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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Album 30 (River Steamboats, Captains, Personnel, Excursion Steamer Interiors, Ephemera)
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| Description: | Captain Isaac H. Moulton of La Crosse, Wisconsin, with his mother, wife Hannah, and one of his daughters. Moulton was captain of the "City of St. Paul," th... |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, "Sidney," loading passengers at Red Wing. The gangplank is lowered and passengers are on deck and on the landing. Later named Was... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., underway taken between 1901 and 1907. Oval picture inscribed Burlington, July 10, 1907. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., landing passengers, taken between 1901 and 1910. Crowds are on riverbank and there are buildings in background. A cr... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of the sternwheel excursion, J.S., getting ready to leave for Winona. A crowd is watching from the landing. A crane on the fron... |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Sidney, leaving Lansing, Iowa. Later named Washington. A crane on the front of the steamer is attached to a passeng... |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Sidney, on the Mississippi River at New Orleans. All three decks are full of passengers. Later named "Washington." |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., near Trempealeau, taken between 1901 and 1910. |
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| Description: | A bow view of the sternwheel excursion, J.S., near Lyons, Iowa (now called Clinton) with an excursion party aboard taken between 1901 and 1910. Brid... |
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| Description: | J.T. West, captain of the Mississippi River sidewheel packets, Phil Sheridan and Northern Belle. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., underway, taken between 1901 and 1910. The magnificent Excursion Str. J.S. burned on the evening of June 25,... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the sternwheel excursion, "G.W. Hill," leaving Bellevue with a Red Cross Excursion. Later named "Island Maid." |
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| Description: | The saloon of the sidewheel excursion, "Red Wing." Chairs are lined up against the walls, spittoon are on the floor, and tables are covered with tablecloth... |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Sidney, later named Washington, landing at Bellevue. Passengers are disembarking. A sign on the ship reads Streckfu... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Thistle, carrying an excursion party on the Fox River. The fare from Berlin to Oshkosh, a distance of about 25 miles was... |
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| Description: | Headshot of riverboat captain Daniel Smith Harris. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Advertising card for Goodrich Transportation Company listing destinations and departure times. In the center of the advertisement is a drawing of a sidewhe... |
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