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Size of collection: 558 photoprints Source: Donation, 1955 Terms of Access: Available to registered researchers by appointment Copyright Information: Please discuss with an archivist in the Louisiana Division
David Barrow Fischer was born in 1877 in St. Francisville, Louisiana, into one of West Feliciana Parish's oldest land-owning families. His father, Maximillian Fischer, was a merchant, who moved his family to the river town of Bayou Sara in 1880, during the heyday of the great river packets. Fischer's sister later remembered traveling to New Orleans on the Natchez and the J.M. White. When the business failed, the family moved to Kenmore plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish and young David was sent to school in Lexington, Kentucky. The family later moved to New Orleans. Fischer never married and died in 1952. After his death, these photoprints of steamboats collected by Fischer were donated to New Orleans Public Library by members of his family.
The collection is comprised of 558 black and white photoprints collected by David Barrow Fischer, primarily of steamboats, although a few other types of vessels are included. Also included are images of ship builders, hulls, loading docks, captains, and “roustabouts” on the wharves. The images range in size from 3” x 4” to 6” x 8” and they are mounted on either 6” x 7” or 10” x 12” board. Several of the prints are reproductions of paintings or drawings; the bulk of the prints are photographs. The photographers of the majority of the prints in the Fischer Collection are unidentified. Fischer was clearly far more interested in the steamboats themselves than in the photographers who documented them. Attached to most of the prints are typewritten labels describing the boats, naming their builders, owners, and crews, and detailing their history on the rivers of the South and Midwest. These descriptions have proven to be paraphrases or quotations taken from various editions of Frederick J. Way's directories of steamboats (which were published under various titles beginning in the 1940s). Whether the labels were attached to the photographs by Fischer himself or by NOPL staff members is unclear.
The prints are arranged alphabetically by name of the vessel and numerically within each alphabetic category. Prints added to the collection after the initial arrangement was established, were arranged in a “Supplement” series, assigned the letters ‘SP’ and a number within that category. The inventory below includes the name of the vessel (or subject matter), number assigned to the item, date when the vessel was put into service and no longer in service, the method of the steamboat’s “demise”, and any additional notes. Note: Since Fischer collected the images from a variety of unidentified sources, copyright is unresolved for these prints; therefore, the collection has not been digitized as a whole. LINK HERE for a sample of the images, along with a transcription of the captions attached to the images.
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Photo Number | Name of Vessel | Construction Date | Destruction Date | Method of Destruction | Notes |
A1 | A. Baldwin | 1905 | Taken in 1965 | ||
A2 | A. Baldwin | 1905 | |||
A3 | A.L. Mason | 1890 | 1894 | Wrecked | |
A4 | A.M. Halliday | 1903 | Catamaran-Hull ferry | ||
A5 | Alex Scott | 1847 | Later replaced by the "Eclipse" | ||
A6 | Alexis Damestre | Ferry boat | |||
A7 | Alice Dean | 1864 | 1872 | Dismantled | Machinery went towards building of "Thomas Sherlock" |
A8 | Altona | ||||
A10 | America | ||||
A11 | America | ||||
A12 | America | Taken ca. 1920 | |||
A13 | America | ||||
A14 | America | ||||
A15 | America | 1898 | 1926 | Temporarily renamed "Winfield Scott" for filming of "Magnolia", 1924 | |
A16 | America | Cover of Christmas greeting card | |||
A17 | America | ||||
A18 | America | ||||
A19 | America | ||||
A9 | America | 1867 | 1868 | Sank | Collision/fire. Also pictured, "Major Anderson" (b. 1860) |
