Credit: Photographer, unknown.
This is a Corps of Engineers boat. Date unknown.
Quote:~
My chief was presently hired to go on a big New Orleans boat, and I packed my satchel and went with him. She was a grand affair. When I stood in her pilot-house I was so far above the water that I seemed perched on a mountain; and her decks stretched so far away, fore and aft, below me. . . the pilot house was a sumptuous glass temple; room enough to have a dance in; showy red and gold window-curtains; an imposing sofa; leather cushions and a back to the high bench where visiting pilots sit, to spin yarns and 'look at the river;' bright, fanciful 'cuspidors' instead of a broad wooden box filled with sawdust; nice new oil-cloth on the floor; a hospitable big stove for winter; a wheel as high as my head, costly with inlaid work; a wire tiller rope; bright brass knobs for the bells; and a tidy, white aproned, black 'texas-tender,' to bring up tarts and ices and coffee during mid-watch, day and night.
Credit:~ Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi.
Credit: Photographer, unknown.
Three Engineers and perhaps a "Stoker" pause for this rare engine-room photograph in the Carneal Goldman, in 1885.
Credit: Photographer, unknown.
Several un-named Officers of the Carneal Goldman.
Credit: Photographer, unknown.
Deckhands resting. Steamboat and date unknown.
Credit: Photographer, F.A. Miintzer.
Diners and crew pause for this rare photograph in the cabin of the Crescent City, circa 1900.
Credit: Photographer, unknown.
A Pilot at the wheel. Steamboat and date unknown.
Credit: Photographer, unknown.
Deckhands and perhaps a Mate standing by the "stage" on the Lula Prince. Date unknown.
The starboard windows are open and the Pilot is looking out, perhaps speaking with someone forward.
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