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| Title | Steamer "Dubuque" on Mississippi River. |
| Date Original | 1896-1919 |
| Description | Postcard of the Dubuque, a stern wheel packet steamboat originally named Pittsburgh and built at Cincinnati, Ohio in 1879. It was rebuilt at Dubuque, Iowa in 1896 for the Diamond Jo Line and renamed Dubuque. The boat sank in 1901 but was raised and Streckfus Steamers took over. In 1919-1920 it was converted to an excursion boat and renamed Capitol. Caption on front: 8211. Steamer "Dubuque" on Mississippi River. |
| Subject | Steamboats
Riverboats
Stern wheelers
Dubuque (Steamboat)
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 133. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-002110 |
| 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 | 2003-03-18 |
| Publisher | The Acmegraph Co., Chicago |
| File Name | dplVM89-002110 |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume4 |
| 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. |