A20 | Andy Baum | 1872 | |||
A21 | Andy Johnson | 1866 | 1876 | Sank | Collission/ice. President Andrew Johnson traveled on this boat, 1867 |
A22 | Annie P. Silver | 1878 | 1889 | Sank | |
A23 | Annie P. Silver | 1878 | 1889 | Sank | Made from parts of earlier steamboat, "Susie Silver" |
A24 | Arkansas | 1868 | |||
A25 | Arkansas Belle | 1870 | 1880 | ||
A26 | Arkansas City | 1882 | Interior of cabin | ||
A27 | Arkansas City | 1882 | 1896 | Wrecked | Tornado |
A28 | Arkansas City | 1882 | |||
A29 | Arkansas City | 1896 | Wrecked | Photo of tornado damage | |
A30 | Arkansas City | ||||
A31 | Assumption | 1875 | |||
A32 | Assumption | 1875 | 1895 | Dismantled | Taken ca. 1890 |
A33 | Assumption | 1875 | 1895? | ||
A34 | Autocrat | 1860 | 1868 | Burned | |
B1 | B.L. Hodge | 1867 | 1873 | Second. Rebuilt/renamed "Southern Belle", 1867 | |
B2 | Baltic and Diana | Racing, from painting by Americian artist George F. Fuller | |||
B3 | Baronne | ||||
B4 | Bart Able | 1864 | 1879 | Dismantled | Machinery went towards building of "Jesse K. Bell" |
B5 | Belfast | 1854 | 1857 | Sank | Also pictured, at right, the "Eclipse" (b. 1852) |
B6 | Belle | ||||
B7 | Belle | ||||
B9 | Belle | ||||
B8 | Belle (of the Coast?) | 1880 | 1897 | ||
B10 | Belle Creole | 1823 | |||
B11 | Belle Lee | 1868 | 1870 | ||
B12 | Belle Lee | Renamed "Grand Republic" | |||
B13 | Belle Lee | 1868 | 1876 | Burned | Rebuilt/renamed "Mary Bell", 1875; burned, 1876 |
B14 | Belle of Alton | 1868 | 1873 | Burned | Burned/rebuilt, 1871; burned, 1876 |
B15 | Belle of Alton | 1868 | 1873 | ||
B16 | Belle of Shrevepoert | 1872 | 1886 | Sank | |
B17 | Belle of Shrevepoert | 1872 | 1886 | Sank | |
SP3 | Belle of Shreveport | 1879 | 1886 | (Supplement) Also pictured: "Dacotah", "Mattie Belle", and "War Eagle" | |
B18 | Belle of St.Louis | 1875 | 1879 | Sank | |
B19 | Belle of the Bends | ||||
B20 | Belle of the Coast | 1880 | 1897 | Burned | |
B21 | Belle of the Coast | ||||
B22 | Belle of the Coast | 1880 | Also pictured, "Assumption" | ||
B23 | Belle of the coast | ||||
B24 | Belle of the Coast | 1880 | |||
B25 | Belle of the Coast | ||||
B26 | Belle of the Coast | ||||
SP2 | Belle of the Coast? | (Supplement) | |||
B27 | Belle Pike | 1866 | 1872 | Wrecked | Collision/ice |
B28 | Belle Vernon | 1867 | 1873 | Sank | |
B29 | Belle Vernon | 1867 | 1873 | Sank | |
B30 | Big Sandy | 1884 | 1895 | Burned | |
B31 | Big Sandy | ||||
B32 | Bluff City | 1896 | 1897 | Burned | |
B33 | Bluff City | Interior of dining hall (1896) | |||
B34 | Bluff City | 1896 | 1897 | Burned | |
B35 | Bluff City | 1896 | Partially completed, image taken shortly before launch | ||
B36 | Bluff City | 1896 | 1897 | Burned | |
B37 | Bluff City | 1896 | |||
B38 | Bob Blanks | ||||
B39 | Bob Blanks | 1903 | |||
B40 | Bob Blanks | 1903 | |||
B41 | Bob Blanks | 1903 | 1912 | Burned | |
B42 | Bob Blanks | 1903 | 1912 | ||
B43 | Bob Blanks | ||||
B44 | Bob Blanks | 1903 | 1912 | Burned | |
B45 | Bonanza | 1885 | 1909 | ||
B46 | Borealis Rex | Rebuilt after hurricane damage, 1918 | |||
B47 | Brilliant | 1863 | 1865 | Burned | |
B48 | Burlington | 1864 | 1867 | Sank | Collision |
C1 | C.E. Hillman | 1860 | |||
C2 | Calhoun | 1876 | 1892 | Dismantled | |
C3 | Cape Girardeau | Also pictured, "Cincinatti" | |||
C4 | Cape Girardeau | Taken ca. 1930 | |||
C5 | Cape Girardeau | 1899 | 1910 | Sank | Previously named "War Eagle"; renamed "Cape Girardeau" when rebuilt, 1901 |
C6 | Capital City | ||||
C7 | Capital City | Taken ca. 1873 | |||
C10 | Capitol | 1920 | View of paddlewheel, taken ca. 1935 | ||
C11 | Capitol | Taken 1923, at opening of the New Orleans Industrial Canal | |||
C8 | Capitol | 1920 | Operated until 1945 when replaced by the "President" | ||
C9 | Capitol | Also pictured, "Tennessee Belle" | |||
C12 | Captain Alphin | 1937 | 1948 | Retired | Towboat |
SP4 | Captain Williams? | (Supplement) From Greater | |||
C13 | Carrie B. Schwing | 1904 | |||
C14 | Carrie V. Kountz | 1869 | Taken from 1874 illustration | ||
