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Recently this postcard depicting an 1898 race between the GEORGIA LEE and DICK FOWLER was added to my Lee Line postcard collection thanks to another EBay seller.  The postcard reverse format indicated the card was made around 1907 since it … Continue reading →

This picture is also from my recent EBay purchase of 9 postcards depicting the JAMES LEE unloading and departing this town.   The just departing picture and this photo are unusual pictures.  Postcard and regular photos of steamboats as far as … Continue reading →

Recently this postcard along with 8 other cards depicting the arrival, unloading and departure of the JAMES LEE and the JOHN BERTRAM were available for purchase on EBay.   I was able to purchase these 9 cards for my growing Lee … Continue reading →

This is another EBay find

Excellent article on the restoration of the James Lee House 690 Adams Ave. Memphis TN.  Congratulations Jose and Jennifer. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2648061/Take-look-historic-Tennessee-mansion-one-couple-legally-bought-just-1-00.html

This VERNE SWAIN postcard recently was offered for sale on EBay and I was able to add it to my collection of boats owned by the VALLY LINE.  This picture would have been taken well before the VALLEY LINE owned this boat.  … Continue reading →

The St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Co. was a fierce competitor of the Lee Line.  Recently I was able to purchase this interesting piece of history.  The gentleman who sold this plate received it as a gift from an … Continue reading →

  Josh Gamble thank you for your Photoshop skills used to remove the crease from this old picture while maintaining the original patina and adding sharpness.

  This postcard was another recent EBay find.  The addressee is Mrs. H.J. Sewoster 1268 E 90 St., Cleveland Ohio.  A Google search yielded a 1900 Federal Census Cuyahoga County Ohio listing H.J. Sewoster age 17 and his birthplace listed as … Continue reading →

These two folk art paintings of the James Lee, Kate Adams and Rosa Lee were sent to me by Jean Cash Scott whose grand parents John Pennel and Emma Cash Pennel lived on island 51.  She believes the paints were … Continue reading →