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| Title | Steamer St. Paul on Mississippi River |
| Date Original | 1883-1911 |
| Description | Postcard of the St. Paul, a side wheel packet and excursion steamboat. It was built at St. Louis, Missouri in 1883 and rebuilt at Dubuque, Iowa in 1903 by the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Co. It ran for the Diamond Jo Line until Streckfus Line acquired it in 1911. Caption on the front: 8212. Steamer "St. Paul" on Mississippi River. |
| Subject | Steamboats
Riverboats
Side wheelers
St. Paul (Steamboat)
St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Co.
Diamond Jo Line
Streckfus Steamers, Inc.
Mississippi River
Postcards
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| Notes | Details about the steamboat were taken from "Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983" compiled by Frederick Way Jr., and published by Ohio University, 1983, page 414. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-002089 |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Davenport Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection |
| Object Description | 1 postcard : col. ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a postcard scanned at 24-bit true color RGB 1200ppi. |
| Date Digital | 2003-03-20 |
| Publisher | The Acmegraph Co., Chicago |
| File Name | dplVM89-002089 |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume3 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