C15 | Cecil N. Bean | 1928 | |||
C16 | Chalmette | 1899 | Built out of savalge from "City of Vicksburg" | ||
C17 | Chalmette | 1899 | |||
C18 | Chalmette | Loading cotton, ca. 1900 | |||
C19 | Chalmette | Sunken "Chalmette", 1904. Also pictured in background, "Betsy Ann" | |||
C20 | Chalmette | 1899 | 1904 | ||
C21 | Charles Belcher | 1852 | 1854 | Burned | |
C22 | Charles Morgan | 1873 | 1886 | Burned | |
C23 | Charles Morgan | ||||
C24 | Charles Morgan | ||||
C25 | Charles P. Chouteau | ||||
C26 | Charles P. Chouteau | ||||
C27 | Charles P. Chouteau | 1877 | 1887 | Burned | |
C28 | Charles P. Chouteau | 1877 | 1887 | Burned | Built from hull of burned "Carondelet"; first boat to have electric lights |
C29 | Charles P. Chouteau | ||||
C30 | Charles P. Chouteau | Taken in 1878 | |||
C31 | Charles P. Chouteau | 1877 | |||
C32 | Charles P. Chouteau | 1877 | |||
C33 | Charles Rebstock | 1880 | |||
C34 | Chickasaw | 1883 | 1903? | ||
C35 | City of Alton | 1860 | Also pictured, General Grant's flagship, "Maria Denning" (b.1860) | ||
C36 | City of Alton | 1868 | 1884 | ||
C37 | City of Alton | 1868 | 1884 | Burned | |
C38 | City of Baton Rouge | ||||
C39 | City of Baton Rouge | 1881 | 1890 | Sank | Wreck |
C40 | City of Baton Rouge | 1890 | Wreck | ||
C41 | City of Baton Rouge | 1890 | Wreck | ||
C42 | City of Baton Rouge | 1881 | Wreck | ||
C43 | City of Baton Rouge | 1890 | Wreck | ||
C44 | City of Baton Rouge | 1881 | |||
C45 | City of Baton Rouge | 1881 | Interior of dining hall | ||
C46 | City of Baton Rouge | 1881 | |||
C47 | City of Bayou Sara | 1884 | 1885 | Burned | |
C48 | City of Bayou Sara | 1884 | 1885 | Burned | |
C49 | City of Cairo | 1882 | 1896 | Wrecked | Tornado |
C50 | City of Cairo | 1882 | |||
C51 | City of Cairo | 1882 | 1896 | ||
C52 | City of Cairo | 1882 | 1896 | Wrecked | Tornado |
C53 | City of Cairo | 1864 | Predecessor of second "City of Cairo" | ||
C54 | City of Greenville | 1879 | 1882 | Sank | Collision |
C55 | City of Helena | 1871 | 1885 | Burned | |
C56 | City of Helena | 1871 | |||
C57 | City of Helena | 1871 | |||
C58 | City of Hickman | 1890 | 1896 | Sank | Raised, parts went towards the building of "City of Cincinatti" |
C59 | City of Hickman | 1890 | |||
C60 | City of Hickman | 1890 | |||
C61 | City of Hickman | 1890 | 1896 | Sank | |
C62 | City of Hickman | ||||
C63 | City of Hickman | ||||
C64 | City of Hickman | 1890 | |||
C65 | City of Hickman | 1890 | 1896 | ||
C66 | City of Hickman | ||||
C67 | City of Louisville | 1894 | 1918 | Sank | Collision/ice |
C68 | City of Monroe | 1887 | After 1896 tornado damage, rebuilt, lengthened, and renamed "Hill City", 1897 | ||
C69 | City of Monroe | 1887 | |||
C70 | City of Monroe | 1887 | |||
C71 | City of Monroe | ||||
C72 | City of Monroe | Taken early 1890s | |||
C73 | City of Monroe | 1887 | Interior of ladies' cabin | ||
C74 | City of Monroe | Interior of dining hall, ca. 1890 | |||
C75 | City of Monroe | Taken ca. 1896, before tornado damage; renamed "Hill City" after 1896 rebuild | |||
C76 | City of Muskogee | Under construction, ca. 1908 | |||
C77 | City of Muskogee | 1908 | Taken ca. 1918; later renamed "Loraine K.", 1922 | ||
C78 | City of Muskogee | Taken ca. 1918; later renamed "Loraine K.", 1922 | |||
C79 | City of Natchez | 1885 | 1886 | Burned | |
C80 | City of Natchez | 1885 | Burned | ||
C81 | City of Natchez | Taken ca. 1885 | |||
C82 | City of New Orleans | 1881 | 1898 | Dismantled | Machinery went towards the building of the "City of Pittsburgh" |
C83 | City of New Orleans | 1881 | 1898 | Dismantled | Machinery went towards the building of the "City of Pittsburgh" |
C84 | City of New Orleans | ||||
C85 | City of New Orleans | Loading freight | |||
C86 | City of New Orleans | Detail of anchor emblem between stacks | |||
C87 | City of New Orleans | Pilothouse detail | |||
C88 | City of New Orleans | Pilot in pilothouse | |||
C89 | City of New Orleans | Interior of cabin | |||
C90 | City of New Orleans | Taken in 1881 | |||
