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[Mississippi River boats, Rock Island, Illinois]
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| Title | [Mississippi River boats, Rock Island, Illinois] |
| Date Original | 1901-1920 |
| Description | Photographic postcard of four steamboats on the Mississippi River docked at Rock Island, Illinois. From the left to right, the first two steamboats are unidentified, the third is the Helen Blair, and the fourth is the Dubuque. The Helen Blair is a stern wheel packet steamboat built at Harmar, Ohio in 1896 and originally named Urania. Captain Walter Blair purchased Urania in 1901, rebuilt it, and renamed it Helen Blair to honor his daughter. It was dismantled in June 1920 at Memphis, Tennessee. The Dubuque is 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 the front: Mississippi River boats, Rock Island Ill. 68. |
| Location Depicted | Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Subject | Steamboats
Riverboats
Stern wheelers
Helen Blair (Steamboat)
Blair, Walter
Dubuque (Steamboat)
Diamond Jo Line
Streckfus Steamers, Inc.
Mississippi River
Rock Island (Ill.)
Photographic 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, pages 133 and 209. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-002111 |
| 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 : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photographic postcard scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. |
| Date Digital | 2003-03-18 |
| Publisher | Norton's Photo Cedar Rapids |
| File Name | dplVM89-002111 |
| 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. |
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