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Miniatures |
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- BELLE OF LOUISVILLE-Heading for Cincinnati
- Edition of 150
- 12 x 9
- $150 (frame not included)
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- MAYSVILLE LANDING
- Edition of 150
- 9 x 12
- $150 (frame not included)
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- SUNRISE CINCINNATI
- Edition of 150
- 14 X 11
- $150 (frame not included)
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- UP AT DAWN
- Edition of 150
- 14 X 11
- $150 (frame not included)
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Cincinnati |
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- On 1 March 1948 at 6:00 a.m. Captain Fred
Way tied up the Delta Queen at the Greene Line Wharf Boat. Thus
began her illustrious career as the "Queen of the Mississippi River".
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CINCINNATI MORNING
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 29 X 15 1/4 |
1800 |
Paper |
$185 |
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- Cincinnati's famous Island Queen is
illuminated in a hot peach autumn sunset. This 1940's era scene shows the
Covington shore and the Roebling Bridge. It is the mate to Moonlight
Over Coney Island.
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HEADING FOR CONEY
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 30 X 18 |
950 |
Paper |
$185 |
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- The old cotton packet Kate Adams of
Memphis was brought to the Upper Ohio in 1926 to try and get her share of
the packet business that was running between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
Her stay in Pittsburgh was short as she returned to Memphis in the fall of
1926 to take part in the filming of Uncle Tom's Cabin. She burned at the
Memphis levee on January 8, 1927. Fondly remembered as the "Lovin' Kate,"
she was known for her "bull frog" whistle, "said to be heard for 30 miles
up the Mississippi Delta."
The dependable sternwheel towboat J.T. Hatfield was named after
James Tobias Hatfield, who founded Hatfield Coal Company. The dependable
J. T. Hatfield ran coal from Charleston, W. Virginia to Cincinnati
for well over 30 years. The Hatfield Coal Company was a pioneer in river
coal transportation as not only did they operate their own mines, but also
transported the coal on their own barge line direct to the customer."
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NOCTURNE
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 30 X 19 |
950 |
Paper |
$185 |
| 30 X 19 |
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Giclée Canvas |
$800 |
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- Official Portrait - Tall Stacks 2006
It's an event like none other in the nation. Designed to pay tribute to
the steamboat heritage of the Western Rivers, Tall Stacks has become the
premier river celebration in America bringing in over 1 million visitors
and 20 boats. You can ride one the diesel powered boats and get a good
glimpse of one of the four authentic boats in attendance or you can get on
board the steamers Belle of Louisville, Delta Queen,
Mississippi Queen or the great Natchez; hear their steam and
feel their vibration.
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PORT OF CINCINNATI
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 30 X 19 |
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Paper |
$225 |
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- It was the end of July in 1947 when the
Str. Delta Queen arrived in Cincinnati after her 5,000 mile trip
from San Francisco. She sat at the Greene Line Wharf for two weeks
outboard the Chris Greene. Downstream from the wharf boat was the
Tom Greene and the Evergreene. On weekends, the Gordon C.
Greene arrived from her weekly excursion. For the last part of the
summer in 1947, the Str. Island Queen still ran to Coney Island. It
was her last year. This two week window was the last great rendezvous of
stream on the Ohio River.
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THE PUBLIC LANDING IN MOONLIGHT JULY 1947
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 30 X 16 |
950 |
Paper |
$190 |
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- This grand lady of the river was built in
Cincinnati, OH in 1897 for the Pittsburgh & Cincinnati Packet Line. Her
homeport was destined to be Pittsburgh, PA. She made a reputation for her
many Mardi Gras cruises (11 in all) from Pittsburgh and Cincinnati to the
"Big Easy". "As steamboats go, their average age of usefulness is about
that of a horse. A twenty year old steamboat is an old critter. The Queen
City was an exception to this rule" - quote from Captain Frederick Way Jr.
- Log of the Betsy Ann. In 1933, the Queen City was sold and relegated to
a wharf boat in Pittsburgh.
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QUEEN CITY
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 44 X24 |
150 |
Giclée Canvas |
$850 |
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- Steamboats are a summer thing -- but not
so in the packet business that lasted until 1941. Pictured is the famous
little packet Betsy Ann owned by Captain Fred Way. Her saga was made
famous in the best seller, "Log of the Betsy Ann." Also shown are the
Green Line steamers, Tom and Chris Greene, at the Cincinnati Public
Landing. The following is an excerpt from the "Log of the Betsy Ann" by
Captain Fred Way - "My dad bought me a steamboat in the age and day when
trucks were hauling all the freight, Pullman cars all the passengers and
express cars all the mail. He bought me a boat designed to do all of these
things when there were none of these things to do."