C91 | City of New Orleans | Taken ca. 1895 | |||
C92 | City of Providence | 1880 | 1910 | Sank | Collision /ice |
C93 | City of Providence | ||||
C94 | City of Providence | Taken ca. 1895 | |||
C95 | City of Providence | 1880 | |||
C96 | City of Providence | 1880 | |||
C97 | City of Providence | 1910 | Sank | Collision/ice | |
C100 | City of St. Louis | ||||
C101 | City of St. Louis | 1883 | |||
C102 | City of St. Louis | 1883 | Interior of cabin | ||
C103 | City of St. Louis | 1883 | |||
C104 | City of St. Louis | 1883 | President McKinley took a New Orleans harbor ride on this ship, May, 1901 | ||
C98 | City of st. Louis | 1883 | 1903 | Burned | |
C99 | City of St. Louis | ||||
C105 | City of Vicksburg | 1881 | 1896 | Damaged in 1896 tornado; sold, rebuilt, and renamed the "Chalmette", then sank in 1904 | |
C106 | City of Vicksburg | ||||
C107 | City of Vicksburg | Interior of cabin, ca. 1885 | |||
C108 | City of Vicksburg | 1881 | Later rebuilt/renamed the "Chalmette" | ||
C109 | City of Vicksburg | Taken in 1881 | |||
C110 | City of Vicksburg | ||||
C111 | City of Vicksburg | 1881 | Under construction, 1881 | ||
C112 | Clermont | ||||
C113 | Clinton | 1872 | 188? | ||
C114 | Clinton | ||||
C115 | Clinton | 1872 | Taken ca. 1884 | ||
C116 | Clipper | 1928 | Burned | Taken ca. 1911 | |
C117 | Clipper | Taken after fire, 1928 | |||
C118 | Colonel A.P. Kouns | 1874 | 1878 | Sank | Taken 1875 |
C119 | Columbia | 1903 | 1910 | Sank | Collision/fire |
C120 | Columbia | 1903 | Taken in 1903 | ||
C121 | Columbia | Taken in 1903 | |||
C122 | Columbia | 1903 | |||
C123 | Commonwealth | 1864 | |||
C124 | Cora Anderson | 1856 | Also pictured: at right, "John J. Roe" (b. 1856); "Cora Anderson" (piloted by Mark Twain, mentioned in his work, "Life on the Mississippi") | ||
C125 | Corona | 1878 | |||
C126 | Corona | Taken ca. 1889. Also pictured, the "Corona" (right) and the "Danube" (left) | |||
C127 | Courier | 1870 | 1885? | ||
C128 | Crescent | 1943 | |||
C129 | Crystal City | 1887 | 1893 | Wrecked | Collision/ice. Also, previously sank and then raised in 1889 |
D1 | D. Stein | 1877 | |||
D2 | Danube | 1877 | 1897? | Dismantled | First ship from right; sank in 1891, then raised, continued to run until 1896 or 1897 |
SP5 | Darbonne | (Supplement) | |||
D3 | Darling | 1863 | 1869 | Burned | |
D4 | David R. Powell | 1882 | 1882? | ||
D5 | David R. Powell | 1882 | |||
D6 | Des Arc | 1891 | 189? | Replaced the burned "Josie D. Harkins" | |
D7 | Dewey | Originally the "Kate Adams"; bought/renamed "Dewey", 1898; bought/renamed "Lotus Sims", 1902 | |||
D8 | Dictator | 1865 | |||
E1 | E.H. Fairchild | 1857 | |||
SP6 | E.J. Gay | 1878 | 1904? | Explosion | (Supplement) |
E2 | E.W. Cole | 1880 | 1891 | Wrecked | |
E3 | Eclipse | 1852 | Oil painting by American artist, William E. Reed | ||
E10 | Ed Richardson | ||||
E11 | Ed Richardson | ||||
E12 | Ed Richardson | ||||
E13 | Ed Richardson | ||||
E14 | Ed Richardson | 1878 | |||
E15 | Ed Richardson | Also pictured: near right, "Helena"; far right, the "Mabel Comeaux" | |||
E16 | Ed Richardson | 1878 | 1888 | ||
E17 | Ed Richardson | 1878 | 1888 | Interior of cabin | |
E4 | Ed Richardson | 1878 | 1888 | Dismantled | |
E5 | Ed Richardson | 1878 | 1888 | Dismantled | |
E6 | Ed Richardson | Taken at Mardi Gras, ca. 1875 | |||
E7 | Ed Richardson | Interior of cabin | |||
E8 | Ed Richardson | ||||
E9 | Ed Richardson | ||||
E18 | Edward J. Gay | 1878 | 1888 | Burned | |
E19 | Edward J. Gay | 1878 | 1888 | Burned | |
E20 | Edward J. Gay | ||||
E21 | Edward J. Gay | ||||
E22 | Edward J. Gay | ||||
E23 | Edward J. Gay | ||||
E24 | Edward J. Gay | ||||
E25 | Edward J. Gay | 1878 | 1888 | Burned | Opaerated until 1887 |
E26 | Edward J. Gay | 1878 | 1888 | Burned | |
E27 | Edward J. Gay | ||||
E28 | Electra | Taken ca. 1900-1902 | |||
E29 | Electra | 1897 | Under consruction, 1897 | ||
E30 | Electra | 1897 | Renamed "Sunny South" | ||
E31 | Electra | 1897 | Taken in early 1900s | ||
E32 | Electra | Under construction, 1897 | |||
