James E. "Captain Jim" Howard sitting in an automobile, believed to be a 1904 Eldredge Runabout, on the driveway outside the west entrance to the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
James E. "Captain Jim" Howard sitting in an automobile, believed to be a 1904 Eldredge Runabout, on the carriage road in front of the west entrance to the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Port side bow view of KATE ADAMS. KATE ADAMS (Way #3216), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (250 ft. x 36 ft. x 8.5 ft.), was built in 1888 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Memphis & Arkansas City...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side of side-wheeler AMERICA (Way #241), loaded with passengers, at the bank of the Ohio River in Madison, Indiana. AMERICA, a side-wheel packet and excursion boat with wood hull (285 ft. x 45 ft. x 6 ft.), was built in 1917 at Howard...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side of CITY OF NEW ORLEANS at the bank of a river, probably in Louisiana. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (290 ft. x 48 ft. x 8.5 ft.), was built in 1881 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville,...
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
COLUMBIA (Way #1245), a side-wheel excursion and ferry boat with wood hull (170 ft. x 35 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1892. Owned by Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co., she operated in the Louisville area and burned at the foot of...
James E. Howard examines the paw of one of two dogs on the back lawn of the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The porch of the carriage house is in the background.
James E. Howard sitting in a two wheel horse-drawn cart on the lawn of the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, the horse's name is "Robin."
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Shipping; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Packet ALBERTA No.3 unloading bales of cotton. ALBERTA No.3, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (145 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.6 ft.), was built in 1884 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by A. B. Smith, ALBERTA No.3 on...
James E. "Captain Jim" Howard (standing, center without hat) with employees of the Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company at a picnic, circa 1930. Most of the image is missing due to paper stuck on the negative.
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Starboard side of CITY OF MONROE, probably on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. CITY OF MONROE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (275 ft. x 45 ft. x 8 ft.), was built in 1887 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana....
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF HICKMAN, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (285 ft. x 44.5 ft. x 9.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1890. Owned by Anchor Line, CITY OF HICKMAN operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans. She sank on August 23, 1896...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.M. WHITE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (312.7 ft. x 47.9 ft. x 11.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1878. Owned by Greenville & New Orleans Packet Co., J.M. WHITE operated on the lower Mississippi River. The 276th boat built at Howard,...
James E. "Captain Jim" Howard (center) with his son, Ed (second from left) and three other men. They appear to be at the Howard Shipyard annual company picnic because there appears to be a baseball or softball game being played in the...
James E. "Captain Jim" Howard and George Nixon displaying the turtles they killed or captured. Nine turtles are tied to a large tree branch balanced on the shoulders of Jim and George, dressed in hunting attire and holding their shotguns.
James E. "Captain Jim" Howard leans against the bow of a motorboat he built. The boat sits on a trailer or other wooden structure in a grassy, tree rimmed area, possibly in Howard Shipyard.
