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Saint Louis Riverfront
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Saint Louis Riverfront
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Boats lined up along the St. Louis levee. Union Elevator visible on the Illinois shore. Boats are, from left to right, unnamed, the snagboat C. R. Suter, the showboat French's New Sensation, and a steamer ----lyde. Date range of photograph could be from 1888 to about 1910.
Maxwell House Showboat
Title
Maxwell House Showboat
Description
Captain Henry's Maxwell House Show Boat stage. Life preserver and rail.
Admiral
Title
Admiral
Description
The Admiral at the Saint Louis riverfront. Gateway Arch in the background. Dec. 2, 1967. Goldenrod Showboat visible as well. Hilton under construction.
Emerson's New Grand Floating Palace
Title
Emerson's New Grand Floating Palace, Emerson's New Grand Floating Palace and Steamer Emerson
Cotton Palace Showboat and Mollie Able
Title
Cotton Palace Showboat and Mollie Able
Description
Photograph of the COTTON PALACE SHOWBOAT and tow MOLLIE ABLE.
Cotton Blossom
Title
Cotton Blossom
Description
Cotton Blossom. Used for movie Showboat.
Goldenrod
Title
Goldenrod
Description
The Goldenrod built by William Markel first showed at Gallipolis, Ohio, both matinee and evening, during a fourth of July Celebration. This showboat was the biggest ever built and was constructed at Parkersburg, West Virginia. It was too much of a boat, and the owner with a heavy overhead, finally became financially embarrased. The Goldenrod was sold for debt. Captain Ralph Emerson Gaches, better known as Ralph Emerson, then became proprietor and manager of the Goldenrod. One writer dubbed him the \"Barnum of them all in the showboat business.\" He began his career as a packet clerk, and his show boat career with the late Captain E. B. Price. He first managed the showboat New Era, a small floating theater. Captain Price's first show boat was a big coal barge converted into a theater and with Mardi Gras paintings on the sides. He came from Cincinnati or Newport, Kentucky, a southern gentleman with large, black whiskers. The Reynolds showboat at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, is the last left on the Upper Ohio. The Bryant showboat is a yacht club at Huntington, West Virginia. The Goldenrod has been at St. Louis for several years where she has been successfully managed by the Menke Brothers, her present owners.
Maxwell House Showboat
Title
Maxwell House Showboat
Description
Captain Henry's Maxwell House Show Boat. Interior. Note: man and woman by rail (stage setting). Donor M. Rhoads.
Cotton Blossom
Title
Cotton Blossom
Date
1912
Description
Cotton Blossom Floating Theatre 1912. Marine Band on head-
Goldenrod Showboat
Title
Goldenrod Showboat
Description
Photograph of the GOLDENROD Showboat.
Maxwell House Showboat
Title
Maxwell House Showboat
Description
Captain Henry's Maxwell House Show Boat. Interior. Note: man and woman by rail (stage setting). Donor M. Rhoads.
Maxwell House Showboat
Title
Maxwell House Showboat
Description
Captain Henry's Maxwell House Show Boat. Interior. Note: shows man with coat and top hat. Donor M. Rhoads.
Emerson's Floating Theatre
Title
Emerson's Floating Theatre, Emerson's Floating Theatre and Steamer Control
Bryant's Showboat and Valley Belle
Title
Bryant's Showboat and Valley Belle
Description
Photograph of BRYANT'S SHOWBOAT and the VALLEY BELLE, with bridge and houses in the background. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cotton Blossom
Title
Cotton Blossom
Description
Cotton Blossom Showboat. Sign on bow reads \"Famous Vaudeville and Novelty Acts\"
Delta Queen and Admiral
Title
Delta Queen and Admiral
Description
Photograph of the steamboats DELTA QUEEN and the ADMIRAL. An unknown showboat is pictured in the background, behind the ADMIRAL.
Swallow and Markle's New Grand Floating Palace
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Swallow and Markle's New Grand Floating Palace, Swallow and Markle's New Grand Floating Palace and Steamer Antoinette
A. M. SCOTT and WONDERLAND Showboat
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A. M. SCOTT and WONDERLAND Showboat
Description
Photograph depicting the A. M. SCOTT next to the WONDERLAND showboat.
Eisenbarth-Henderson Co.
Title
Eisenbarth-Henderson Co.
Description
Eisenbarth-Henderson showing "Johnstown Flood" (notice the electric sign on the roof)
Cotton Blossom
Title
Cotton Blossom
Description
Cotton Blossom Showboat moored with the ---- Robb steamboat.

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