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River Mississippi Collection

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Nebraska and Kansas Territory: Steamer passing Baton Rouge, Nebraska, 1856. Creator: Unknown

The Nebraska and Kansas Territory: Steamer passing Baton Rouge, Nebraska, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Nebraska and Kansas Territory: Steamer passing Baton Rouge, Nebraska, 1856. Paddle steamer named "Uncle Sam" on the Mississipi, with Old Louisiana State Capitol in the distance

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: 'Falls of the Mississippi; A Naturalist's Excursion in Wisconsin, 1875. Creator: Unknown

'Falls of the Mississippi; A Naturalist's Excursion in Wisconsin, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Falls of the Mississippi; A Naturalist's Excursion in Wisconsin, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: 'Steamer on the Mississippi; A Naturalist's Excursion in Wisconsin, 1875. Creator: Unknown

'Steamer on the Mississippi; A Naturalist's Excursion in Wisconsin, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Steamer on the Mississippi; A Naturalist's Excursion in Wisconsin, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: A Home on the Mississippi, 1871. Creator: Currier and Ives

A Home on the Mississippi, 1871. Creator: Currier and Ives
A Home on the Mississippi, 1871

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Minneapolis, view from across river, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown

Minneapolis, view from across river, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Minneapolis, view from across river, between 1880 and 1899

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: View down the Mississippi from Fort Snelling, Minn. between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown

View down the Mississippi from Fort Snelling, Minn. between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
View down the Mississippi from Fort Snelling, Minn. between 1880 and 1899

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: St. Paul, Minn. the Mississippi from the Indian mounds, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown

St. Paul, Minn. the Mississippi from the Indian mounds, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
St. Paul, Minn. the Mississippi from the Indian mounds, between 1880 and 1899

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: St. Paul, Minn. from the Indian mounds, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown

St. Paul, Minn. from the Indian mounds, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
St. Paul, Minn. from the Indian mounds, between 1880 and 1899

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Down the Mississippi from Indian Mound Park, St. Paul, c1898. Creator: Unknown

Down the Mississippi from Indian Mound Park, St. Paul, c1898. Creator: Unknown
Down the Mississippi from Indian Mound Park, St. Paul, c1898

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Minnesota, Mississippi River at Winona, c1898. Creator: Unknown

Minnesota, Mississippi River at Winona, c1898. Creator: Unknown
Minnesota, Mississippi River at Winona, c1898

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Mardi Gras, New Orleans, approach of fleet with Rex, c1900. Creator: Unknown

Mardi Gras, New Orleans, approach of fleet with Rex, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Mardi Gras, New Orleans, approach of fleet with Rex, c1900

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Winona from bluffs west of city, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown

Winona from bluffs west of city, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Winona from bluffs west of city, between 1880 and 1899

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Raft passing drawbridge, Winona, Minn. between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown

Raft passing drawbridge, Winona, Minn. between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Raft passing drawbridge, Winona, Minn. between 1880 and 1899

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Winona bridges over the Mississippi, c1898. Creator: Unknown

Winona bridges over the Mississippi, c1898. Creator: Unknown
Winona bridges over the Mississippi, c1898

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Levee below the bridge, The, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown

Levee below the bridge, The, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Levee below the bridge, The, between 1880 and 1899

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Winona from the bridge, c1898. Creator: Unknown

Winona from the bridge, c1898. Creator: Unknown
Winona from the bridge, c1898

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Mississippi River packet, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Mississippi River packet, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Mississippi River packet, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Levee, Vicksburg, Miss. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown

The Levee, Vicksburg, Miss. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
The Levee, Vicksburg, Miss. between 1900 and 1920

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: High Water at New Orleans, La. Levee, March 23, 1903, c1903. Creator: Unknown

High Water at New Orleans, La. Levee, March 23, 1903, c1903. Creator: Unknown
High Water at New Orleans, La. Levee, March 23, 1903, c1903

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Paddle wheel steamboat on river, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Paddle wheel steamboat on river, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Paddle wheel steamboat on river, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: DeSoto's Discovery of the Mississippi River, 1896. Creators: Unknown, Louis Kurz, Kurz and Allison

DeSoto's Discovery of the Mississippi River, 1896. Creators: Unknown, Louis Kurz, Kurz and Allison
DeSoto's Discovery of the Mississippi River, 1896

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Stern wheeler pulled up to the municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi, 1937

Stern wheeler pulled up to the municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stern wheeler pulled up to the municipal levee at Greenville, Mississippi. [Towboat: Sanford E. Hutson]

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi, plate seven of the first number of Picturesque

Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi, plate seven of the first number of Picturesque... 1819/21. Creator: John Hill
Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi, plate seven of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery, 1819/21

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Map showing the lands assigned to emigrant Indians west of Arkansas and Missouri, 1836

Map showing the lands assigned to emigrant Indians west of Arkansas and Missouri, 1836. Creator: Topographical Bureau
Map showing the lands assigned to emigrant Indians west of Arkansas and Missouri, 1836. Following passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Indian Reservations west of the Mississippi River, 1923. Creator: Office of Indian Affairs

Indian Reservations west of the Mississippi River, 1923. Creator: Office of Indian Affairs
Indian Reservations west of the Mississippi River, 1923. This map, created by the Office of Indian Affairs in 1923, shows the location of Indian reservations west of the Mississippi River

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Map of the Trans-Mississippi of the United States during the period of the American fur... 1902

Map of the Trans-Mississippi of the United States during the period of the American fur... 1902
Map of the Trans-Mississippi of the United States during the period of the American fur trade as conducted from St. Louis between the years 1807 and 1843, 1902. This map, published in 1902 in H.M

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Civil War in America - main battery at Fort Pillow... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Civil War in America - main battery at Fort Pillow... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America - main battery at Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi, evacuated by the Confederates on the 5th of June - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flotilla... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flotilla... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flotilla off Memphis - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. Memphis, the hotbed of Secession, has fallen

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our

The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. Our special Artist and Correspondent...writes as follows

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Civil War in America - portion of the water batteries at Fort Pillow... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Civil War in America - portion of the water batteries at Fort Pillow... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America - portion of the water batteries at Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi, after the evacuation - looking up the river - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Civil War in America: position of the Federal flotilla on the Mississippi... 1862

The Civil War in America: position of the Federal flotilla on the Mississippi... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America: position of the Federal flotilla on the Mississippi, off Fort Pillow, shortly before its evacuation, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Federal gun-boat, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Federal gun-boat, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Federal gun-boat, 1862. American Civil War. We learned that the Southern fleet had preceded us but a few hours, and that their crews had landed and searched every plantation they came to for cotton

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: New Orleans, 1872. Creator: DG Thompson

New Orleans, 1872. Creator: DG Thompson
New Orleans, 1872. Goods on the quayside by the Mississippi River in the port of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: St. Paul, from Daytons Bluff, 1874. Creator: Nathaniel Orr

St. Paul, from Daytons Bluff, 1874. Creator: Nathaniel Orr
St. Paul, from Daytons Bluff, 1874. Steamboats on the Mississippi at Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA....Daytons Bluff, on the east side of St

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Baptism by immersion in the MIssissippi River, May 29, 1938: ankle-deep in water

Baptism by immersion in the MIssissippi River, May 29, 1938: ankle-deep in water. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Baptism by immersion in the MIssissippi River, May 29, 1938: ankle-deep in water

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Bessie Levee, along a subsidiary... Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937

The Bessie Levee, along a subsidiary... Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
The Bessie Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee. The levee has been augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Bessis Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937

The Bessis Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
The Bessie Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee. The levee has been augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood, Near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937

The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood, Near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937
The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood. Near Tiptonville, Tennessee

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937

The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937
The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood near Tiptonville, Tennessee

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Bessie Levee, along a subsid... Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937

The Bessie Levee, along a subsid... Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
The Bessie Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee. The levee has been augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Ferry and river men, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Ferry and river men, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Ferry and river men. Vicksburg, Mississippi. [Charles J. Miller paddle steamer]

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Ferry landing, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Ferry landing, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Ferry landing. Vicksburg, Mississippi. [Sign: ~Mississippi Law - Stop. [Charles J. Miller paddle steamer in background]

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags, near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans

The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags, near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood near Tiptonville, Tennessee

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: $2 Mississippi River Bridge plate proof, June 1, 1898. Creator

$2 Mississippi River Bridge plate proof, June 1, 1898. Creator
$2 Mississippi River Bridge plate proof, June 1, 1898. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Down the river from the Bluff at Reeds Landing, 1889. Creator: Henry Hamilton Bennett

Down the river from the Bluff at Reeds Landing, 1889. Creator: Henry Hamilton Bennett
Down the river from the Bluff at Reeds Landing, 1889. Albumen print, stereo, no. 1528 from the series " Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: The Levee from Eads Bridge, St. Louis, 1919. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Levee from Eads Bridge, St. Louis, 1919. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Levee from Eads Bridge, St. Louis, 1919

Background imageRiver Mississippi Collection: Eads Bridge, St. Louis, 1919. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Eads Bridge, St. Louis, 1919. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Eads Bridge, St. Louis, 1919



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