Steamboat History - Picture Archives
archives of historic pictures, river maps, etc.
- Dan Owen´s Boat Photo Museum
Dan Owen is a collector of boat photos, towboats and Gulf area costal tugboats. He´s also selling his photos.
- Guntersville Police Dpt. Photo Gallery
Guntersville, AL, Police Department has a beautiful collection of old pictures, many river and steamboat related.
- Harrison County Riverboats
This website is offering informations about the history of Harrison County steamboats including a story about the IDLEWILD and lots of pictures.
- Historic Maps
collection of great historic maps
- History of steamboats in pictures from 1645 til 18
German website with pictures about the invention of steamboats from 1645 til 1809. Included are pictures of the replica of the Claremont.
- Library of Congress historic pictures archive
photo archive of the Library of Congress
(search for "steamboat", "stern wheeler", "side wheeler")
- Maps of Alabama
Historical and contemporary maps of Alabama including maps of the Mississippi and other rivers.
- Ohio Country Public Library
many historic pictures from Wheeling, Ohio
- River Boats Collection
J. Willard Marriot Library, University of Utah, River Boats Collection P0063, 48 black and white photographs of early river craft used on the Green and Colorado Rivers between the towns of Green River, Utah, and Moab, Utah and other river boats.
- The Genosky Collection: Steamboats
collection with about 25 photos of steamboats
- U.S. Coast Guard - Bouy Tenders
U.S. Coast Guard - River, Inland & Construction Tenders, 1939 - 2000, a historic image gallery.
- Wisconsin Electronic Reader Image Galleries
The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, is offering a project called Wisconsin Electronic Reader proving a lot of steamboat pictures.