E33 | Emma | 1866 | 1870 | Sank | Collision/fire |
E34 | Emma C. Elliott | 1871 | |||
E35 | Emma Duncan | 1860 | Renamed "Dora", operated until 1871 | ||
E37 | Era No. 10 | 1868 | 1892 | Burned | |
E36 | Era No. 2 | ||||
F1 | F. Barksdale | 1824 | 1888 | Burned | |
F2 | F.M. Owens | 1910 | 1915 | Sank | |
F3 | Fleetwood | ||||
F4 | Fleetwood | 1880 | 1893 | Retired | Also pictured, in foreground, towboat "Jim Montgomery" |
F5 | Frank B. Hayne | 1904 | Renamed "Alice B. Miller", 1908 | ||
F10 | Frank Pargoud | ||||
F11 | Frank Pargoud | ||||
F12 | Frank Pargoud | 1868 | |||
F6 | Frank Pargoud | 1868 | 1878 | ||
F7 | Frank Pargoud | ||||
F8 | Frank Pargoud | ||||
F9 | Frank Pargoud | ||||
F13 | Fred A. Blanks | 1879 | Originally, "Ouchita"; renamed "Fred A. Blanks", 1899 | ||
F14 | Fred A. Blanks | 1879 | |||
F15 | Fred A. Blanks | 1879 | |||
F16 | Fred A. Blanks | 1890 | Rebuilt, 1899; sold and renamed "Vicksburg", 1902 | ||
F17 | Fred A. Blanks | 1879 | Interior of cabin | ||
F18 | Friendly | 1888 | |||
G1 | G.W. Sentell | 1882 | 1894 | Burned | |
G2 | G.W. Sentell | 1882 | 1894 | ||
G3 | G.W. Sentell | ||||
G4 | Gem | 1898 | 1914 | Burned | |
G5 | Gem | 1898 | 1914 | ||
G6 | General Lytle | 1864 | 1882 | Dismantled | Damaged from ice |
G7 | George Collier | 1851 | 1855 | Burned | |
G8 | George D. Palmer | 1863 | Originally, "Nannie Byers"; rebuilt/renamed "George D. Palmer", 1866 | ||
G10 | George H. Walker | 1923 | |||
G11 | George H. Walker | Taken ca. 1940 | |||
G9 | George H. Walker | 1923 | 1947 | Retired | |
G12 | George Prince | 1922 | Resold/renamed "Ouachita" | ||
G13 | George Prince | ||||
G14 | George Prince | 1922 | Resold/renamed "Ouachita" | ||
G15 | Georgia Lee | 1898 | 1918 | Sank | |
G16 | Golden City | ||||
G17 | Golden City | 1876 | 1882 | Burned | |
G18 | Golden Crown | 1877 | 1890 | Burned | Rebuilt/renamed "DeSoto" |
G19 | Golden Crown | 1877 | 1890 | Burned | Rebuilt/renamed "DeSoto" |
G20 | Golden Rule | 1877 | 1877 | Burned | |
G21 | Golden Rule | Burned | Also pictured, towboat "John A. Wood" | ||
G22 | Golden Rule | Also pictured, towboat "John A. Wood" (b. 1870) | |||
G23 | Golden Rule | 1877 | |||
G24 | Golden Rule | 1877 | |||
G25 | Golden Rule | 1877 | 1892 | Burned | |
G26 | Gordon C Greene | Previously named "Cape Girardeau" | |||
G27 | Gordon C Greene | ||||
G28 | Gordon C Greene | ||||
G29 | Gordon C Greene | Interior of dining hall | |||
G30 | Gorge Collier | 1851 | 1855 | Burned | |
G31 | Gouldsboro | ||||
G32 | Gouldsboro | 1863 | ca. 1940 | Retired | Originally, Civil War gunboat named "Chickasaw" |
G33 | Governor Allen | 1867 | Engines eventually went toward building of "Edward J. Gay" | ||
G34 | Grand Republic | ||||
G35 | Grand Republic | 1867 | 1877 | Burned | Originally, "Great Republic" |
G36 | Grand Republic | Interior of cabin; see also "Richmond", "City of Natchez", and "Helena" | |||
G37 | Grand Turk | 1848 | 1854 | Burned | Also burned at the time, "Grand Turk", "Natchez" and others |
G38 | Grand Turk | 1848 | 1854 | Burned | Also pictured, "Gipsy" (b. 1854) |
G39 | Granite State | 1879 | 188? | Sank | |
G40 | Grey Eagle | 1857 | 1861 | Sank | Collision |
G41 | Guiding Star | 1878 | 1893 | Sank | Collision/ice |
H1 | Helena | 1876 | Originally, "J.B.M. Kehlor"; rebuilt/renamed "Helena", 1886 | ||
H2 | Helena | ||||
H3 | Henry Frank | ||||
H4 | Henry Frank | 1878 | 1884 | ||
H5 | Henry Probasco | ca. 1870 | 1873 | Sank | |
H6 | Hill City | 1897 | Sank | Originally, "City of Monroe"; rebuilt/renamed "Hill City"; sank, raised, rebuilt, and renamed "Corwin H. Spencer", 1903 | |
I1 | Idlewild | 1879 | Sank | Collision/ice; orginally named "Ariane" (b. 1879) | |
I2 | Issaquena | 1887 | Burned | Originally the "City of Ironton"; sold, rebuilt, and renamed "Issaquena", 1882 | |
J1 | J.M.White | ||||
J10 | J.M.White | Interior of cabin | |||
J2 | J.M.White | 1886 | Burned | ||
J3 | J.M.White | 1886 | Burned | Interior of dining halls (Ladies' Cabin, left, and Gentlemen's Cabin, right) | |
J4 | J.M.White | Also pictured, "John Cannon" | |||
