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Source Collection
Twentieth century photograph collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0462.008_012.001
Description
The Lee Line side wheeler packet steamer "James Lee" docked at Memphis, Tennessee, in October 1916. The "James Lee" was built in 1898 and sailed the Memphis-Friar's Point, Mississippi, run. Converted to an excursion boat in 1917 and renamed "DeSoto", the boat was crushed by ice on the Mississippi River during the winter of 1917-1918.
Date Created
6-25-2021
Date
1916 October
Recommended Citation
"Steamboat "James Lee", 1916" (2021). Other images. 40.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-20thcenturyphoto3/40
Keywords
Steamboats--Tennessee--Memphis.
