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Ohio River/Riverfront
Andy Baum Riverboat
Photo dated 1880s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 22)
Avalon Riverboat
Docked at Dress Plaza; photo dated April 21, 1960 (Knecht 739)
Avalon Riverboat
Docked at Dress Plaza (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 9)
Barge on the Ohio River
View from the top level of the Pagoda in Sunset Park; photo dated June 14, 1999 (21PC 51)
Bee Slough
Photo taken near the Water Works (Ohio River in background); dated April 12, 1921 (Knecht 3805)
Bowling Green
Travelers resting at the Spottsville Locks on the Green River in Kentucky; c. early 1900s (Payne 7)
Bowling Green Riverboat
(Kaylor 50)
Bowling Green Riverboat
C. late 1800s to early 1900s (Kaylor 21)
Chaperon Riverboat
At Dress Plaza; photo taken by Bill Adkins on April 21, 1974 (Knecht 942)
Chaperon Riverboat
Girl Scouts from Henderson, Ky., waiting to board the boat; photo dated April 25, 1962 (Knecht 738)
Chickasaw Oil Barge
Date unknown (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 24)
Coast Guard Cutter
"The Lantana" docked in Evansville on Christmas Day, 1958 (Knecht 736)
Crescent City Riverboat
Mammoth Cave route; c. 1905 (Kaylor 55)
Crescent City Riverboat
Dining cabin; early 1900s (Kaylor 36)
Crescent City Riverboat
Built for the Evansville, Green & Barren River Navigation Co. in 1880; rebuilt in 1906 and renamed the (fourth) Evansville (Kaylor 35)
Dam #48
Photo dated 1921 (Knecht 773)
Delta Queen
Docked at Dress Plaza; c. 1950s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 16)
Delta Queen Riverboat
Docked at Dress Plaza; c. 1950s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 17)
Delta Queen Riverboat
Docked at Dress Plaza (boat in background unidentified); c. 1950s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 18)
Dress Plaza
Photo dated December 1936 (Knecht 2163)
Dress Plaza
Under construction; photo dated September 10, 1936 (Knecht 730)
Dress Plaza
Compass point; photo dated 1937 (Knecht 3657)
Dress Plaza
Renovation of the plaza in the summer of 1936; Keller-Crescent Printing Company and the McCurdy Hotel are in the background (Knecht 182)
Evansville Boat Club
C. 1925 (Knecht 3742)
Evansville Boat Club
Group aboard the "Wanderer; c. 1915 (Knecht 3743)
Evansville Boosters
C. 1920s (Knecht 405)
Evansville Riverboat
Passengers disembarking from the "Evansville;" early 1900s (Kaylor 37)
Evansville-Henderson Bridge
Construction of the original bridge; c. early 1900s (Knecht 374)
Fair Deal
A turn-of-the-century peddler's barge (Payne 5)
Ferry Boat
Towboat "Margie W.;" c. 1920 (Sabel 18)
Ferry Towboat
The "Margie W.;" c. 1920s (Sabel 18)
Flood of 1913
The Captain Henry Dexter monument sits in water at the riverfront during the flood's crest; photo dated January 20, 1913 (Knecht 2028)
Hazel Rice Riverboat
Built in Ohio in 1895; by 1929, sailed the Green River for the Evansville & Bowling Green Packet Co. (Kaylor 42)
Henderson Dam
Construction of the first dam below the town; early 1900s (Knecht 2160)
Ice Gorge
Photo dated February 10, 1897 (Payne 11)
Ice Gorge
Part of an ice gorge that extended 96.7 miles from Uniontown, KY, to Rockport, Indiana; photo dated 1936 (Payne 6)
Idlewild (Avalon) Riverboat
C. 1920s-1930s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 10)
Idlewild Riverboat
Docked at Dress Plaza; c. 1940 (Kaylor 24)
Idlewild Riverboat
Renamed the Avalon in 1948; c. 1930s (Kaylor 9)
Idlewild Riverboat
Evansville-Paducah-Cairo route; c. early 1900s (Kaylor 13)
Isabella Steam Towboat
C. 1890 (Kaylor 7)
Isabella Steam Towboat
C. 1890 (Kaylor 23)
Isabella Steam Towboat
C. 1890 (Kaylor 6)
Island Queen Riverboat
C. early 1900s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 2)
Island Queen Riverboat
Docked at Dress Plaza in the 1930s; destroyed by an explosion in 1947 (Kaylor 29)
John L. Lowry Riverboat
Evansville to Paducah packet; early 1900s (Knecht 833)
John S. Hopkins Riverboat
Early 1900s (Riggs 3)
John S. Hopkins Riverboat
Docked at Henderson, KY; c. early 1900s (Kaylor 16)
Kankakee Riverboat
