Steamboat Image Collection

Print, Photographic
P-BB1
Excursion in Priest's Bay
An excursion in Priest's Bay. This is an etching with the artist unknown. It was probably sketched from the photo "Hattie May". The photo it was taken from may be by Jacoby--MHS)... View Full Record
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P-BB2
Early View of Lake Minnetonka from Water Street.
"View from foot of Water Street, Excelsior, Minnesota, taken at turn of Century." is printed on the bottom of the picture. The "Belle of Minnetonka" is the large steamer on the right side of the picture.... View Full Record
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P-BB3
Boats at Excelsior Boat Landing
The boats "Victor", "Puritan", "Acte", and "Excelsior" at the Excelsior boat landing.... View Full Record
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P-BB4
Hattie May
"Hattie May" and "Mary" moored c1876-1880 (Scott McGinnis). In 'A Directory of Old Boats' "The "Mary" circa 1883. The sign in front of the pilot house reads "NO RACING BY THIS BOAT" as a response to the explosive hazards of high boiler pressure r... View Full Record
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P-BB5
Boat The Edgewood
The gasoline launch "Edgewood" moored while people wait for the second boat to arrive. The "Edgewood" was formerly the "Woodside" (ADOOB)... View Full Record
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P-BB6
Boat City of St. Louis
The steamer "City of St. Louis" moored at Excelsior.... View Full Record
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P-BB7
Belle of Minnetonka
A side view of the "Belle of Minnetonka".... View Full Record
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P-BB8
Steamer "Hattie May"
The paddlewheeler "Hattie May" later renamed the "Tonka".... View Full Record
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P-BB9
Boats frozen at at St. Albans Bay
The "Saucy Kate" (right) and "Tonka" (left) frozen into St. Albans Bay.... View Full Record
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P-BB10
Women on "Belle of Minnetonka"
Two women standing on the deck of the rotting hull of "Belle of Minnetonka" in St. Albans Bay. Loretta Mergens is on right. This picture was taken before 1911. The capstan is in front.... View Full Record
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P-BB11
The Paddlewheeler "Excelsior"
The Paddlewheeler "Excelsior" on Lake Minnetonka. (c1904)... View Full Record
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P-BB12b
"Belle of Minnetonka" at Lake Park Hotel
The "Belle of Minnetonka" and the "Hebe" and the "Reindeer" at Lake Park Hotel, Tonka Bay.... View Full Record
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P-BB13
Boats at Excelsior Docks
The "Minneapolis", "Belle of Minnetonka", "City of St. Louis", and "Hattie May" moored at Excelsior.... View Full Record
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P-BB14
Steamer "Lotus"
The "Lotus" in Excelsior Bay.... View Full Record
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P-BB15
Boat "Muskegon"
A side view of the boat "Muskegon". The captain was Capt. T.H. Champion. This boat was a gasoline launch.... View Full Record
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P-CB1
Speed Boat "Miss Detroit"
Gar Wood pours gas into the speed boat "Miss Detroit".... View Full Record
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SP-BB1
Boats at Snug Harbor
Picture from the April 25, 1897 'Minneapolis Times'of the wrecks of the "Minneapolis", "Hebe", "Helena", "Acte", "Queen", "Paul Sherwin", "Topsy", "Nina", "Alert", "Florence M. Dearing", "Dagmar" in Snug Harbor in St. Albans Bay.... View Full Record
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SP-BB2
Boat "May Queen"
Information on back of picture states this is the "Boat "May Queen" c1874. Captain Rockwell was her captain. The boiler exploded at Shady Isle June 28th, 1879". The date 1879 is from ADOOB ("A Directory of Old Boats by Scott McGinnis)... View Full Record
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SP-BB3
Boat "Muskegon"
The boat "Muskegon" with Captain T. H. Champion on the forward deck. There is the original and a duplicate. The "Muskegon" was built in 1903 for Thomas H. Shevlin Jr. and could accomodate 50 passengers. The cabin was finished in mahogany and somewhat... View Full Record
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SP-BB4
Lake Minnetonka Regatta with "Lotus" in background
Lake Minnetonka Regatta with racing sculls (rowing). The steamer the "Lotus" is in the background.... View Full Record
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SP-BB5
The "Saucy Kate"
The boat "Saucy Kate". Note that the cabin is located in the rear (aft) of the boat. She was built in 1876 for Captain Charles May of Excelsior and named the "Kate' and by 1977 was known as the "Katy Mae". He had her built to try and control the stea... View Full Record
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SP-BB6
Steamer "New Acte"
The steamer "New Acte" off Excelsior docks. She was built in 1898 by George Godfrey for Captain Charles Cheeley. She soon reverted to the name of her predecessor the "Acte". She had the capacity to carry 100 passengers. He ran her until 1905. She w... View Full Record
Card, Cabinet
SP-BB7
Opening of Railroad to Lake Minnetonka
A stereograph of the "Excelsior" formerly the "Governor Ramsey" moored next to the railroad tracks in Wayzata. On the back of stereograph: "Lake Minnetonka Views, Opening of the St. Paul & Pacific R. R. to Lake Minnetonka, August 25th, 1867".... View Full Record
