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Title

Curtis Baxter on gangplank of the "General Wood", ca. 1920-1930

Authors

Files

Collection

0405: Curtis F. Baxter Papers

Institution

Marshall University Archives and Special Collections

Date

1925

Description

Curtis Baxter on gangplank of the steamboat "General Wood", ca. 1920-1930, b&w. Back reads: Curtis Baxter (Baxter is 2nd man on gangplank with white straw hat) The "General Wood" was a wooden-hull, sternwheel, packet steamboat built in 1913. Ran Pittsburgh to Cincinnati in the 1920's and early 1930's. Became a wharf boat at E. Liverpool, Ohio in 1934. Sank in the ice 1936 and burned the following summer.

Format

Photograph

Subject

Subject Terms: "General Wood" Marshall Faculty Ships Steamboats
People: Baxter, Curtis F.

Type

Still Image

Usage Rights

Not in copyright.

Identifier

1985.01.0405.031501

Recommended Citation

"Curtis Baxter on gangplank of the "General Wood", ca. 1920-1930" (1925). 0405: Curtis F. Baxter Papers, 1860-1980. 39.
https://mds.marshall.edu/curtis_baxter_papers/39