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 1645-1809
  German website with pictures about the invention of steamboats from 1645 until 1809. Included are pictures of the replica of the Clermont.
• Inland Riverboats Photograph Collection
  Huge onlie photo collection of historic riverboats and steamboats, provided by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
• 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
• The Genosky Collection: Steamboats
  collection with about 25 photos of steamboats (last time we checked the picture page was not available, tough)
• U.S. Coast Guard - Bouy Tenders
  U.S. Coast Guard - River, Inland & Construction Tenders, 1939 - 2000, a historic image gallery.
• UW LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Photographs
  The famous University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse steamboat photo collection, making thousands of scans of their picture collection available online.
• 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.