COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
Record
Filename:
MW.B4.F21.313(i).jpg
Identifier:
MW.B4.F21.313(i)
Title:
Sw. J.S.
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Creator:
Machen, George Jefferson
Subject:
Steamboats
Subject:
Rivers -- Ohio River
Subject:
River industry -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Rivers -- Tennessee River
Description:
Starboard side of the sidewheeler J.S. at the Paducah Marine Ways. According to Way's Packet Directroy, 1848-1983, the J.S. (Way #2882) was a sidewheel excursion boat with a wooden hull (264.7 x 42 x 6.8) built in Dubuque, Iowa in 1896. Originally named the QUINCY, it was bought by Streckfus Steamers, Inc., St. Louis, MO and turned into a "deluxe" excursion boat. It was dismantled at St. Louis in the winter of 1938-1939.On the back of this photograph Mary Wheeler wrote, "Streckfus."
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Date:
Circa 1935
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Image/TIFF
Language:
English
Coverage:
Lower Ohio River Valley
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Citation:
Ancestry Library Edition. ProQuest, n.d. Web. Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. Louisville, KY: Caron Directory Company Inc., 1908-1959. Print. "Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records." Web. 2014. "Paducahky.gov." Oak Grove Cemetery. City of Paducah. Web. 2014. Way, Frederick, Jr. Way�s Packet Directory, 1848-1983. Athens, OH: Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 1983. Print. Way, Frederick, and Joseph W. Rutter. Way's Steam Towboat Directory. Athens: Ohio UP, 1990. Print. Wheeler, Mary. Steamboatin� Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1944. Print. 1860-1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)
