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Title	CAPE GIRARDEAU, 1923.
Way Number	829
Creator	Howard, James E., 1875-1956 (photographer)
Description	Starboard side of CAPE GIRARDEAU, under construction on ways at Howard Shipyard. CAPE GIRARDEAU, a stern-wheel packet with steel hull (210 ft. x 38 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built in 1923. Owned by Eagle Packet Company in St. Louis, CAPE GIRARDEAU operated on the Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Kanawha Rivers before being sold to Greene Line Steamers and renamed GORDON C. GREENE in 1935. She ran overnight tourist trips for Greene until 1952 and then was a floating hotel in Maysville, Kentucky, a nightclub in Owensboro, a tourist attraction in Bradenton, Florida, a restaurant in Hannibal, Missouri and a floating restaurant in St. Louis, which is where she sank in 1967.
Subject	Stern wheelers Steamboats Boat & ship industry Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Location Depicted	Jeffersonville (Ind.)
Date Original	1923
Object Type	Glass negatives
Source	8 x 10 in. glass plate negative. Item No. 1986.90.0257 in the Howard Steamboat Museum Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information	See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/howard#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
Collection	Howard Steamboat Museum Collection
Collection Website	http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/howard/
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format	image/jp2
Ordering Information	To inquire about permission to publish, broadcast, or publicly display an image from this collection, contact the Howard Steamboat Museum: http://www.steamboatmuseum.org/. To order a reproduction or for information about prices see: http://louisville.edu/library/archives/copies Please cite the Image Number when ordering.
Image Number	ULPA 1986.90.0257
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