| Accession Number: | SC 18:56 |
| Location: | RB-M Photo |
| Dates: | 1857-1936 |
| Size: | 1 slim Hollinger; 0.15 cubic feet |
| Creator/Collector: | Various |
| Acquisition info: | Some photos a transfer from SLPL Art Department |
| Accruals: | No accruals expected |
| Custodial history: | Unknown |
| Language: | English |
| Processed by: | Melissa Miller, September 2018 |
| Conservation notes: | Photographs placed in acid-free folders |
| Scope and Content: |
The collection contains photographs of steamboats. Other subjects include machinery, ship workers, shipyards, and other like-scenes. Photographers are unknown. |
| Arrangement: | Alphabetical by steamer name |
| Restrictions: | No restrictions |
| Remarks: | No remarks |
Steamboat Photograph Collection
1857-1936
1 slim Hollinger; 0.15 cubic feet
| Box/Folder | Description |
| 1/1 | Finding aid |
| 1/2 | Steamers, A-G
-Abner Gile -Albatross; 1936 -Alton (6) -Arkansas City (1896 tornado damage) (2) -Athabasca River; 1927 (3) -Bald Eagle (6) -Belle of Calhoun -Belle of the Bends -Blackhawk -Capitol; 1935 -City of St. Louis (4) -Dakota; 1872 -Dubuque (3) -Erastus Wells (2) -Excursion Queen St. Paul; 1935 -Freddie; 1890 -Gem City -George H. Rea (3) -Golden Eagle; ca. 1935 -Grand & Rapids of Wenominee; 1905 -Grey Eagle; 1857 |
| 1/3 | Steamers, H-W
-Helena (2) -Henry W. Longfellow -Horatio A. Wright -Itasca -JM White; 1935 -Josephine; 1885 -Key City -Kit Carson (4) -Libbie Conger -Marion -Mark Twain -Mary Morton -Minneapolis; 1917 (2) -Morning Star -North Missouri -Peoria -Phil Scheckel (2) -Pittsburgh; 1886 -Providence -Ottumwa Belle -Quincy -Rapids of Wenominee; 1905 -St. Paul (3) -Sidney; 1910-1917 (8) -Spread Eagle (6) -Susie -Thomas Parker (2) -Verne Swain and Wheeling; 1918 -WM Rees |
| 1/4 | Unidentified Steamers and Misc.
-Burlington, IA; 1916 -Calhoun County, IL; 1916 -Captain Harry Short, Lacrosse, WI; 1915 -Captain JE Short, Winona Park; 1917 -Captain Thomas Withro and JE Short, Quincy, IL; 1917 -Desoto, WI; 1916 -JE Short and Bond Boys -JE Short on a mound of apple barrels, St. Louis, MO; 1916 -Last raft, Hudson to Fort Madison; 1915 -Mrs. Jerome Short -Moline, IL; 1917 -Nashville, TN; 1860s -Nauvoo, IL house; 1916 -Public bridge across the head of Lake St. Croix; 1916 -St. Paul, MN; 1915 -Sand and gravel fleet, St. Louis; 1916 -Short as day watchman, Holt Plant, East Peoria, IL; 1918 -Sunday at Hamburg, Calhoun County, IL; 1916 -Unidentified steamers (19) -Wabasha boat yard |
