River Steamer Nettie Quill, Mobile, Alabama

River Steamer Nettie Quill, Mobile, Alabama

Black and white print of the river steamer, Nettie Quill, on Mobile Bay in Mobile, AL. Large steamboat cruising on the water loaded with bales of cotton. Two long smoke stacks extend upward. Ship was built 1886 primarily to transport cotton and passengers. Known as the "Queen of the Alabama&quo...

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Main Author: Chas. Cutter & Sons
Format: Electronic
Published: Troy University Library
Subjects:
Alabama postcards
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/troy2/id/1126
format Electronic
collection Wade Hall Postcard Collection
building Troy University Library
publisher Troy University Library
topic Alabama postcards
spellingShingle Alabama postcards
River Steamer Nettie Quill, Mobile, Alabama
Chas. Cutter & Sons
fulltopic Alabama postcards
Mobile (Ala.); Cotton -- Alabama
Geography and Environment -- Human Environment -- Transportation Routes
Streams and Steamboats; Mobile; Alabama
Steamboats; Cotton; Cotton industry; Stern wheelers; Rivers
For information on using this for a K-12 assignment, go to Alabama Moments in American History.
description Black and white print of the river steamer, Nettie Quill, on Mobile Bay in Mobile, AL. Large steamboat cruising on the water loaded with bales of cotton. Two long smoke stacks extend upward. Ship was built 1886 primarily to transport cotton and passengers. Known as the "Queen of the Alabama". It sank in port in New Orleans in 1915. Undivided back postcard.Printed on front: 'River steamer Nettie Quill and her prize load, 2,222 bales of cotton, Mobile, Ala.', 'Chas. Cutter & Sons, Pub's, Hot Springs, Ark.'Written on front: 'I wrote your Father a letter today and you yesterday. H. W. (?)'. Printed on back: 'Miss Isabel Williamson, New Market, Va., Shenandoah County.'
spelling River Steamer Nettie Quill, Mobile, AlabamaBlack and white print of the river steamer, Nettie Quill, on Mobile Bay in Mobile, AL. Large steamboat cruising on the water loaded with bales of cotton. Two long smoke stacks extend upward. Ship was built 1886 primarily to transport cotton and passengers. Known as the "Queen of the Alabama". It sank in port in New Orleans in 1915. Undivided back postcard.Printed on front: 'River steamer Nettie Quill and her prize load, 2,222 bales of cotton, Mobile, Ala.', 'Chas. Cutter & Sons, Pub's, Hot Springs, Ark.'Chas. Cutter & Sons19072005Troy University LibraryMobile (Ala.); Cotton -- AlabamaGeography and Environment -- Human Environment -- Transportation RoutesStreams and Steamboats; Mobile; AlabamaSteamboats; Cotton; Cotton industry; Stern wheelers; RiversFor information on using this for a K-12 assignment, go to Alabama Moments in American History.This collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. copyright law.Wade Hall Postcard Collection, Troy University Library, Special Collections.Written on front: 'I wrote your Father a letter today and you yesterday. H. W. (?)'. Printed on back: 'Miss Isabel Williamson, New Market, Va., Shenandoah County.'Troy University (Troy, Ala.) Library; University of Alabama Library (Digitization)Box 1, ADAtscwhp000446ADAtscwhp000446.1; ADAtscwhp000446.2imageengjpeghttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/troy2/id/1126
title River Steamer Nettie Quill, Mobile, Alabama
titleStr River Steamer Nettie Quill, Mobile, Alabama
author Chas. Cutter & Sons
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