Photo dated December 1920 (Knecht 838)
LST 325
Arriving in Evansville on October 3, 2005 (Harison 1)
Mead Johnson Terminal
At left are Chrysler automobiles awaiting loading; photo taken by Aero-Graphic Corp., Louisville, KY, c. late 1930s (Knecht 629)
Mead Johnson Terminal
Photo dated August 25, 1988 (10PC-11)
Morning Star Riverboat
Early 1900s (Kaylor 44)
Newburgh Dam
Photo dated January 1924 (Knecht 854)
Ohio River
People walking across the frozen river in the winter of 1917-1918 (Knecht 4805)
Ohio River Bridge
Bridge connecting Indiana to Kentucky; Dade Park (now Ellis Park) in background; photo taken during flood in early 1936 (Knecht 4564)
Packet Boat
Unidentified boat sailing the Ohio River; c. early 1900s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 25)
Park City Riverboat
(Kaylor 47)
Park City Riverboat
(Kaylor 46)
Pigeon Creek
Probably the Ohio Street bridge (near the riverfront); early 1900s (Knecht 3793)
President Riverboat
Rebuilt in 1934 from the Cincinnati riverboat; photo taken c. 1940 at Dress Plaza (Kaylor 51)
Queen City Riverboat
C. early 1900s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 19)
Rainbow Riverboat
Built at Jeffersonville, IN, in 1879 and served the Louisville & Henderson Mail Line; burned at Cincinnati in 1890 (Kaylor 27)
River Queen Riverboat
Formerly the Gordon C. Greene (Knecht 743)
Riverboat (Unidentified)
Passing through one of the Green River locks; c. 1900 (Kaylor 19)
Riverfront
View of the riverfront from Sunset Park, including a Civil War cannon on display in the background; c. 1910 (Knecht 91)
Riverfront
C. 1930 (Knecht 4659)
Riverfront
Levee between Locust and Main Sts.; photo dated 1918 (Knecht 420)
Riverfront
Steamer "Bowling Green" at Evansville wharf; photo dated March 30, 1905 (Fenn 5)
Riverfront
Photo dated 1920 (Knecht 3812)
Riverfront
Late 1800s to early 1900s (Knecht 753)
Riverfront
Photo dated 1922 (Knecht 832)
Riverfront
C. 1907 (Sabel 10)
Riverfront
Mead Johnson Terminal in background (left); c. 1988 (10PC-145)
Riverfront
Late 1800s or early 1900s (Knecht 847)
Riverfront
Construction of a boat harbor in progress; the Water Works plant is in the background; photo dated June 24, 1936 (Knecht 2165)
Riverfront
"Island Queen" docked at Dress Plaza; c. 1940s (VC 61)
Riverfront
Early 1900s (Center City 18)
Riverfront
C. 1900 (Miscellaneous 21)
Riverfront
Early 1900s (Knecht 3800)
Riverfront
C. 1900 (Fenn 5)
Riverfront
Boat parked next to coal barge near Sunset Park (Pagoda building on hilltop in background); c. 1920 (Knecht 4308)
Riverfront
C. 1930 (Knecht 4294)
Riverfront
Two men sitting aboard the "Kitty;" early 1900s (Knecht 4299)
Riverfront
C. early 1900s (Knecht 3814)
Riverfront
Photographer's caption: "Last of sand bars Nov. 1921 just before Dam was completed" (Knecht 3797)
Riverfront
Three young swimmers; c. 1920s (Payne 8)
Riverfront
High water in possibly 1907 (Riggs Collection)
Riverfront.
Crowd celebrating German Day; large white building in background is St. George Hotel (now the site of the McCurdy Hotel); c. 1913 (Knecht 3795)
Robert E. Lee Packet
Photo dated 1870s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum Collection 11)
Robert E. Lee Riverboat
Dated 1870s (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 11)
Robert Rhea Riverboat
Built for the Cumberland River Steamboat Co. in 1908 (Kaylor 43)
Saint Paul Riverboat
Docked at Dress Plaza in the late 1930s; rebuilt at Paducah, KY, and renamed the Senator (Kaylor 32)
Spirit of Evansville
Excursion boat (now the Spirit of Little Rock) docked at Dress Plaza; c. 1981 (3PC 69)
Sweezer Island
Photo caption: "Now filled in beyond Franklin St. bridge to river;" photo dated 1906 (Knecht 878)
Three Brothers
Constructed in 1895 and originally used as a floating sawmill; photo dated c. 1900 (Payne 4)
Wharfboat
Evansville's first wharfboat (from an 1850s drawing); sign on boat reads "O'Riley's, City, Canal & Railroad Wharf Ohio, Wabash & Greenriver Depot" (Fenn 4)
Yocona Riverboat
Date unknown (Johnson's Steamboat Museum 3)
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