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| Title | Grey Eagle |
| Photographer | Hostetler, J. B. |
| Studio Name/Location | Hostetler Studio, Davenport, Iowa |
| Date Original | ca. 1892-1918 |
| Description | Photograph of the Grey Eagle, a side wheel packet steamboat built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1892. It was lost in ice at Paducah, Kentucky in 1918. |
| Subject | Steamboats
Riverboats
Side wheelers
Grey Eagle (Steamboat)
Glass negatives
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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 201. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | 27 |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Hostetler Studio Collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative : 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 glass negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but the display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of shadows from 0 to 155 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 |
| Date Digital | 2003-03-31 |
| File Name | dpl27 |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume9 |
| 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. |