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WINTER PACKETS IN CINCINNATI
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 25 X 15 |
950 |
Paper |
$135 |
| 25 X 15 |
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Giclée Canvas |
$825 |
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- December 1917
- The White Collar steamers City of Louisville and
City of Cincinnati frame the J.T. Hatfield on a
wintry Ohio River at Cincinnati. Accompanying this print is a
fascinating folder explaining in detail the coming tragedy - The
Great Ice Gorge of January 1918.
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VIEW OF COVINGTON
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 31 1/2 X 17 |
825 |
Paper |
$225 |
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NEW Cave-In-Rock
Illinois |
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- Making Tow Most casual
observers have no idea that a Line Boat out on the river actually
runs from one fleeting area to the next. Like a waterborne freight yard,
she sits midstream while switch boats or harbor boats tend
to her every need. They add on or remove empties or loaded barges. They
refuel her, change crews and bring fresh food and mail. Some can even make
repairs underway to keep the big boats moving. The switching operation can
be miserable and dangerous in high water, winds or bad weather.
The painting shows the river landmark of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois as well as
the operation of Making Tow underway. The time period is back in
the mid '80's so the ID numbers on the rakes and the hull of the
Delta Queen are of the period
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MAKING TOW
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 32 X 16 |
600 |
Paper |
$165 |
| 40 X 20 |
50 |
Giclée Canvas |
$650 |
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Covington Kentucky |
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 - The theme of ice on the river was first researched when we introduced
our painting "View of Covington, January 1918" in 1995.
- The White Collar Line owned by Commodore Frederick Laidley of
Covington, Kentucky was totally destroyed by the Great Ice Gorge of
January, 1918. "Ice Bound" shows the harbor vessel "Hercules Carrel"
attempting to free the famed steamer "City of Louisville" from the ice on
the Covington side of the river to bring her across to the protection
offered by the Louisville & Cincinnati wharf boat on the Cincinnati side
of the river.
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ICE BOUND
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 40 X 25 |
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Giclée Canvas |
$850 |
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Louisville |
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- Derby Week in Louisville also has the
Great Steamboat Race. 1982 was the real race when the steamer
Natchez of New Orleans beat the Delta Queen and the Belle of
Louisville.
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GREAT STEAMBOAT RACE
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 26 X 14 1/2 |
950 |
Paper |
$150 |
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- Steam packet Evansville and the
Magnificent Steam Tow Sprague
- River men nicknamed her "Big Mama" and said that her pittman arm was
so long that is went out in the morning and came back that night. The
SPRAGUE was the largest steam-powered stern wheeled towboat ever built.
She was the high point of the great steamboat tradition in Dubuque, Iowa,
where she was built 1901. The SPRAGUE spent most of her career working the
lower river from Baton Rouge north to Vicksburg, Memphis and Louisville
below the falls of the Ohio.
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MEETING BELOW THE BEND
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 26 X 14 1/2 |
950 |
Paper |
$150 |
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St. Louis |
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- It was 1933 just yesterday. The calliope
and Dixieland jazz from the dance floor can almost be heard as the J.S.
backs away from the Streckfus wharf area just below the Eads Bridge. In
the foreground the massive steamer CAPITOL lies darkened as she is being
repaired for the coming season of tramping on the upper river. The J.S.
was originally launched as the QUINCY by the Diamond Jo Lines in Dubuque,
Iowa, in 1896. She was used by the Streckfus family who bought her in
1911. She ran the St. Louis-New Orleans trade and was the "brag boat" of
the Streckfus fleet. In 1918 she was converted to an excursion boat and
was renamed J.S. after John Streckfus.
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BLUES OF ST. LOUIS
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 28 X 15 1/4 |
950 |
Paper |
$150 |
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- The Steamer Golden Eagle came to
symbolize the twilight of St. Louis' great maritime heritage. Golden
Eagle was owned by the Eagle Packet Company of St. Louis until 1944.
Her pilot house is preserved at the Jefferson Memorial in St. Louis.
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LAST PACKET NORTH
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 31 X 21 |
1500 |
Paper |
$185 |
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- The steamer Alton was the pride of
the Eagle Packet Company when she was launched in 1906.
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STEAMER ALTON
| Size |
Edition Size |
Type |
Price |
| 29 1/2 X 28 1/8 |
950 |
Paper |
$150 |
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