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Steam and sail: in Britain and North America; 80 photographs mainly from the National Maritime Museum depicting British and North American naval, merchant and special purpose vessels of the period of transition from sail to steam, selected, introduced and described by P. W. Brock and Basil Greenhill

Author:
Brock, P. W  Search this
Greenhill, Basil  Search this
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)  Search this
Physical description:
112 p. illus. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1973
[1973]
Topic:
Steamboats--History  Search this
Sailing ships--History  Search this
Call number:
VM18.B76X 1973
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_285127

A century of Atlantic travel, 1830-1930, by Frank C. Bowen ..

Author:
Bowen, Frank Charles 1894-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 418 p. front., plates. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Atlantic Ocean
Date:
1930
Topic:
Steam-navigation  Search this
Steamboat lines  Search this
Steamboats  Search this
Call number:
VK19 .B6X
VK19.B6X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_53524

A cruising companion: ships and the sea, compiled and edited by E.C. Talbot-Booth

Title:
Ships and the sea
Author:
Talbot-Booth, E. C (Eric Charles)  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 752 p., [31] leaves of plates (some folded), ill. (some col.) maps, 11 x 14 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1936
Topic:
Ships--Handbooks, manuals, etc  Search this
Steamboat lines--Handbooks, manuals, etc  Search this
Merchant marine--Handbooks, manuals, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_524976

Steam tramps and cargo liners, 1850-1950 / Robin Craig

Author:
Craig, Robin  Search this
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)  Search this
Physical description:
60 p. : ill. ; 21 x 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1980
Topic:
Cargo ships--History  Search this
Steamboats--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_522132

The Mobile River / John S. Sledge

Author:
Sledge, John S (John Sturdivant) 1957-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Local history
Place:
Mobile River (Ala.)
Mobile River Region (Ala.)
Date:
2015
Topic:
History  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
History, Local  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1099892

John Fitch's steamboat / by Robert F. Salade

Author:
Salade, Robert F  Search this
Subject:
Fitch, John 1743-1798  Search this
Physical description:
18 pages ; 15 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Date:
1920
18th century
Topic:
Steamboats--History  Search this
Call number:
F158.44 S25 1920
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084730

Chase album, 1898, 1903, and undated

Alternate Title:
Album of Mary Agnes Chase from Alaska, Southwest United States, and Central America  Search this
Collection name:
Mary Agnes Chase field books, 1906-1959 from the Department of Botany
Physical Description:
1 photograph album
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Photograph albums
Black-and-white photographs
Field notes
Place:
United States
Alaska
Michigan
Mexico
Arizona
Panama
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Honduras
Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago
Texas
Yellowstone National Park
Date Range:
1898, 1903
Start Date:
1898
End Date:
1903
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 11-093
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.
See more records from this collection:
Mary Agnes Chase field books, 1906-1959 from the Department of Botany
See more records associated with this person:
Chase, Mary Agnes, 1869-1963
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3455
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Bailey, V. O., Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 1888 - August 1888

Collection name:
Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Colorado
South Dakota
Wyoming
Niobrara River
Buffalo Gap
Cheyenne
Fort Pierre
Date Range:
1888
Start Date:
18880515
End Date:
18880831
Topic:
Mammalogy  Search this
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 12-443
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Division of Mammals at 202-633-1253 to make an appointment.
See more records from this collection:
Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals
See more records associated with this person:
Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI4118
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A practical treatise on propelling vessels by steam, &c., by Robertson Buchanan, illustrated with sixteen engravings

Title:
Treatise on steam boats
Author:
Buchanan, Robertson 1770-1816  Search this
Engraver:
Kirkwood, R. active 1816  Search this
Moffat, J. active 1795-1820  Search this
Taylor, J. B. active 1816  Search this
Illustrator:
Stuart, Robert b. 1782?  Search this
Former owner:
Brisette, Paul DSI  Search this
Printer:
J. Hedderwick & Co.  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
ix, [1], 187, [7] pages, XVII leaves of plates (part folded, including frontispiece). illustrations, plans. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1816
Topic:
Steam-navigation--History  Search this
Steamboats--Design and construction  Search this
Call number:
VM615 .B92 1816
VM615.B92 1816
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_299957

