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The Mississippi River circa 1910. "The levee at Baton Rouge -- sternwheeler Paul Tulane." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Looks like the Library of Congress puts this at 1880.
Whenever I see the old photos of the riverboats I am amazed at the short freeboard of these vessels. It amazing they did not lose a lot of freight. Interesting to see the cotton bales stacked like that.
The Paul Tulane sank and was a total loss, July 22, 1896 near Donaldsonville, LA.
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