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The value of the ROWENA LEE as insured by 3 insurance companies was $22,500. The Greenwich Insurance Co. insured $5000 and paid $675.56 of the claim The St. Paul Insurance Co.            ”       … Continue reading →

The Eagle Packet Company was a competitor of the Lee Line following the collapse of the St. Louis New Orleans Anchor Line in 1898.   A postcard with the REES LEE in the fore ground somewhere on what appears to be the Mississippi … Continue reading →

Nice Rotograph postcard of the STACKER LEE also known as STACK-O-Dollars by her crew because the STACKER was a very profitable boat. The Rotograph Co. printed millions of postcards.  The link below gives a history of the Photographische Gesellschaft, founded in … Continue reading →

This is the newest addition to my collection of Lee Line passes.

Corporate letterheads today are quite bland compared to ones from the late 1800’s and early to mid 1900’s.  A one page story proudly conveys exactly what this company produced.   The Rees family supplied engines and other hard parts that … Continue reading →

The S&D Reflector is the quarterly magazine published by the Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen.  Membership is open to anyone who is interested in the steamboat era.  Membership cost $35 per year with family subscription costing $1 per additional … Continue reading →

This advertising mirror is a recent find.   The maker was the Whitehead and Hoag Co. Newark NJ.

A recent EBay purchase.  D. A. Loomis was quite a traveler as numerous passes from this era bear his name or he made a hobby of collecting railroad and steamboat passes.  Comping executives of railroads and steamboat companies was a … Continue reading →

These pictures are from a family album dating from 1907 1908 and were sent to me by Susan Lea whose family members are pictured.  They are the Schott and Ruppel families.  The man in the lower two pictures is thought … Continue reading →