Louisiana Division New Orleans Public LIbrary

David Barrow Fischer Photograph Collection 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 Historical Note 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. Scope and Content 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. Arrangement 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. Inventory

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