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Box 2

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Contains 143 Results:

Printed card of the St. Louis, Davenport, Dubuque and St. Paul, Northern Packet Line Company, steamer Muscatine. Verso contains chart of distances from St. Louis to St. Paul., ca. 1870

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: ca. 1870

St. Louis and New Orleans Packet Company pass issued to Hudson E. Bridge, 1870; Keokuk Packet Company pass issued to H.E. Bridge, 1870; ticket from St. Charles Hotel for free bus and baggage to and from boats and cars, August 1872; and excursion ticket for the steamer Spread Eagle to Hannibal and return, June 11, 1873. (4 items), 1870-1873

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: 1870-1873

Letters signed O.S.W. [Captain Oliver S. Watt], to his wife and daughter, 1870 to 1872 (several dated Alton). Also includes letter signed Ella Reyland, Meredosia, Illinois, to Mr. and Mrs. Watt, September 21, 1886, offering condolences on the loss of Emma. (7 items) (accession number 79-0004), 1870-1886

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: 1870-1886

Announcement of the arrival of the steamboat Lee at St. Louis at the end of the famous race from New Orleans with the steamboat Natchez. (1 item) (gift of Dudley A. Bragdon, St. Louis, June 2, 1952), [1870] July 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: [1870] July 4

Two freight bills of the steamboat Cherokee dated June 3, 1871, and July 10, 1872; stationery for the steamboat Belle of La Crosse, St. Louis and St. Paul Packet, 1872; excursion ticket for the steamboat Helena, August 1, 1885. (4 items) (gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond L. Rost, St. Louis, December 1954), 1871-1885

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: 1871-1885

Partial list of the steamboats in E.W. Tallmon’s collection. Also includes a list of rafters that passed through draw since 1872 at Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois. (5 pages) (2 items), 1872

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: 1872

Saloon passenger lists for White Star Line steamboat Celtic and Oceanic listing Todd and Keemle families from St. Louis. Also includes Celtic’s plan of rooms, wine card and bill of fare, and list of officers. (4 items), 1872-1874

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: 1872-1874

Receipt of Union Docks to the steamboat Park Painter for materials and labor. (1 item) (accession number 61-0042), 1872 June 13

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: 1872 June 13

Circular advertisement for “Dancing and Roller Skating on the Steamer Grand Republic” including engraving of people skating on the boat. (2 items), [1876-1877]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: [1876-1877]

Printed monthly supplementary tariffs of the Memphis and St. Louis Packet Company, dated St. Louis, Cairo, and Vicksburg (19 pages) (removed from Volume 5 of the St. Louis Vicksburg and Anchor Line Record Books), 1876-1877

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates: 1876-1877