Voyages of the steamboat Yellow Stone / Donald Jackson

Author:
Jackson, Donald 1919-1987  Search this
Subject:
Yellow Stone (Ship)  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 182 p., [1] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Missouri River
Missouri River Valley
Date:
1985
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F598.J32 1985X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270538

Pacific steamboats / by Gordon Newell ; photographs from the Joe Williamson Marine collection

Author:
Newell, Gordon R  Search this
Physical description:
196 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pacific coast
Date:
1958
Topic:
Steamboats  Search this
Shipbuilding  Search this
Shipping  Search this
Call number:
VM23 .N4 1958Y
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_506919

The Erie route: a guide to the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railway and its branches... and railroad, steamboat and stage connections

Author:
Mott, Edward Harold 1845-1920  Search this
Physical description:
87 p. illus
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
[n.d.]
Call number:
HE2728.E68M92 1882
HE2728.E68M92 1882
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_293614

The recollections of Philander Prescott : frontiersman of the Old Northwest, 1819-1862 / edited by Donald Dean Parker

Author:
Prescott, Philander 1801-1862  Search this
Parker, Donald Dean 1899-1982  Search this
Subject:
Prescott, Philander 1801-1862  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 272 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, facsimile, maps, portrait ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Minnesota
Date:
1966
©1966
Topic:
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
Fur trade  Search this
Call number:
F606 .P93
F606.P93
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_23793

Steam-engines. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of the 29th of June last, information in relation to steam-engines, &c

Author:
United States Department of the Treasury  Search this
Woodbury, Levi 1789-1851  Search this
United States (25th Congress, 3d session, : 1818-1839) House  Search this
Physical description:
472 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Early works to 1850
Date:
1839
1839?]
Topic:
Steam-engines  Search this
Steamboats  Search this
Locomotives  Search this
Call number:
TJ461 .U58Z
TJ461.U58Z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_246262

The Delta Queen: last of the paddlewheel palaces / by August Perez & Associates. Myron Tassin, editor

Author:
August Perez & Associates  Search this
Tassin, Myron  Search this
Subject:
Delta Queen (Steamboat)  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. : ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1973
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_980001

Church Missionary Society boats in East Africa by H. B. Thomas

Author:
Thomas, H. B (Harold Beken) 1888-1971  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, East
Date:
1961
Topic:
Boats and boating  Search this
Steamboats  Search this
Dhows  Search this
Call number:
DT434.U2 U3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1118099

James Watt, Jr. letter to Robert Francis [that is, Robert Fulton], on behalf of Boulton Watt & Company, dated Birmingham, 25 July 1804

Correspondent:
Watt, James 1769-1848  Search this
Addressee:
Fulton, Robert 1765-1815  Search this
Former owner:
Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this
Author:
James Watt and Company (Birmingham, England)  Search this
H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 sheets (3 unnumbered pages) : color drawings ; 26 x 40 cm
Type:
Nonprojected graphics
Date:
1804
Topic:
Steamboats--Design and construction  Search this
Steam-engines  Search this
Call number:
MSS 002061 A
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098329

Tin stackers : the history of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company / Al Miller

Author:
Miller, Al 1957-  Search this
Subject:
Pittsburgh Steamship Company History  Search this
Physical description:
349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Lakes
Date:
1999
C1999
Topic:
Steamboats--History  Search this
Steamboat lines--History  Search this
Shipping--History  Search this
Steel industry and trade--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_593226

Steamboats of the Fort Union fur trade : an illustrated listing of steamboats on the Upper Missouri River, 1831-1867 / Michael M. Casler

Author:
Casler, Michael M  Search this
Physical description:
94 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Registers
Place:
Missouri River
Missouri River Region
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (N.D. and Mont.)
Date:
1999
C1999
Topic:
Ship registers  Search this
Steamboats  Search this
Fur trade  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_595298

Metallurgy of the RMS Titanic / Tim Foecke

Author:
Foecke, Tim  Search this
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
Titanic (Steamship) History  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1998
[1998]
Topic:
Steamboats--Materials--Testing  Search this
Steel--Metallurgy  Search this
Iron--Metallurgy  Search this
Call number:
G530.T6 F64 1998
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_601591

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