Welcome to the Online River Room Exhibit The photos in this exhibit are from Keith Norrington's collection, housed in a home-based River Museum along the Ohio River. Steamboats.com is proud to bring this collection to the internet. As you will see, the collection contains hundreds of pieces of steamboat paraphernalia of interest to students of riverboat history. To see more detail, click on the photos to download large jpgs. Norrington Collection Index Part One: Poster from Becky Thatcher and Goldenrod Showboat; model of the J.M. White; gingerbread piece from Streckfus Str. J.S. Deluxe; cabin arch from Str. Erastus Wells (later City of St. Louis); chandelier from Str. Gordon C. Greene; signs from Becky Thatcher; "Casey" Assistant Museum Curator. Part Two: Tin steamboat model; model of Str. Mississippi (now Becky Thatcher); one wall of the River Room; portion of the stage curtain from Showboat Majestic. Part Three: A Cub Pilot at the wheel; artifacts from Civil War gunboat Cairo; piece of cabin arch from Str. Robt. E. Lee (1866); painting of Str. Tell City by Capt. Jesse P. Hughes; sheet music cover. Part Four: Keith Norrington, Museum Curator; sign from Str. Island Queen; poster from Str. President (gift of Capt. Doc Hawley); young visitors looking at a model of the towboat United States (made by Miss Ruth Ferris, 1967, for display aboard the Becky Thatcher). Part Five: Table made by boat carpenter on Eagle Packet Co., St. Louis; closeup of the J.M. White model made by Capt. Fred Way, 1937; Mississippi model and "Eagle Boat Store" photo; painting of Str. Mississippi by Forrest Steinlage; steamboat lights. Part Six: More steamboat photos. Part Seven: Meet Keith Norrington, the curator of this museum. Also, a few words about the history of the Becky Thatcher. See each page individually, or click "next" at the bottom of each page to see the exhibit in order.

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