Sidney Steamship Photo 3 5/8"x 4 3/4" Mounted Photographer From Quincy, Ill

Description: This antique photograph captures the Sidney Steamship maybe docked in Quincy, Ill. The image is mounted on cardboard, photo measuring 3 5/8" x 4 3/4" and the cardboard is 6" x 7", landscape orientation. The photograph is in sepia tone and has writing on back that reads Jane's Grandfather's boat! Photographer stamp on cardboard mount...hard to make out but does read H & F Klene??, Quincy, Ill From Wikipedia -Streckfus SteamersSidney[edit]The Sidney is a steamboat first built in West Virginia between 1880 and 1881. On March 10, 1881, a breach in the steam line scalded fourteen people and killed four others. Diamond Jo Line acquired the steamer the next year for about $23,000, after which it ran the Mississippi River between St. Louis and St. Paul.[21]Streckfus purchased the Sidney in 1911, a 221-foot sternwheeler from the Diamond Jo Line after the steam packet had been damaged by rocks while cruising on the Mississippi River. After repairs and refitting, he assigned the Sidney to winter excursions in the New Orleans area for about a decade. There was a 1921 rebuild, after which it was rechristened Washington.[22] Louis Armstrong performed aboard Sidney; Erroll Garner performed aboard Washington.[23] Fate Marable started his first New Orleans band on the Sidney in 1918, starting his expanded responsibilities as bandleader and talent scout, duties he would continue until his retirement in 1940. He scouted and hired Louis Armstrong, as well as Warren “Baby” Dodds, George “Pops” Foster, and Johnny St. Cyr.[24]

Price: 24.99 USD

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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