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| Title | [Steamer Keokuk] |
| Date Original | ca. 1920's |
| Description | Picture of the Keokuk, a stern wheel packet steamboat built at Wabasha, Minnesota in 1907 for Carnival City Packet Co. It burned at Davenport, Iowa in August, 1926. Caption on the front: Steamer Keokuk. Regular Burlington and Quincy Packet. |
| Subject | Steamboats
Riverboats
Stern wheelers
Carnival City Packet Co.
Keokuk (Steamboat)
Mississippi River
Pictures
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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 270-271. See image VM89-002093b for picture on reverse side. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-002093a |
| 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 picture : 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 picture scanned at 24-bit true color RGB 1200ppi. |
| Date Digital | 2003-03-18 |
| File Name | dplVM89-002093a |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume5 |
| 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. |
