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| Title | Excursion boat J. S. docked at Davenport Levee |
| Date Original | 1928 |
| Description | Photograph of the excursion boat "J. S." docked on the Mississippi River at the Davenport, Iowa levee. Two women are standing on the levee and an automobile is in front of the boat to the left. The J. S. was a side wheel excursion steamboat built at Dubuque, Iowa in 1896 originally named Quincy. Streckfus Steamers Line acquired it in 1911, and in 1918-1919 converted it to a deluxe excursion boat named J. S. It was later dismantled at St. Louis, Missouri 1938-1939. |
| Location Depicted | Davenport, Scott County, Iowa |
| Subject | J. S. (Steamboat)
Steamboats
Riverboats
Boats
Side wheelers
Streckfus Steamers, Inc.
Mississippi River
Rivers
Davenport Levee
Davenport (Iowa)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Details about the steamboats were taken from "Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983" compiled by Frederick Way Jr., and published by Ohio University, 1983, pages 237. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-000798 |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Photograph Collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photograph scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 48 and the highlights from 255 to 245 using Adobe PhotoShop Elements 2.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-03-17 |
| File Name | dplvm89-000798 |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume27 |
| 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. |