J5 | J.M.White | 1878 | 1886 | ||
J6 | J.M.White | ||||
J7 | J.M.White | ||||
J8 | J.M.White | 1879 | 1886 | ||
J9 | J.M.White | ||||
J11 | Jacob Strader | ||||
J12 | James Howard | 1870 | 1881 | Burned | |
J13 | James Howard | ||||
J14 | James Lee | 1879 | 189? | ||
J15 | James Lee | ||||
J16 | Jesse K. Bell | 1879 | 1897 | Dismantled | |
J17 | John A. Scudder | 1873 | 1885 | Parts of dimantled ship went towards building of "Marble City" | |
J18 | John B. Maude | 1872 | 1875 | Sank | |
J19 | John B. Maude | ||||
J20 | John B. Maude | ||||
J21 | John B. Maude | Duplicate of J18 | |||
SP7 | John B. White | (Supplement) | |||
J22 | John H. Hanna | 1876 | 1888 | Burned | |
J23 | John Howard | 1893 | 1898 | Burned | |
J24 | John K. Speed | 1892 | 1902 | Burned | |
J25 | John K. Speed | ||||
J26 | John K. Speed | ||||
J27 | John Kilgour | 1864 | 1874 | Dismantled | Engines went towards building of "Charles Morgan" |
J28 | John W. Cannon | 1878 | 1886 | Dismantled | Built to replace the "William S. Pike"; General U.S. Grant was once passenger; parts went towards building the "Olivia Beirne" |
J29 | John W. Cannon | ||||
J30 | John W. Cannon | ||||
J31 | John W. Cannon | ||||
J32 | John W. Cannon | ||||
J33 | John W. Cannon | Also pictured, "John H. Hanna" | |||
J34 | John W. Cannon | Also pictured, "City of Vicksburg" | |||
J35 | John W. Cannon | Taken in1878 | |||
J36 | John W. Cannon | Taken in1878 | |||
J37 | John W. Cannon | 1878 | 1886 | ||
J38 | John W. Cannon | ||||
J39 | John W. Cannon | 1878 | |||
K1 | Kate Adams | 1882 | 1888 | Burned | First |
K2 | Kate Adams | 1888 | 1903 | Burned | Second. Sold/renamed "Dewey", 1898; sold/renamed "Lotus Sims", 1902 |
K3 | Kate Adams | 1888 | Second. Sold/renamed "Dewey", 1898 | ||
K4 | Kate Adams | ||||
K5 | Kate Adams | ||||
K6 | Katie | 1871 | 1878 | Dismantled | Parts of dimantled ship went towards building of "Ed Richardson" |
K7 | Keokuk | 1858 | 1866 | Sank | |
K8 | Keokuk | Originally, "C.K. Peck" (b. 1876); renamed "Keokuk", 1884 | |||
L1 | L.W. Crane | ||||
L2 | La Belle Riviere | 1899 | 1927 | Burned | The final "Katie Adams", used for 1926 production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
L3 | Lady Gay | 1865 | 1870 | Sank | |
L4 | Lotawanha | 1867 | 1874 | Sank | |
L5 | Louisville | 1866 | 1875 | Dismantled | Engines went towards building of "Golden City" |
L6 | Lucy Bertram | 1863 | 1876 | Dismantled | |
M1 | Mabel Comeaux | 1883 | 1907 | Dismantled | a.k.a. "Fair Mabel" |
M2 | Magenta | 1864 | 1871 | Burned | "Julia & Randolph", "Grand Era", "Thompson Dean", and "John Howard" also burned in this fire. |
M3 | Magenta | ||||
M4 | Magenta | ||||
SP8 | Mandeville | (Supplement) | |||
M5 | Mary E. Keene | 1860 | 1863 | Destroyed | Ruined intentionally during Civil War, to prevent capture from Federals. |
M6 | Mary E. Keene | ||||
M7 | Mary Houston | 1877 | 1893 | Sank | Rebuilt, sank, then raised and dismantled |
M8 | Mary Houston | ||||
N1 | Natchez | ||||
N10 | Natchez | 1891 | 1918 | Eighth | |
N11 | Natchez | Eighth | |||
N12 | Natchez | Eighth | |||
N13 | Natchez | Duplicate of N5 | |||
N14 | Natchez | Duplicate of N8 | |||
N15 | Natchez | 1869 | 1879 | Sixth | |
N16 | Natchez | Shown racing with "Eclipse". Pre-Civil War lithograph | |||
N2 | Natchez | ||||
N3 | Natchez | 1869 | 1879 | Sixth | |
N4 | Natchez | 1879 | 1889 | Sank | Seventh |
N5 | Natchez | Seventh | |||
N6 | Natchez | Seventh | |||
N7 | Natchez | Seventh | |||
N8 | Natchez | Seventh | |||
N9 | Natchez | Seventh | |||
N17 | New Falls City | 1858 | 1864 | Sunk to avoid capture by Federals; then raised after Civil War. One of floating palaces referred to in Mark Twain's writings | |
N18 | New Orleans | Replica | |||
N19 | New Orleans | 1911 | Replica. Construction of hull | ||
N20 | New Orleans | 1911 | Replica. Shown with work crew | ||
N21 | New Orleans | 1911 | Replica. Under construction, to celebrate "Centennial of Steamboating on the Mississippi" | ||
N22 | New Orleans | 1911 | Replica | ||
