A couple with a young child heads toward the steamboat of the Rose Island Excursion Company. Flags of the United States are mounted at the front of the boat and along the sides. A number of cars are parked along the dock and a bridge is visible in...
A steamboat passes through a canal in front of a factory. The factory has two smokestacks and what may be a water tower. Some railroad cars are backed up to the factory. The steamboat is multi-level and has a paddle on the back. Two steam chimneys...
Address: Waterfront, Louisville, Kentucky. Men haul nets as two horses stand waiting. The horses are attached to a cart that says "Standard Oil Co." on the side. A pallet near the water includes a Coca-Cola box. A steamboat on the Ohio...
Advertisement for the General Pike steamboat. A picture of the steamer is in the center. The text reads "Regular Passenger Packet the New, Elegant and Fast Light Draught Steamer, General Pike! Capt. Wm. F. Fuller. E. Eugene Bowers, Clerk. Will...
Doors & doorways; Bowls (Tableware); Mansions; Howard Steamboat Museum
Cabin door, silver bowl and table, presumably from a steamboat, arranged for a picture in front of the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum, in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Dining room on a Mississippi River steamboat. The cabin is filled with multiple tables covered with white tablecloths. Groups of four men or more sit at the tables with a row of men in white uniforms behind them on either side of the row. Text on...
German map of Kentucky shows mountain ranges, rivers, large creeks, counties, cities, and towns plus existing and proposed canals, streets and railroads. State borders are traced in color and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between towns are...
Maritime museums--Indiana--Jeffersonville; Museums--Collection management--Indiana--Jeffersonville; Howard Steamboat Museum
My project looks at the current state of collections at the Howard Steamboat Museum located in Jeffersonville, Indiana and how the staff can improve their collections care and management. It is imperative that collection management guidelines and...
Steamboat approaching a bridge. The name of the boat begins with W.C. and ends with ITE, but the third letter is obscured by a banner from the boat. Title supplied by cataloger.
Steamboat named "Columbia" docked at river bank with crowds of people on the top and middle decks. A few people stand on the lower deck and the pier. Title supplied by cataloger.
Steamboat named "Morning Star" docked at river bank. Painted above the name is "Louisville & Henderson Packet U.S. Mail." Two men stand on the bank near the front of the boat. A name is painted in the bottom left corner....
Steamboat on the river. First part of the name is Belle. Men stand on the decks. A town is visible on the banks in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
The "Tarascon," built in 1863 for the Louisville and Henderson Mail Line, was used in service during the Civil War. Here the boat sits at the Louisville & Portland Canal waiting for the locks to open. It traveled as far as the Alabama...