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SP-BB8
The "Katie Lillagar"
Tug boat "Katie Lillagar" formerly the "76" with a family aboard. The boat "Florence T. Wright" is in the lower left foreground. There are two pictures--the original and a duplicate.... View Full Record
Card, Cabinet
SP-BB9
"Hattie May"
A stereograph card of the "Hattie May". On the side of the front of picture: "International Stereoscopic View Co". On the opposite side on the front of picture: "New York City, U.S.A." The date on the back of picture: "c1880" The "Hattie May" was the... View Full Record
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SP-BB10
Boats at Wayzata
On the back of the picture: "Left to right: "Wayzata, "Nyroga", "Alert" (Full name of boat is "Alert of Fairview"), "Nina" at Wayzata, early nineties" (1890's) Photograph taken at the boat's winter quarters c1892. The "Wayzata" was bought by Captain... View Full Record
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SP-BB11a
"Nautilus"
The "Nautilus" circa 1881.She was built by Captain H. D. Parmelee for Alpheus B. Stickney superintendent of the Saint Paul, Stillwater & Taylors Falls Railroad. She was originally known as the "Lulu" in honor of Stickney's daughter. She cruised the S... View Full Record
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SP-BB11b
"Clyde"
The "Clyde" at Excelsior dock. The "Clyde" was formerly the "Useless". In 1884 an engine, boiler and 76 foot hull was shipped from Iowa to be assembled at Solberg's Point, Lake Minnetonka. The "Useless" was built for Col. William McCory, owner of th... View Full Record
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SP-BB11c
"The Reindeer"
"The Reindeer" (also known as the "Hawkeye") circa 1886. The boat was first known as the "Hawkeye" and was a private launch owned by a group of tourists from Iowa. This group colonized a small tract of land in the Village of Excelsior on Gideon's Bay... View Full Record
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SP-BB12
"Ewauna"
The "Ewauna". Her captain was William F. Mann. Birch Bluff, Lake Minnetonka. This boat was first known as the "Florence M. Dearing" and was built by Royal C. Moore for Charles W. Dearing foreman of the Great Northern Railway round house in Minneapoli... View Full Record
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SP-BB13
"Mohawk II"
The "Sha Won Da See" was a gas launch owned by Calvin G. Goodrich, president of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. It was build in 1903 and saw many years of service on Lake Minnetonka and later was renamed the "Mohawk".By 1940 the "Mohawk" was own... View Full Record
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SP-BB14
"The Sue Gardiner"
"The Sue Gardiner"
The "Sue Gardiner". On the back of picture: "Built in Detroit Michigan for actor Gardiner. Brought to Minnetonka 1867. First propeller on the Lake. About 35 feet long. Hull bought at Lake City by E.A. Bromley about 1890". The boat was the second stea... View Full Record
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SP-BB15
"The George"
Written on the back of the picture: "The George" c1901-03". "The George" was a stern-wheel steamboat built by George E. Day and Maurice J. Godfrey in 1901 for Dr. George F. LaPaul and launched that same year. Following the launching additions were ma... View Full Record
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SP-BB16
The steamboat "City of Saint Louis"
A side view of the "City of St. Louis". This was a side wheel steamboat. In 1880 plans were made for a new steamboat to connect with the Minneapolis & Saint Louis Railway of which MN US Senator William D. Washburn had controlling interest.. It was th... View Full Record
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SP-BB17
Wayzata Lake Front Scene
On the back of the picture: "Left to right background: "Nina", "Wayzata"; Left to right foreground: Unknown boat, "Florence E (sic). Wright" ("Florence I. Wright"), "Nyroga". Wayzata in the nineties". For further information on these boats see SP-BB... View Full Record
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SP-BB18
"Belle of Minnetonka" at Dock at Chapmans
Larger copy of P-BB12a. On the back of picture: "Chapmans (Mound leity(?)-may mean levy).U.L. (Chapman's Landing) "Reindeer", "Saucy Kate", "Belle of Minnetonka"." Chapmans is the Mound hotel where this picture is taken.... View Full Record
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SP-BB19
Ferry Boat "Minneapolis"
A front view of the T.C.R.T. Co. (Twin City Rapid Transit Company) ferry boat "Minneapolis" on it's route from Excelsior to Big Island. This boat was a steam side-wheeler. It was a part of a fleet of three ferries "Minnetonka" and "Saint Paul" bein... View Full Record
Card, Cabinet
SP-BB20a
Wayzata Lake Front Scene
"Belle of Minnetonka" along with another boat moored at Wayzata. The Arlington hotel in the background. This is half of a stereograph picture. The other half is SP-BB20b. Plans for a new steamboat was announced in 1881 by James J. Hill of the St. Pa... View Full Record
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SP-BB21
Docks of Wayzata
Boats docked at Wayzata. Left to right: 'Hattie May'; 'Minneapolis'; 'Loctus'; 'City of Saint Louis'. This is a half of a stereograph picture.... View Full Record
Card, Cabinet
SP-BB22
Steamer "Why Not"
The steamboat "Why Not" with a vertical boiler c1883 (ADOOB). On back of picture it says The steamer "Why Not' owned by West. The boat was originally called the "Fresco" and owned by Charles M.Loring and used for passenger and charter business. It wa... View Full Record