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| Title | [Centennial] |
| Date Original | ca. 1920's |
| Description | Picture of the Centennial, a side wheel packet steamboat rebuilt from the Tom Jasper at St. Louis, Missouri in 1876. It was dismantled in 1879, but the hull was used to carry sugar, and it sank in 1883. Caption on the front: Longest Boat ever on Upper Mississippi, in Excursion Trade at Davenport, 1878. |
| Subject | Steamboats
Riverboats
Side wheelers
Centennial (Steamboat)
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 78. See image VM89-002096b for picture on reverse side. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-002096a |
| 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 | dplVM89-002096a |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume6 |
| 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. |
