Item 55: "Down upon the Mississippi", 1907

Color image of a packet floating down the Mississippi River, piled high with cotton bales. Workers can be seen standing both on the top of the cotton bales and on a small platform on the lower part of the front of the boat. Printed on the reverse of the card: " 'Down upon the Mississippi.' The packets plying the Mississippi River measure 50 feet from keel to root of upper cabin; their average length is 250 feet, with a carrying capacity of a thousand tons. The main deck is occupied by boilers, machinery and freight; above, is the saloon with commodious staterooms, while a third story contains the officers' quarters. 136 landings are made between Memphis and New Orleans." Raphael Tuck and Sons' Post Card Series No. 2384 "Under Southern Skies." Printed in Germany. Dated March 17, 1907. See also Item 58, in this folder, for basically the same image. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.