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Image ID: |
28657 |
Subjects: |
Steamboats; Rivers; Steamboat racing |
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Description: |
Currier & Ives print entitled "The Champions Of The Mississippi - Race For The Buckhorns." Shows the "Queen of the West" and the "Morning Star" racing. Another boat is just behind them. Spectators cheer from the bank with a large bonfire nearby. |
Date: |
1866 |
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Collection: |
Robert J. Gasper Collection |
Historical Note: |
Race was for "the buckhorns," which the victor was entitled to mount and carry between her stacks for a year. |
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Format: |
Copy print |
Accession No.: |
2004-036 |
File Location: |
II-M-6, Box 1, Item 69 |