Sternwheel tugboat SPRAGUE as floating museum, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1948-1974

real photo postcard, color, divided back

Real photo postcard, color, divided back; handwritten on back "EB 111004"; printed on back "Pictured here on the Mississippi River at the time MGM photographed scenes for the picture 'Showboat'. . . Given to the city of Vicksburg in 1948 . . . Used Now for Floating Museum of River History."; printed on front at top "SPRAGUE / Vicksburg, Mississippi"; sternwheel tugboat SPRAGUE as floating museum, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1948-1974; burned 1974.

Gift of Monika and Steven Lang, 2014