COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
Record
Filename:
MW.B3.F6.042(p).tif
Identifier:
MW.B3.F6.042(p)
Title:
Packet Boat Song
Creator:
Blakemore, Ruth
Subject:
Roustabouts
Subject:
Black history -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
African American music -- Paducah (KY)
Description:
Handwritten notation and typed lyrics of the song Packet Boat Song. George and Ruth Blakemore were both born around 1895. The couple resided In Paducah, KY where George worked as a river man and rouster and Ruth as a cook and laundress. According to U.S. Census records, they also are found to have multiple men working in the river industry living with them throughout the years.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Contributor:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
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)
