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Car and trucks being transported on a barge that is tied up at Newburgh, possibly Chrysler and Plymouth vehicles.
circa 1930 | MSS 304-044 | Jerry Jerome Collection |
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A man standing outside in the snow with buildings in the distant background. It appears as though he is standing atop the river.
1937 | MSS 304-027 | Jerry Jerome Collection |
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The riverfront during the 1913 flood. In the center is the Sherburne Park bandstand at 151 W. Water St. The river crested at 52.90 ft. on April 5, 1913. Flood stage is 35[...]
1913 | MSS 186-003 | Ulysses S. Waller Collection |
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There were large amounts of ice, amounting to an ice gorge, on the Ohio River in February of 1936 (and they reoccurred the next winter, too). The newspapers of the time w[...]
February 1936 | MSS 294-001 | Michael Homrich Collection |
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The John S. Hopkins, a sternwheeler packet boat with a wooden hull (200 x 35.3 x 6) built in Sewickley, PA and finished in Pittsburgh, PA in 1880 docked at the Evansville[...]
circa 1880-1917 | MSS 095-003 | J. Franklin Brown Collection |
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The Tell City was constructed in 1889 by the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind., for a contract price of $21,350. Named for the Ohio River town of Tell City, Ind., t[...]
circa 1889-1917 | MSS 095-001 | J. Franklin Brown Collection |
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The Ohio River, with boat slips/marina, the levee and above this, the Sunset Park pagoda. Built in 1912 and restored in 1995, the Pagoda retains its original Japanese arc[...]
March 2, 1979 | MSS 026-002 | Joan Marchand Collection |
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View of Dress Plaza, with people by the river and a line of cars above. Dress Plaza was built in 1936, and at least partially rebuilt after the 1937 flood. It honors Will[...]
1950 | MSS 026-003 | Joan Marchand Collection |
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Ohio River frozen with ice. According to newspaper accounts, it was frozen between February 17-25, 1936
February 1937 | MSS 129-122 | Olive Carruthers Collection |
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Ohio River frozen with ice. According to newspaper accounts, it was frozen between February 17-25, 1936
February 1936 | MSS 129-124 | Olive Carruthers Collection |
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