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Source Collection
Twentieth century photograph collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0462.011_003.016
Description
Sternwheel steamboat "Princess" moored at Memphis, Tennessee, with Mud Island and the Mississippi River in the background, undated (1910s). Built in 1896 as the "H.W. Buttorff", the boat was bought by the Lee Line in 1911 and renamed "John Lee". Later that decade it was renamed "Princess" to become an excursion boat. It was scrapped in 1934.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"Steamboat "Princess", Memphis" (2021). Other images. 423.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-20thcenturyphoto3/423
Keywords
Steamboats--Mississippi River.
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