Index of Dave Thomson Photos at Steamboats.com

This is the largest wing of the Steamboats.com Online Museum. Dave has donated a huge collection of steamboat jpgs and most of them are on display here. The collection includes everything from postcards to stills from the movie Steamboat Round the Bend, as well as photos of the new monument to Mark Twain installed in Hannibal, Missouri, July 2003. Dave Thomson gives an inside look at how the statue was designed and built.

In order to navigate this section of the museum, please refer to the sections below. Or, just click "next" at the bottom of each page to see more steamboat photos.

You can usually buy photos of steamboats through eBay.com but to support our visitors, Dave Thomson has provided high density scans of four steamboats representative of typical steamboat styles. The images are watermarked and are attributed to Steamboats.com from the collection of Dave Thomson. Click here for four high resolution steamboat photos that print 8 x 10.


Photos and Illustrations

Steamboat bill collection See steamboat tickets and other steamboat documents.

Magazine Covers Magazine covers with illustrations of steamboats on the cover.

Advertisements Advertisements that include steamboat illustrations.

Lithographs, Engravings, Paintings A lithograph, mural, engraving, several paintings, illustrations, including an illustrated watch.

Photographs Early photographs that depict steamboats.

Steamboats in the Movies Stills from movies, including Steamboat Round the Bend

Twentieth Century or Newer

Contemporary Photos, etc. Recent steamboat photos and a recent illustration.

River Room Paraphernalia Dave's River Room paraphernalia, including the wheel from the Peerless steamboat.

Mark Twain Illustrations and the recently dedicated Twain monument in Hannibal, Missouri.

Greene Family and Other Steamboat People Photos of the Greene Family, former owners of the Delta Queen Steamboat.
High resolution steamboat photos that print 8 x 10 - click here.





Dave at the wheel of the Julia Belle Swain, photo by
St. Louis cartoonist Dan Martin, 1992. email Dave Thomson



More URLs for Dave Thomson

http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboat2.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboat.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboat3.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/Racing.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/SteamboatSaloon.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/PilotLicense.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/Schottische.html

More Mark Twain Illustrations by Dave Thomson

Dave says: "These are some of my more whimsical contributions, some of them bordering on surrealism."

"In this one I replaced Dante's head with Twain's in the Delacroix painting." http://www.twainquotes.com/Hell.html

Here I swapped God's head for Twain's in the Sistine Chapel (scroll to the very bottom of the page)." http://www.twainquotes.com/Adam.html

"I colorized pictures of the homes where Clemens was born and died then added a deep sky with comet streaking overhead." http://www.twainquotes.com/Halley%27s_Comet.html

"Borrowed a body from Rockwell and added Twain's head. The steamboat is from one of my old post cards." http://www.twainquotes.com/Fishing.html

Middle aged/old Clemens face split inside a circle." http://www.twainquotes.com/Age.html

"Twain's head on Santa's body on an old Christmas card." http://www.twainquotes.com/santaclaus.html

"Twain's head on the body of a young boy on his way home with a catch of fish." http://www.twainquotes.com/Work.html

"This is me and the Tom and Huck statue in Hannibal in 1992." http://www.twainquotes.com/Running_away.html

"Twain's head on Tom Sawyer's body, rafting on the river - replaced the sky too." http://www.twainquotes.com/Daydreams.html

Hale's City of Monroe Dave Thomson provided the photos of Jim Hale's City of Monroe model

Steamboat 'Round the Bend Dave Thomson provided the still photos to entertain the crowds after the third annual online steamboat race.

The Knight, Death and the Devil A piece by Dave Thomspon when he was at Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1964 - 1968.


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