30/10/2011 12:30 pm
Showboat Photos
Jake: Thought you might be interested in this photo (showing two pages of GOLDENROD SHOWBOAT images) inside one of the wallbooks (8 metal and glass swinging frames (16 total 24" x 36" pages) of riverboat pictures on Port & Starboard sides that curator Ruth Ferris had in her Midship Museum aboard the Str. Becky Thatcher at St. Louis (1966-1970). Many of these photos are now in the archives of the Pott Waterways Library (at the Mercantile Library) housed at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Partially visible in the wallbook photo is a framed poster (on the bulkhead) advertising cruises on LEE LINE STEAMERS from St. Louis to Memphis. Ruth found this poster inside a large framed steamboat picture she had purchased in an antique shop. When she took it apart for cleaning, there was not one, but TWO, of these posters serving as backing. What a bonus! And get a load of that fare for a round trip!
Topic starter
31/10/2011 1:56 am
Keith,
Thanks for sharing! You seem to always have great pictures! I really do appreciate you letting me use your pictures on my website.
Wayne,
I am now working on getting that hull pumped out. We have the pumps that are already in the hull that will work. we are looking for a generator to power them on. We may need to use your gas powered pump for special parts of the hull that we cant reach with our electric pumps.
Also I have updated the website with new pictures of the Goldenrod taken about a year ago. www.goldenrod-showboat.com
31/10/2011 3:10 pm
Interior shots
Those 2010 interior shots look pretty good, compared to the exterior ones. It doesn't look like there is any 'critter' damage. Is there, perhaps in lower areas?
Topic starter
31/10/2011 4:08 pm
We have not had any critter damage so far. The main problem is the boat leaning on its starboard side a lot since the river is down it is causing structural damage. Hopefully we can minimize that lean when we get all of the water out of the hull.
31/10/2011 5:20 pm
*RE: GOLDENROD/LEE LINE photos*
Keith & Steamboating colleagues:
Again, thanks to Keith for the fine photos including the great LEE LINE broadside advertising their then week steamboat 'trip' for $14 & $7 one way. That a dandy for sure. The steamboat forensics in finding it a great story.
Keith, I looked closely finding no boat name on the poster. This could mean any boat they had running on that route, correct? I consulted several U.S. dollar [$] conversion charts to compare the dollar value then compared to the year 2011. Stabbing in the dark, I picked the year 1900 to begin. The conversion rate--give or take from various sources--came up here on/around $375. This comparing the wage rate for a working individual yearly. Still a bargain in 2011 but not a small amount then. Food for thought. I then pulled my old GREENE LINE STEAMERS bill for a 1962 R/T ten day 'trip' on the DELTA QUEEN finding my outside cabin No. 115 [Double berth, sink only, chamber pot under the bottom berth] fare was $148 with 'meals, berth etc.' The GREENE LINE office prorated the fare as Mickey Frye and I graduated from high school here in Cincinnati meeting the DQ in Portsmouth, OH early the next day arriving by the N&W Railroad to board. What a shock then to now with the current price index coming in for the year 2011 at $1,070. Values vary according to conversion. Thanks again!
R. Dale Flick
Coal Haven Landing, Ohio River, Cincinnati.
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