Riverboat postcards

Riverboat postcards

Streaming Media

Description

Set of 5 black and white postcards in envelope labeled "Riverboat postcards." Images show steamboats in various locations on the Mississippi River. All images copyright John M. Zielinski or Dave Garrison. Undated, possibly produced in 1960s-1980s. Part of the Cal R. Fremling collection. Postcard index: - Mississippi Steamboats. Three boats (steamers St. Paul, Silver Crescent and J.S. [John Streckfus]) docked at Davenport, Iowa. The Silver Crescent was a log rafting boat, while the larger boats ran mostly excursions. - Steamboat "Burlington." Built in Pittsburgh in 1837. Shipped furs, and such notable passengers as John C. Fremont and artist George Catlin. Photo courtesy of Dave Garrison. - Steamboat "Saint Paul." An expensive excursion boat built in St. Louis in 1883. It weighed well over 200 tons and was 300 feet long. Paddlewheel had 26' diameter. - Steamboat "North Star." A Mississippi River log raft boat, built in the mid 1850s. Photo was taken in Davenport, Iowa. - Steamboat "J.S." A popular excursion boat of the early 1900s, named for John Streckfus, of the Streckfus Line that operated on the Upper Mississippi.

Publication Date

1960

Item Type

Article

Publisher

Library

City

Winona, Minnesota

Keywords

Mississippi River; Post cards; Post card; Postcard; Steam boat; River boats; Davenport Iowa

Department

Special Collections-Library

Disciplines

Animal Sciences | Aquaculture and Fisheries | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Entomology | Life Sciences | Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology

Rights Management

Requests to reproduce this image must be granted by the Winona County Historical Society.

Contributing Institution

Winona County History Center-Armory Museum

Master File Format

TIFF

Fiscal Sponsor

This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society.

Scanning Responsibility

Northern Micrographics

Date Digital

1559458800

Metadata Creation Responsibility

Anna Gaffey

Unique Identifier

2011.003.0099

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