The Champions of the Mississippi – "A Race for the Buckhorns"

"Rounding a Bend" on the Mississippi – The Parting Salute

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives

Midnight Race on the Mississippi

Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives, S.L. Thorpe

Moonlight on the Mississippi

Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives, Anonymous, American, 19th century

A Race on the Mississippi

Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives

Steamboats Passing at Midnight – On Long Island Sound

Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives

The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862: Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Clad Batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut

Currier & Ives

The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race–From New Orleans to St. Louis, July 1870–Between the R.E. Lee, Captain John W. Cannon and Natchez Captain Leathers–Won by the R.E. Lee, Time: 3 Days 18 Hours and 30 Minutes; Distance 1210 Miles.

Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives

The Festival for the victims of duty

Auguste Louis Lepère

Burning of the Henry Clay Near Yonkers–While on Her Trip From Albany to New York on Wednesday Afternoon July 28th, 1852.–The rapid spread of the flames forced the passengers into the water. Mothers and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters were drowned together, whilst trying to save each other. Little children buffetted the waves in vain for a few moments, and then sunk to rise no more. Persons on board about 500 of which number nearly 100 are supposed to have perished.

Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier

Steam Launch, from the Types of Vessels series (N139) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco

Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co., Original lithograph by Knapp & Company, or original lithograph by Giles

Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers

Currier & Ives

The Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia

Lefevre James Cranstone