CAPE GIRARDEAU, 1923.
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
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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
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Image Number
ULPA 1986.90.0257
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