Topic starter
23/11/2007 11:57 pm
I am seeking recent photos (less than 10 years old) of the Delta Queen for an editorial that I am writing for my local newspaper. The editorial's focus is saving the Delta Queen. The town where I live is situated on the Cumberland River, about 30 miles west of Nashville.
Specifically, I am seeking permission to use digital photos that are accessible over the Internet. I can not offer monetary compensation because I won't receive monetary compensation for writing the editorial. However, I will ask the newspaper to give you credit for the photo if they include it with the editorial.
To satisfy legal requirements, you must have been the person who actually "snapped" the photograph (the copyright owner) to give me permission to use it.
If you have made a photo and don't mind me using it for the editorial, just send me a private message here. Thanks for any help that you may be able to provide; the Delta Queen is near and dear to our hearts; let's try and save her!
24/11/2007 1:03 am
I need your email address so I can send you some pix. I sent an email via this board today - don't think you got it. Judy [email protected]
Here are a couple I took in Clarksville in October 2003. If these don't work, I have a couple thousand others here I can send you...
24/11/2007 6:40 am
Pat, there is a special press page at save-the-delta-queen.org ( http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/press-info-pictures/ ) where you can download pictures from the Delta Queen in high quality especially for this purpose.
24/11/2007 4:12 pm
DQ Pictures
Pat ,
I have an entire library of digital Delta Queen Pictures that I would be glad to share with not only you but for that matter anyone else . My personal e-mail adress is [email protected] , and I for one appreciate your endeavors to save the Delta Queen . I literally worked on , grew up on and " came of age " on that boat and I don't like what I see for the Queen's future . Regardless , I hope your efforts help and if there is anything I can do to assist you in that project please feel free to ask .
Smoothe Sailing !
Ted Davisson
Topic starter
24/11/2007 10:00 pm
Ted, thanks for the pictures! I really like the photos, but a very important piece seems to be missing from the wheelhouse photo -- the wheel. Where is it?
Also, when you worked on the Delta Queen, what jobs did you do? From what I've read, most everyone wears many different hats. What job did you enjoy the most?
And finally, were you on the Delta Queen back in the early 70s? If so, I'm wondering who might have been the Captain back then, around 73. My first time seeing the Delta Queen pass by the house was in 73, on a stormy, windy night (our furniture was blown, living room window knocked out, etc). The person in charge of manuvering the boat that night was just incredible.
Topic starter
24/11/2007 10:01 pm
Everyone... thanks for the pictures and for your willingness to help! I will get back in touch very soon.
26/11/2007 5:50 am
" Different Hats "
Pat ,
First of all , " Welcome Aboard " and I believe I can speak for all of us in Thanking You for your help in this endeavor to Save The Delta Queen ! As you well know , its been said many times , that the pen is mightier than the sword but I am not so sure how it will match up aganist corporate greed and its love for the bottom line . In your last posting you asked about my personal life and times on board the Delta Queen and if still interested I'll give you the short version . Secondly , I consider myself a river man who came up the old fashioned way by hard work , long hours , low pay , poor working conditions , months on board and away from home. I started working on the Queen on my summer vacations from high school and college and during some summers I was either a porter , a deckhand and even an oiler during one summer . After college I attended the National River Academy and upon completing the River Academy I went to work for a few different towboat companies but eventually found my way back home to the Delta Queen . I was the first , First Mate on the Str. Mississippi Queen and helped bring her out of the Jeffboat Shipyard in Jefferson , Indiana . Then over time I received my Master's License but my first love was to pilot and so over more time I received and worked on a First Class Pilot's License from Pilot Town , on the Lower Mississippi River to Cincinnatti , Ohio . With both a Master's License and a lengthy First Class Pilot's License , I would on some trips be the Captain on either the DQ and the MQ or one of the actual working pilots on these same boats . Personally , as do a few other other individuals that post on this web site , I feel that we paid our dues , worked our way up on the river , and have a pretty good idea of what we're speaking of when we make comments on the different issues that come up in this forum . Yes , I was on board the Queen during the 70's but in 1980 , I was voted into the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Pilot Association where I have since been piloting ships between New Orleans and Baton Rouge . I was also the pilot on board the Chinese flagged , M / S Brightfield , when she lost power and was able to land her dead stick alongside the New Orleans , RIVERWALK , shopping mall . So , there you have it , the river has certainly been kind to me and I have loved everyday that I've gone to work . If there is anything else I can assist you with concerning this project please let me know .
Smoothe Sailing !
Ted Davisson
26/11/2007 3:42 pm
Capt. Ted,
You are truly one of the modern river heroes out there, and also a great voice of reason and unclouded firsthand knowledge in these often murky waters. It was always an honor and privilege to work with you on the Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen.
When the Brightfield incident occurred and your picture made the Bangor Daily News way up here in Maine, I was one proud riverman to be able to say I had been associated with you on the steamboats. Your actions and coolness under tremendous pressure at the helm of that huge ship are the reasons no lives were lost that day.
Jazzou