Steamboat Katie Robbins. Ca. 1880s albumen image , 7 1/4” x 9. Great view of the Katie Robbins steaming with a load o cotton. No photographer’s backmark of S.B. Hill Some minor soiling , overall fine condition. A very appealing image. The Katie Robbins went down from a collision on the Yazoo Rive with a barge in 1890. See "Steamboats and the Cotton Economy: River Trade in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta" By Harry P. Owens for further reading.
TRANSPORTATION - MARITIME - YAZOO RIVER STEAMBOAT KATIE ROBBINS PHOTOGRAPH
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