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Collection
0778: Jim Taylor Photograph Collection
Institution
Marshall University Archives and Special Collections
Date
1906
Description
Sidewheel steamboat "Thealka", ran on the Big Sandy River, ca1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Batwing packet boat, wooden hull. Built Paintsville, Ky 1899. Named for Alka Meek, but words "The" and "Alka" were ran together when painted. Supposedly the last batwing boat on the Big Sandy.
Format
Photograph
Subject
Subject Terms: "Thealka" Big Sandy River Batwings Steamboats
Type
Still Image
Usage Rights
Identifier
2010.08.0778.47BT
Recommended Citation
"Sidewheel steamboat "Thealka," ca 1906" (1906). 0778: Jim Taylor Photograph Collection, 1880-1910. 47.
https://mds.marshall.edu/james_photo_collection/47
