Railroad exhibit. On an elevated platform decorated with an image of a train is a model train, possibly made of straw or hay and a small building, made of similar materials. On the building is a sign with the words 'Samples. Products. Raised Along...
Path in Chalmette Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana. The path has a stone or brick border. One relatively large monument is visible on the left hand side; many smaller headstones are visible in the center, farther off. There are many trees and other...
Men unloading bananas in a warehouse. Men stand by conveyor belts and dollies; bunches of bananas lay on the conveyor belts. There are piles of bananas on the ground and on carts. Text printed on verso reads, "At New Orleans, the world's...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SUNRISE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (180 ft. x 36 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by Red River Line, she operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Vicksburg. SUNRISE burned at New Orleans, Louisiana on...
Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A.M. HALLIDAY, a center wheel ferry with steel catamaran hulls (121 ft. x 59 ft. x 7.7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1903. Owned by Union Ferry Co. in New Orleans, she operated in the New Orleans area, carrying up to thirty-five cars and 225...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.E. TRUDEAU, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (160 ft. x 30 ft. x 4.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1889. Owned by New Orleans & Washington Packet Co., J.E. TRUDEAU operated in the New Orleans and Atchafalaya area. She burned at Belle River,...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (315 ft. x 48.5 ft. x 10.5 ft. (305,48,10?)), was built at Howard in 1876. Owned by Capt. John W. Cannon, ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778) operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans...
Picture of a mounted photograph of the starboard side and bow of ROB'T E. LEE at the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (315 ft. x...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF CAMDEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1893. Owned by Captain LaVerrier Cooley in New Orleans, CITY OF CAMDEN operated on the lower Mississippi River between New Orleans and the...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Two rock barges under construction on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1928. According to the photographer's notes they were being built for the New Orleans port.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Rock barges under construction on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1928. According to the photographer's notes they were being built for the New Orleans port.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Shipping; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.M. CARTER, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (155 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901 and received a new cabin there in 1906. Owned by Carter Packet Company in New Orleans, H.M. CARTER operated on the lower Mississippi River...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.H. MENGE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (188 ft. x 38 ft. x 5.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1910. Owned by Mississippi Packet Co., J.H. MENGE operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and the Ouachita River initially, and then...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
PARGOUD, loaded with bales of cotton, at the bank of a river, probably near Baton Rouge. PARGOUD, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (242 ft. x 43 ft. x 7.6 ft.), was built in 1884 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana....
Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
THOMAS PICKLES, a center wheel ferry with steel catamaran hulls (13 ft. x 54 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1892. Owned by Union Ferry Co. in New Orleans, THOMAS PICKLES operated in the New Orleans area. She could carry fifty cars and 250...
Paintings; Acrylic paintings; Abstract paintings; Abstract works
“Johnson is a practitioner of a style sometimes labeled ‘abstract illusionism’, making paintings where apparently solid but abstract forms float in illusionary space. Riverfront Break may have been suggested by the industrial forms of the...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels
The Louisville Hotel, 612 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Close up of four-story light brick building with dark pillared entrance marked "Louisville Hotel" and dark window ornaments of bars with supports. Above the entrance, a...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
RED RIVER being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. RED RIVER, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (155 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built in 1899. Owned by Red River Packet Company, she initially operated on the lower Mississippi...
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...
