New Items - Ephemera, page 2 Steamboat graphic on a "BAGTIQUE" showcasing a fictional product named ANTIQUE CONCEPTS LTD in 1983 This is the graphic of a steamboat at a landing from the front of a "BAGTIQUE" printed on fabric showcasing a fictional product named Old South Tobacco designed by Judie Pieper for her company "Antique Concepts LTD" of Waukesha, Wisconsin Copyright 1983 PASSENGER STEAM LAUNCH ON THE RIVER NEVA 1877 PASSENGER STEAM LAUNCH ON THE RIVER NEVA CRICHTON & CO., ABO, FINLAND, ENGINEERS FROM: THE ENGINEER 29 APRIL 1877 ISSUE PAGE 272 ENGRAVING BY SWAIN Wikipedia: The Neva is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of 46 miLES, it is the fourth largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge (after the Volga, the Danube and the Rhine). The Neva is the only river flowing from Lake Ladoga. It flows through the city of Saint Petersburg, three smaller towns of Shlisselburg, Kirovsk and Otradnoye, and dozens of settlements. It is navigable throughout and is part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway and White Sea-Baltic Canal. It is a site of many major historical events, including the Battle of the Neva in 1240 which gave Alexander Nevsky his name, the founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703, and the Siege of Leningrad by the German army during World War II. The river played a vital role in trade between Byzantium and Scandinavia. STEAM NAVIGATION ELEVATION SIDEWHEELER 1824 PLATE 117 DETAILED ENGRAVING WITH DETAILS OF MACHINARY ON A VERY EARLY SIDEWHEELER STEAM NAVIGATION PLATE 117 Published by A. Constable & Co. 1824 Engraved by W.H. Lizars STRECKFUS STEAMERS pin in John Miller's collection From the Library of Mississippi River book collector is Book on Floods and one of the enclosed maps Folded map bound in between pages 378 and 379 in original book from the Library of Dudley Bell Priester 1923 - 2017 with his EX LIBRIS label inside the front cover In Priester's obituary his collection of non fiction about the Mississippi River is mentioned. Perhaps we will be able to locate the bibliography he compiled. Dudley grew up a block away from the Mississippi River and lived most of his life within sight of it. This affinity led to his becoming a major collector of Mississippi River nonfiction books and to a favorite lifetime project of compiling a bibliography of them all. TITLE PAGE OF THE ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION: 55th Congress 3rd Session SENATE Report No. 1433 REPORT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODS BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, UNITED STATES SENATE PUSUANT TO SENATE RESOLOUTION NO. 76 55TH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1898. OBITUARY OF DUDLEY BELL PRISTER 2017: Dudley Bell Priester, 94, of Davenport, Iowa, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, January 23, 2017. He was inurned in Oakdale Memorial Gardens. A celebration of his life will be April 28, 2017 from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at The Outing Club, 2109 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa. Dudley was born Jan. 18, 1923, to Oscar F. and Helen (Bell) Priester in Davenport. He attended Pierce Elementary and Sudlow Junior High Schools in Davenport, and the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He earned a degree in Civil Engineering at Princeton University prior to enlisting in the Navy. He served his country in World War II as a lieutenant in the Seabees, a construction brigade. After active duty in the Philippines, he returned to Davenport in 1945 to join the Priester Construction Company, which had been started by his father and uncle in 1919. He would eventually become president of the company. Dudley married Jean Elizabeth Hansen on Mar. 15, 1947 in Davenport. The Ides of March this year would have been their 70th anniversary. As a member of the Naval Reserves, he was called to serve his country a second time when war was declared on Korea in 1950. At home, Dudley also served his community admirably, focusing on the arts and education. He was a board member and president of both the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and the Davenport Art Museum (now the Figge Art Museum), as well as a board member and vice president of the Putnam Museum. Also active in the private sphere, he served as president of The Outing Club and the Town Club. In his professional life, Dudley was especially proud of the Priester Construction Company having built the Modern Woodmen of America headquarters on the riverfront in Rock Island, the Davenport Public Library designed by renowned