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The Sprague Details
title
Sprague Details
Date created ms
1943-12-01
Abstract
Stern Wheel of the "Sprague", largest tow boat in the world, being repaired at the lighterage in Baton Rouge. The 80, 220 pound shaft of this 37 foot diameter paddle wheel had cracked and is here being welded - an operation which would not be undertaken
Men doing oil drilling operations on a boat in Lake Salvador Louisiana in 1945
title
Men doing oil drilling operations on a boat in Lake Salvador Louisiana in 1945
Subject
Petroleum Industry, Oil well drilling rigs, Petroleum workers
Date created ms
1945
Abstract
B&W photo, 1945. Men on a boat in Lake Salvador, Louisiana. Written on photo: Water drilling operations.
Levee with people waiting for ferry in Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1945
title
Levee with people waiting for ferry in Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1945
Subject
Levees, Rivers, Ferries
Date created ms
1945-07
Abstract
B&W photo, July 1945. Levee on Mississippi river bank in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. People waiting for ferry to dock.
Tugboat pulling an oil tow toward New Orleans on Intracoastal Canal
title
Tugboat pulling an oil tow toward New Orleans on Intracoastal Canal
Subject
Tugboats
Date created ms
1945-06
Abstract
B&W photo, June, 1945. Tugboat (aka: towboat) pulling an oil tow toward New Orleans on Intracoastal Canal.
Shrimp fishing boat at Lafitte Louisiana in 1945
title
Shrimp fishing boat at Lafitte Louisiana in 1945
Subject
Boats, Fishing, Shrimp industry
Date created ms
1945-07
Abstract
July, 1945. Shrimp fishing boat at Lafitte, Louisiana.
Workers loading sacks of coffee into a barge for shipment upstream in New Orleans in 1945
title
Workers loading sacks of coffee into a barge for shipment upstream in New Orleans in 1945
Subject
Coffee, Loading docks, Coffee industry, Bags, Shipping, Laborers
Date created ms
1945-07
Abstract
B&W photo, July 1945. Workers loading sacks of coffee into a barge for shipment upstream from New Orleans, Louisiana.
People walking along railroad tracks on top of levee at Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1945
title
People walking along railroad tracks on top of levee at Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1945
Subject
Levees, Railroad tracks
Date created ms
1945-07
Abstract
B&W photo, July 1945. People walking along railroad tracks on top of levee at Baton Rouge Louisiana.
Small towboat on the Mississippi River near Angola Louisiana
title
Small towboat on the Mississippi River near Angola Louisiana
Subject
Tugboats, Barges, Rivers
Date created ms
1948-11
Abstract
B&W photo, Nov. 1948. Small towboat on the Mississippi River near Angola, La.
Shanty boat colony at Morgan City Louisiana in 1945
title
Shanty boat colony at Morgan City Louisiana in 1945
Subject
Buildings, Dwellings, Boats, Spillways
Date created ms
1945-06
Abstract
B&W photo, June 1945. Batture Dwellings. Shanty boat colony below the levee enclosing the Morganza floodway at Morgan City, Louisiana.
Towboat Corregidor on the Mississippi River
title
Towboat Corregidor on the Mississippi River
Subject
Tugboats, Barges, Rivers
Date created ms
1945-06
Abstract
B&W photo, June, 1945. Towboat Corregidor on the Mississippi pushing mixed tow of ten barges containing Benzol, steel, wire mesh and miscellaneous freight.
Crowd on the levee at Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1945
title
Crowd on the levee at Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1945
Subject
Levees, Railroad tracks, Ferries
Date created ms
1945-07
Abstract
B&W photo, July 1945. Crowd on the levee at Baton Rouge Louisiana waiting for the ferry to dock.
Tugboats and loaded barges on Mississippi River
title
Tugboats and loaded barges on Mississippi River
Subject
Tugboats, Barges, Rivers
Date created ms
1945-06
Abstract
B&W photo, June, 1945. Heavily loaded oil tow going upstream, seen across the mixed tow of the towboat Corregidor on the Mississippi river.
Tugboats tied up at Coyles Landing in New Orleans Louisiana
title
Tugboats tied up at Coyles Landing in New Orleans Louisiana
Subject
Tugboats
Date created ms
1945-08
Abstract
B&W photo, August 1945. A. G. Debardeleben's Tugboats (aka: Towboat), used to tow barges over the Intracoastal canal, tied up at Coyles' Landing, New Orleans.
Bayou Long near Morgan City Louisiana in 1945
title
Bayou Long near Morgan City Louisiana in 1945
Subject
Bayous, Trees, Spanish moss, Boats, Cabins
Date created ms
1945-06
Abstract
B&W photo, June 1945. Bayou Long near Morgan City, Louisiana.
Shrimping fleet in Morgan City Louisiana in 1945
title
Shrimping fleet in Morgan City Louisiana in 1945
Subject
Shrimp industry, Boats
Date created ms
1945-06
Abstract
B&W photo, June, 1945. Shrimping fleet in Morgan City Louisiana. Boat names: Right: 40 Fathom No. 7. New Orleans, LA. Center: 40 Fathom No. 3. New Orleans, LA. Left: 40 Fathom No. 8, New Orleans, LA.
River People at Home
title
River People at Home
Date created ms
1945-06-01
Abstract
River Bank. On Bayou Long, near Morgan City, La. Fisherman's wife doing laundry.
Night view of the Humble Oil & Refining Company in Baton Rouge Louisiana
title
Night view of the Humble Oil & Refining Company in Baton Rouge Louisiana
Subject
Humble Oil and Refining Company, Petroleum Industry, Refineries, Aerial views, Bird's-eye views, Night photographs
Date created ms
1948-11
Abstract
B&W photo, November 1948. Night view of the Humble Oil & Refining Company in Baton Rouge Louisiana taken from top of State Capitol.
View of the Mississippi River from the Standard Oil towboat Sprague
title
View of the Mississippi River from the Standard Oil towboat Sprague
Subject
Tugboats, Rivers, Humble Oil and Refining Company
Date created ms
1946-07
Abstract
B&W photo, July, 1946. Aboard the Standard Oil stern-wheel towboat Sprague, looking out over the tow, between Baton Rouge and Vicksburg on the Mississippi.
Workers on an oil rig for Humble Oil and Refining Company in 1945
title
Workers on an oil rig for Humble Oil and Refining Company in 1945
Subject
Petroleum workers, Oil wells, Oil well drilling rigs, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Petroleum Industry
Date created ms
1945-08
Abstract
B&W photo, August, 1945. Mixing drilling mud for oil drilling operation. Humble Oil and Refining Company, Location unknown.
Fueling a tugboat at the Standard Oil refinery docks in Baton Rouge
title
Fueling a tugboat at the Standard Oil refinery docks in Baton Rouge
Subject
Humble Oil and Refining Company, Petroleum Industry, Refineries, Loading docks, Tugboats
Date created ms
1945-07
Abstract
B&W photo, July, 1945. Fueling a towboat (tugboat) at the Standard Oil Refinery docks in Baton Rouge.

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