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| Title | [Northern Light, at Galena, Illinois] |
| Date Original | ca. 1920's |
| Description | Picture of the Northern Light, a side wheel packet steamboat built at Madison, Indiana in 1857 for the Minnesota Packet Co. She struck ice and went down April 11, 1866. Caption on the front: The Northern Light, at Galena, Ill. |
| Location Depicted | Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois |
| Subject | Steamboats
Riverboats
Side wheelers
Northern Light (Steamboat)
Minnesota Packet Company
Galena (Ill.)
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 350. See image VM89-002094b for picture on reverse side. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-002094a |
| 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 | dplVM89-002094a |
| 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. |
