Steamship Suwanee on the New River

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Name/Title

Steamship "Suwanee" on the New River

Entry/Object ID

P-58

Description

Steamer "Suwanee" heading west on New River. Raised F.E.C. Railway bridge in the right background. Passengers standing on deck. Sepia image. Real photo postcard. Postally unused. Guy E. Phipps, 2384

Collection

FLHS Postcard Collection

Cataloged By

TLB (Todd Bothel)

Made/Created

Artist

Phipps, Guy E.

Date made

1911 - 1913

Notes

Date: c. 1912

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Railways, Steamships, Railroad tracks, Steamboats, People, Rivers, Flags, Bridges, Boats, Drawbridges

Search Terms

Boats and Boating, Railroads, New River

Location

Location

Container

Box 1

Room

Hofmann Manuscript Room

Building

Hoch Heritage Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 26, 2023

Inventory

Inventoried By

MTE (Margo Edwards)

Inventoried Date

Jul 15, 2008

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 27, 2007

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Phipps, Guy E.

Related Entries

Notes

5-1454, 5-5679, 5-844-2

General Notes

Note

Notes: The Suwanee was owned by the Caloosahatchee River Steamboat Company and carried tourists and prospective land buyers through the heart of Florida. By the 1920s, the canals had become unnavigable sue to silting and other maintenance problems.

Created By

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Create Date

September 26, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

October 31, 2023