architect Edward Durrell Stone, the Scott County Courthouse, Temple Emanuel Synagogue, both Northwest Bank towers, and the Priester Building, which was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its Mid-Century Modern style architecture. Dudley was an avid collector. He collected stamps as a boy, and after joining the local Blackhawk Stamp Club in 1950, rarely missed a meeting until recently. His philatelic specialties were Scandinavian and British Colonial, as well as German inflation covers. He inherited a love of antique collecting from his mother, and assembled an extensive collection of antique iron, including a Civil War cannon, a steamboat anchor, and many unique decorative pieces. Dudley grew up a block away from the Mississippi River and lived most of his life within sight of it. This affinity led to his becoming a major collector of Mississippi River nonfiction books and to a favorite lifetime project of compiling a bibliography of them all. Dudley was also an athlete. At Lawrenceville and Princeton, he was captain of his wrestling teams and went undefeated in his weight class of 126 lbs. As an adult, he was an avid life-long golfer, playing at the Davenport Country Club from boyhood on, and later at Crow Valley Country Club. He was a skilled tennis player, playing until he was 85, and was high-scorer frequently in his Outing Club bowling circle. Wearing his characteristic bow tie, Dudley was a charming public speaker, who could rise to any occasion and will be remembered for innumerable wise and heartfelt toasts. His family will miss him especially in this capacity. Dudley had a great love of opera, and would always listen to the live broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday afternoons, even bringing the radio outside to accompany him as he worked on chores. For decades, he and Jean drove to Chicago for Lyric Opera performances, staying at the Union League Club. He especially enjoyed Verdi and Donizetti, with Lucia di Lammermoor as one of his all-time favorites. Dudley and Jean took some memorable trips to California, Europe, and even to the South Pacific. One of the most treasured memories of his five children is the family trip to England, Scotland and Wales in 1961. The visits to Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, Stonehenge (before there were barriers), and the Lake District instilled in his children a love for literature, art and history. They attended two Shakespeare performances and the musical hit, Oliver. Four of his children became English majors, and the fifth an art history major. Dudley had a special love for the pets in his life, particularly the first family dog, Henry Robert, whom he brought home from the pound because Henry "had smiled at him," Liberty Bell (Libby), a golden retriever, and many beloved cats including Buster, Fred, and most notably, Tom. Those left to honor Dudley's memory are his wife, Jean; children, Bill (Marissa) Priester, New York City, Nancy (John) Hayes, Davenport, Ted (Emilie) Priester, Davenport, Charlie (Poppy) Priester, Seattle, Washington, and Mary Priester, Portland, Oregon; grandchildren, Helen, Jane, and Susannah Priester; Sarah Hayes, Marion Karl, John Hayes; Krista Stovall; Claire and Joseph Papas; great-grandchildren, Lily and Joaquin Stovall; and many other family members and friends who have been a part of Dudley's life. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Helen Priester, and his brother, Peter. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Symphony Orchestra or the Figge Art Museum. The family is grateful to Dr. Edwin Motto and Hospice Compassus for their skilled and comforting care. Sam Clemens/Mark Twain by Charles Santore This stylized portrait of Sam Clemens/Mark Twain by Charles Santore is exceptional. I only adjusted the colors of our hero's hair and flesh tones for this version. Santore painted the excellent original that is on the front of the dust jacket for THE UNABRIDGED MARK TWAIN, Published by Running Press 1976. Copyright 1976 Charles Santore Mark Twain 1905 with a Pilot House by Cheryl Harness from 1998 To make the attached I used Albert Levering's caricature of Mark Twain for LIFE magazine in 1905 combined the pilot house and name in capital letters from "Mark Twain And The Queens Of The Mississippi" published in 1998 by Cheryl Harness. Cigar Box Label Mark Twain HUMORISTS Cigar box label featuring Mark Twain, Bernhard Gillam and Joseph Keppler. Biographies of Gillam and Keppler below: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernhard-Gillam Bernhard Gillam, (born April 28, 1856, Banbury, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died