Showboats Traveling Down the Monongahela River; Morgantown, W. Va.

Identifier:

042155

Title:

Showboats Traveling Down the Monongahela River; Morgantown, W. Va.

Date:

ca. 1885

Description:

The Packet Germania is the steamboat furthest left. The other two ferries are two of five boats owned by A.B. French with the name New Sensation. At the time, the New Sensation attracted some of the best entertainment acts around.

Subjects:

Cities--Morgantown--Scenes and Views.

Acquisition Source:

Norfolk Public Library

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView