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14/01/2009 10:53 pm
Okay gang.....here are 2 more I dredged up from the "Roddy Files." The Cincinnati shot is marked on the back "Lodder Photography" with a Cincinnati address....
the other of 2 people we all know is stamped on the back "Charles Nicholas - Chief Photographer - THE COMMRCIAL APPEAL Memphis, TN
15/01/2009 1:20 am
Big and Little Doc
Why did Doc Carr wear that kerchief around his neck?
15/01/2009 5:27 am
For His Gal Pals?
Will the right answer to your query garner another Snickers Bar, or better yet, a 5th of Ole Betty?
The origin of Captain, Old Doc, Carr's bandanna neckerchiefs is unknown to me, but his colorful hankies served as his own identifying personal trademark. He had a load of 'em, too, that he presented to his many favorite gal pals in much the same way a newcomer by the name of Elvis Presley did later .
Cap'n Carr, undoubtedly, was one of the most colorful steamboatmen I worked with. But six years before we were working together on the deck of the DELTA QUEEN, I first met his acquaintance, by chance, one dark night at a Wood River fuel dock; perhaps one of the few times the DELTA QUEEN and the AVALON were tied side-by-side at a landing other than one of the regular Ports of Call.