Jan. 19, 1896, Canajoharie, N.Y., U.S.), American political cartoonist noted for his influential cartoons associated with the U.S. presidential campaigns of the late 19th century. With his parents Gillam immigrated to New York in 1866. He left school early and worked as a copyist in a lawyer's office before studying engraving. His first caricatures were published in Leslie's Weekly and the New York Graphic, and their success determined his career as a political cartoonist. After working with the cartoonist Thomas Nast on Harper's Weekly during the presidential campaign of James A. Garfield in 1880, he was hired by Puck, a pro-Democratic comic weekly, in 1881. Although he was a Republican, he contributed in part to the defeat of James G. Blaine by Grover Cleveland in the election of 1884 through a biting "tattooed man" series published in Puck, in which Blaine was shown tattooed with his evil deeds. The first of the series, "The National Dime Museum," caricatured many political figures in addition to Blaine and became one of Gillam's and Puck's most famous cartoons. In 1886 Gillam became part owner and director in chief of the pro-Republican comic weekly Judge, which he developed into a powerful political voice. During the presidential campaigns of 1888 and 1892, Gillam's cartoons depicted the dangers of the free-trade policy of the Democrats and the benefits of Republican protectionism. Gillam's career was cut short when he died of typhoid fever. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Keppler Joseph Keppler, (born February 1, 1838, Vienna, Austria—died February 19, 1894, New York, New York, U.S.), Austria-born American caricaturist and founder of Puck, the first successful humorous weekly in the United States. Keppler studied art in Vienna. Following the Revolution of 1848, his father emigrated to the United States and settled in Missouri, where Joseph joined him in 1867. Two years later he established his first humorous weekly newspaper in St. Louis. It failed, and in 1870 he founded Puck, a German-language weekly that was also short-lived. Keppler then moved to New York City, and by 1875 he was drawing cover cartoons for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. He broke with Leslie in 1876 and founded a second German-language Puck, which was so successful that in 1877 an English-language version was begun. The English version lasted until 1918, 22 years longer than the German. Initially Keppler drew all the cartoons for Puck, and, although later many other artists contributed, his influence remained strong. His cartoon "Forbidding the Banns," published on behalf of anti-Garfield forces in the Garfield-Hancock presidential campaign of 1880, attracted widespread attention. A Mark Twain Lithograph from a Cigar Box Label customized by Dave A Mark Twain Lithograph from a Cigar Box label The face and hair of Clemens in the original lithograph was unacceptable so I scanned the frontispiece to Twain's round the world travel book FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR (1895) which was made from a photograph of Clemens in the deck chair and retrieved the head and hair from it then assigned a flesh tone to the face and a blue gray value to the hair and mustache. Replaced the graphic of the ocean with a color photograph of the sea with sunlight shining on it. To finish this I closely cut along the outline of the vignette that the graphic was in off the cigar box label in Photoshop, cutting it out and placing it over the neutral white background. HERE'S BURWOOD'S PICTURESQUE BAS RELIEF FOLK ART STYLE U.S. FLAG FOR 1960 (IN RECOGNITION OF THE STATEHOOD OF HAWAII). MARK TWAIN CIGAR BOX WOODEN LID SCANNED LID FROM WOODEN CIGAR BOX 8.35 X 9 INCHES THAT CONTAINED "MILD & BEST" CLEMENS "SEEGARS." Drawing of the Ferry TRIMBLE by J. Franklin Brown, 1968 Drawing of the Ferry TRIMBLE by J. Franklin Brown, 1968 TRIMBLE Sidewheel Ferry Way's Packet Directory Number 5451 Built in 1895 at Madison, Indiana Owners: C.L. Melcher; J.D. Taylor; Clarence Hisle; Captain John W. Hughes, D.T. Voiers; Harry Voiers; John Niehouse; Captain George W. Monroe (1921). Operated between Madison, Indiana and Milton, Kentucky on the Ohio River. In 1918 she san in the ice at Madison, Indiana. She was dismantled at Shawneetown, Illinois circa 1930 and many of her parts went into building the gas boat MARGARET J. The opening of the bridge in 1929 ended ferry service between Madison and Milton. With the exception of images credited to public institutions, everything on this page is from a private collection. 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