Mission Accomplished

Here's a couple more of the Howard photos
Photo 1.....The City of Louisville on the ways just prior to launching.
Photo 2......Capt. Jim Howard in front of the mansion

Want to see a couple more????
These are for Judy Patsch....I don't think you,ve ever seen these shots of the Diamond Joe boats and the LILY.
Picture 1....ST. PAUL passing a log raft
Picture 2....Diamond Joe's QUINCY
Picture 3....A new view of the LILY

What great patience and persistance! Quite a treasure for the Museum!!! Kudos to Jim!!

Please forgive me...I get carried away. I am so pleased with the results of all my efforts, I just have to share a few of them.
Photo 1 ....City of Louisville on launch day. See the crowd on the bank
Photo 2.....engine room of the SENATOR CORDILL. I love the expression on the engineers face. He's thinking "get the hell out of my engine room".

Two more that I like:
1. ...The SPRAGUE is in the yards for repairs but look through her hog chains, that's the INDIANA upbound toward Cincinnati. A typical river scene circa 1904.
2. ...A group of ladies on the lawn of the unfinished mansion. Who they are and why they merited having their picture taken we will probably never know. But they are dressed to the nines for 1894.

Indeed, Jim! Thanks so much for your work!

As technology is always evolving, who knows how long DVD's will be the media of choice for things like this, but at least we now have these in a compact form, able to be easily copied to whatever the next generation of media choice may be.

I transfered 8mm films to VHS maybe 25 years ago, and then we transferred those to DVD a couple of years ago. We may have to do something again, but we're glad we did it...8mm and Super 8 projectors, bulbs, etc. are harder to find (and bulbs EXPENSIVE), and the film will not last forever. Thanks again, Jim!

More, more!

The only way you'll be forgiven Jim, is to post more! What a great resource that now is. Thanks for the UMR shots, interesting that they were in the collection. I think that SPRAGUE/INDIANA is so unique. Are most of the photos annotated or identified?

Jim,

Please add my congratulations and sincere thank you for your long, dedicated work in getting these transferred digitally. Now the Howard collection and the Murphy collection (and some of the Cinci Public Library collection too, I believe) are available in a "modern" format via internet. After spending two summers tramping the inland rivers with Jonathan from library to library and museum to museum in search of steamboat/calliope photos, I can truly appreciate the value of the tremendous work you have accomplished and this fantastic aid to future researchers. Well done, my friend!

Jim Reising;17821 wrote: Here's a couple more of the Howard photos
Photo 1.....The City of Louisville on the ways just prior to launching.
Photo 2......Capt. Jim Howard in front of the mansion

That car almost looks like a Studebaker electric car abt 1900-1905 time frame???

Just guessing!

Pete, the car is not identified but I doubt it was an electric because Jim Howard seemed very interested in the internal combustion engine, but who knows, I don't.

Two more for Judy and one for Pete;
1. ...The QUINCY in what I think is a nice pose.
2. ...Log tow somewhere on the Upper Miss. I feel there has not been enough written about towing logs on the river because it was such a huge part of river commerce in the 19th century.
3. ...1901 Haynes Apperson car. This car still exists and the owner brought it to the museum last fall. It somehow ended up in a car museum in Las Vegas where the current owner purchased it. It was been completely refurbished.

Definitely not an Electric, you can see the front curved area is a radiator, and underneath you can see the flywheel and chain drive to the rear. I could post a picture on the HCCA site and maybe get it identified.
S'
David D.
('16 T, '16 Dodge Bros. & other stuff (like just the engine to a 20 hp Stanley Steamer)

The middle pix could be above Winona Minnesota. That looks like Sugar Loaf off to the right.

Jim- You have accomplished a very important contribution to steamboat history. You did it the right way too by going to 600 dpi. I'll bet those will print out very nicely to pretty big enlargements. The museum could sell not just the DVDs but also prints. If they plan to sell DVDs, I'd like to buy one. Thanks for doing this.
-Jim Herron

Jim Reising;17833 wrote: Two more for Judy and one for Pete;
1. ...The QUINCY in what I think is a nice pose.
2. ...Log tow somewhere on the Upper Miss. I feel there has not been enough written about towing logs on the river because it was such a huge part of river commerce in the 19th century.
3. ...1901 Haynes Apperson car. This car still exists and the owner brought it to the museum last fall. It somehow ended up in a car museum in Las Vegas where the current owner purchased it. It was been completely refurbished.

Neat! It was hard to pick those brass era cars out!!Like I said...just a quick guess! How great it still survives today!

Jim, a long and loud whistle salute to you, for your much appreciated and wonderful work in the interest of preserving steamboat and river history. For decades those glass plate negatives resided in Capt. Jim's darkroom (now the curators closet) on the third floor of the mansion in special shelving. After the March 17, 1971 fire, quick action by a group of volunteers who washed the plates with special chemicals under the supervision of professional photographer Lin Caufield (long a member of the BELLE OF LOUISVILLE operating board) saved them for posterity. Although selected prints have been available at the Cincinnati Library and at the museum, it is terrific to have the images saved on DVD for easy access and printing. Capt. Jim and Loretta would truly be amazed, proud and gratified! I am too! THANK YOU!

WOW!!!! GREAT job! Congratulations!