

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