N23 | New Orleans | 1911 | Replica. Built by Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania | ||
N24 | New Orleans | 1911 | Replica | ||
N25 | New Orleans | 1911 | Replica | ||
N26 | New Orleans | 1911 | Replica | ||
N27 | New Orleans | 1911 | Replica. Hull being framed | ||
N28 | New Orleans | 1925 | Ferry between New Orleans and Algiers. "New Orleans" and her sister ferry, "Algiers", eventually replaced by the "Crescent" and "Westside" | ||
SP9 | New Orleans | (Supplement) Taken by Greater New Orleans Tourist and Convention | |||
N29 | New South | ||||
N30 | New South | ||||
N31 | New South | 1887 | ca. 1905 | Dismantled | |
O1 | Oliver Beirne | 1886 | 1891 | Burned | |
O2 | Oliver Beirne | ||||
O3 | Oliver Beirne | ||||
O10 | Ouachita | ||||
O11 | Ouachita | ||||
O12 | Ouachita | ||||
O13 | Ouachita | ||||
O14 | Ouachita | ||||
O15 | Ouachita | ||||
O16 | Ouachita | ||||
O17 | Ouachita | ||||
O18 | Ouachita | ||||
O19 | Ouachita | ||||
O20 | Ouachita | ||||
O21 | Ouachita | ||||
O22 | Ouachita | ||||
O23 | Ouachita | ||||
O24 | Ouachita | ||||
O25 | Ouachita | ||||
O26 | Ouachita | ||||
O27 | Ouachita | Duplicate of O7 | |||
O28 | Ouachita | Duplicate of O7 | |||
O29 | Ouachita | Duplicate of O12 | |||
O30 | Ouachita | Duplicate of O12 | |||
O31 | Ouachita | Duplicate of O12 | |||
O4 | Ouachita | 1890 | 1899 | Burned | Rebuilt/renamed "Fred A. Blanks" |
O5 | Ouachita | 1922 | 1940 | Dismantled | Originally "George Prince"; bought/renamed "Ouachita", 1934 |
O6 | Ouachita | ||||
O7 | Ouachita | ||||
O8 | Ouachita | ||||
O9 | Ouachita | ||||
O32 | Ouachita Belle | 1870 | 1880 | Sank | |
P1 | Pat Cleburne | 1870 | 1876 | Explosion | Fire |
P2 | Paul Tulane | ||||
P3 | Paul Tulane | 1888 | 1896 | Sank | |
P4 | Phil Sheridan | 1866 | 1876 | Dismantled | Machinery went towards building of "Belle of Minnetonka" |
P5 | Potomac | 1870 | 1880s | Dismantled | |
SP10 | President | (Supplement) | |||
SP11 | President | (Supplement) | |||
P6 | Princess | 1855 | 1859 | Explosion | |
R1 | R.R. Springer | 1879 | 1885 | Sank | Collision |
R2 | Richmond | 1867 | 1874 | Wrecked | Collision. Used as model by American painter, Frances Parkinson Keyes, for oil painting entitled "Steamboat Gothic" |
R3 | Rio Cloud | ||||
R4 | Rob Roy | 1866 | 1880 | Burned | Remains dismantled |
R10 | Robert E. Lee | Second | |||
R11 | Robert E. Lee | Second | |||
R12 | Robert E. Lee | The "racer". Lithograph | |||
R13 | Robert E. Lee | The "racer". Taken in 1874 | |||
R14 | Robert E. Lee | The "racer" | |||
R15 | Robert E. Lee | The "racer". Taken in 1870 | |||
R16 | Robert E. Lee | 1876 | The "side-wheeler" succeeded the "racer" | ||
R17 | Robert E. Lee | 1876 | 1882 | Burned | Succeeded the "racer" |
R18 | Robert E. Lee | 1876 | Succeeded the "racer" | ||
R19 | Robert E. Lee | Portrait. Captain John W. Cannon, skipper who commanded Robert E. Lee during 1870 race against the "Natchez" | |||
R20 | Robert E. Lee | Portrait. Captain John W. Cannon, skipper who commanded Robert E. Lee during 1870 race against the "Natchez". Oil painting | |||
R21 | Robert E. Lee | Image of trophy awarded to Robert E. Lee for winning Lee-Natchez race, 1870 | |||
R22 | Robert E. Lee | Portrait. Captain James Pell, pilot who steered Robert E. Lee during 1870 race | |||
R23 | Robert E. Lee | 1876 | The "side-wheeler"; interior of cabin | ||
R24 | Robert E. Lee | 1866 | 1876 | ||
R25 | Robert E. Lee | Duplicate of R1 | |||
R26 | Robert E. Lee | Duplicate of R1 | |||
R27 | Robert E. Lee | ||||
R5 | Robert E. Lee | 1866 | 1876 | First. The "racer" shown here with it's rival, "Natchez", the sixth. Also pictured, "Great Republic" (b. 1882) | |
R6 | Robert E. Lee | First | |||
R7 | Robert E. Lee | First | |||
R8 | Robert E. Lee | Only known photo of Lee-Natchez race, July 4, 1870 | |||
R9 | Robert E. Lee | 1876 | 1882 | Burned | Second. The "side-wheeler" succeeded the "racer" |
R28 | Ruth | 1865 | 1869 | Burned | |
S1 | S.H. Parisot | ||||
S2 | Sarah Edenborn | 1909 | Towboat | ||
SP12 | Sarah Edenborn | (Supplement) | |||
