Steamboat "Princess", Memphis

Creators

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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