Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Steamboats; Historic buildings; Belle of Louisville (Steamboat); Transportation
A line of people walk down a dock as the Idlewild steamboat prepares for a cruise. Now known as The Belle of Louisville, this steamer became part of the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Idlewild sports a paddlewheel and twin...
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...
Bales of cotton covering a large area in front of a large paddle boat or paddle steamer. In the foreground two African-American men sit on the bales. Other men are in the background. Title: 12479 - Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! Levee, New Orleans, La....
Model ships; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Steamboat Museum
Bow and port side of a scale model of the sidewheeler ROBT. E. LEE (Way #4777) on a table in the yard of the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. The real steamer ROBT. E. LEE (Way #4777), a packet with a wood hull (285.5 ft. x 46...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steamboat J.S. (Way #2881), a stern-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (175 ft. x 33 ft. x 5.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Captain John Streckfus, J.S. operated on the upper Mississippi River until she burned on June 18, 1910.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Gunboats; Vehicles
Drawing labeled, "U.S. steamer Tyler and mortar boat." The Tyler has vertical sides and a domed section. The mortar boat, on the nearby shore, has a slanted pentagon shape and square windows and floats atop a square raft, only slightly...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Gunboats; Essex (Ironclad steamer); Vehicles
Drawing of warship labeled, "United States steamer Essex." The Essex has slanting sides narrowing up, and a domed section with flat sides as well as a rounded dome atop the other end of the ship. Two ships are in the distance.
Dunbar steamboat at the Burkesville, Kentucky dock on the Cumberland River. The steamer is filled with passengers, including a brass band on the top level. There is also a crowd on the shore and two harnessed horses in the foreground.
Freight cars filled with iron ore. A man stands on top of one car guiding a bucket of ore. Beyond the trains are a barge and smaller ships in the water. Title: (75)-7965-Unloading iron ore from lake vessels - old and new methods - Cleveland, O....
Group portraits; Opera singers; Men; Women; Ships; Ocean travel
Group portrait of five men and two women, from the company of "Trilby," a three-act comic play, aboard a steamer bound for Australia. The men, standing, wear hats or caps with suits and ties, and the women, seated, wear blouses with puffy...
Large paddle boat or paddle steamer docked on the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee. To the right is the shore with a few horse-drawn carriages. On the levee in front of the boat is a small house and horse-drawn carriages at the bridge...
Long room with high ceilings and a decorative carpet. Upholstered chairs line the wall on the right with a banister and chandeliers visible in the background. A few upholstered chairs are against the left wall. Handwritten on back: [ ] Steamer...
Long room with high ceilings and a decorative carpet. Upholstered chairs line the wall on the right with a banister and chandeliers visible in the background. Title: New York and Vicinity. Text on left: American Scenery. Text on right: American...
Oval photograph of the steamer City of Cincinnati, the sister boat of the steamer City of Louisville, Ohio River, 1933. Printed on card stock. Caption below image: "Steamboating on the Ohio, the Steamer City of Louisville and Sister Boat, City...
Passenger train stopped at a station with a large crowd of people on the platform. Trains are stopped on both sides of the platform. Title: P-23092. Railroad Train Arriving at Ranger, Texas. Text on left: Keystone View Company. Copyrighted....
Ship docked in the water with the corner of a building visible behind it. The ship has at least two levels and two smokestacks. The name 'Bristol' is on the rear right of the ship. Handwritten on back: Steamer Bristol.
Barges; Launchings; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Small barge is launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Sidewheel steamer INDIANA (Way #2754) is under construction at the riverbank.
Model ships; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Steamboat Museum
Starboard side of a scale model of the sidewheeler NATCHEZ (Way #4109) on a table in the yard of the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. The real steamer NATCHEZ (Way #4109), a packet with a wood hull (301 ft. x 42.6 ft. x 9.8 ft.),...
Model ships; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Steamboat Museum
Starboard side of a scale model of the sidewheeler NATCHEZ (Way #4109) on a table in the yard of the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. The real steamer NATCHEZ (Way #4109), a packet with a wood hull (301 ft. x 42.6 ft. x 9.8 ft.),...
Model ships; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Steamboat Museum
Starboard side of a scale model of the sidewheeler ROBT. E. LEE (Way #4777) on a table in the yard of the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. he real steamer ROBT. E. LEE (Way #4777), a packet with a wood hull (285.5 ft. x 46 ft. x...