SP13 | Sarah Edenborn? | (Supplement) | |||
SP14 | Sausquehanna | (Supplement) | |||
S3 | Sherlock | ||||
S4 | Silver Moon | 1859 | 1869 | Sank | Collision/rocks |
S5 | South America | 1854 | 1861 | Dismantled | Sank in 1856; recovered and operated as "Lexington" until 1861 |
S6 | Sprague | 1901 | At the time, largest river towboat in the world | ||
S7 | Sprague | ||||
S8 | Sprague | Also pictured, "Carrie B. Schwing" (b. 1912). Taken ca. 1935 | |||
S9 | Spread Eagle | 1873 | 1881 | Dismantled | Parts of dimantled ship went towards building of new "Spread Eagle" (b. 1881) |
SP15 | St. Genevieve | 1874 | 1887 | (Supplement) | |
S10 | St. James | 1865 | 1876 | Retired | |
S11 | St. James | 1898 | 1916 | Burned | |
S12 | St. James | ||||
S13 | St. James | ||||
S14 | St. James (?) | ||||
S15 | St. John | 1878 | 1899 | Dismantled | Also pictured, "Alice Le Blanc" |
SP16 | St. Louis | (Supplement) Also pictured: "Colossal"; "Spread Eagle"; "Bayard"; "Rob Roy"; "Emma C. Elliot"; "Great Republic" | |||
S16 | State of Kansas | 1890 | 1899 | Burned | |
SP1 | Steamboating on the Mississippi | (Supplement) Pastoral scene of steamboat, river, and Live Oak trees. Taken by Bureau of New Orleans News | |||
S17 | Sucker State | 1860 | 1872 | Dismantled | |
S18 | Sultana | ||||
S19 | Susie Silver | 1870 | 1878 | Dismantled | Parts of dimantled ship went towards the building of the "Annie P. Silver" |
S20 | Susie Silver | ||||
T1 | T.P. Leathers | 1885 | 1890 | Sank | First |
T2 | T.P. Leathers | 1891 | 1900 | Sank | Second |
T3 | T.P. Leathers | ||||
T4 | T.P. Leathers | ||||
T5 | T.P. Leathers | ||||
T6 | Tarascon | 1863 | 1879 | Dismantled | First |
T7 | Tarascon | 1895 | 1917 | Sank | Second |
T8 | Telegraph | 1877 | 1891 | Dismantled | Rebuilt into new boat of same name |
T9 | Tell City | 1889 | 1917 | Sank | Sank and salvaged several times; permanently lost, 1917 |
T10 | Tennessee Belle | 1927 | 1942 | Burned | |
T11 | Thomas Sherlock | 1873 | 1891 | Sank | Collision |
T12 | Thomas Sherlock | ||||
T13 | Thomas Sherlock | see also "Sherlock" | |||
T14 | Thompson Dean | 1872 | 1882 | Dismantled | Rebuilt/renamed "Will S. Hays" |
T15 | Tom Jasper | 1867 | 1876 | Reworked | Remade with new and longer hull, renamed "Centennial" |
SP18 | Tugboat | (Supplement) | |||
U1 | U.P. Schenck | 1876 | Sank | Collision. Had previously been lengthened and remade/renamed "Longfellow" | |
U2 | U.P. Schenck | ||||
U3 | United States | 1869 | 1884 | Dismantled | Second. Built with hull from first, wrecked "United States" |
UN1 | unnamed | ||||
UN2 | unnamed | ||||
UN3 | unnamed | ||||
UN4 | unnamed | ||||
UN4 | unnamed | ||||
V1 | Valley Queen | 1889 | 1903 | Burned | |
V2 | Valley Queen | ||||
V3 | Vicksburg | 1903 | Sank | Originally "Ouchita", then "Fred A. Blanks" | |
V4 | Vicksburg, Mississippi | Along the levee, taken 1883. Pictured: "Will S. Hays"; "Ed Richardson", behind her; "Leflore", foreground; in the distance, left to right, "Clara S.", "Deer Creek", "Aglia" (ferry), and "Helen Mead" (towboat); packet with stern in front, "Sallie Carney" | |||
SP16 | W.M. Edenborn | (Supplement) | |||
W1 | W.M. Garig | 1904 | 1918 | Dismantled | Rebuilt/renamed the "Golden Eagle" |
W2 | W.R. Arthur | 1864 | 1871 | Sank | Collision |
W3 | W.R. Arthur | 1864 | 1871 | Explosion | Also pictured: "Cornelia" (1865-1870), burned; "Henry Ames" (1864-1870); "Lizzie Gill" (1865-1870), sank |
SP17 | War Eagle | (Supplement) Also pictured: "Belle of Shreveport"; "Mattie Belle"; "Dacotah" | |||
W4 | War Eagle | 1854 | 1870 | Burned | |
W5 | Warren | 1882 | Replaced "City of Savannah" | ||
W6 | Warren | Also pictured, "Edward J. Gay" | |||
W7 | Wild Wagoner | 1864 | 1876 | Dismantled | |
W8 | Will Kyle | 1879 | 1883 | Sank | Collision |
W9 | Will S. Hays | 1882 | |||
Y1 | Yazoo Valley | 1876 | 1883 | Sank | Raised and dismantled |
Z1 | Zephyr | 1847 | 1920 | Sank | Renamed "Camellia", 1865; Rebuilt/renamed "New Camellia", 1878 |
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