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- The Sweetest Spot on Earth, Sugar Levee Beside the Mississippi, New Orleans, La. -
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The Sweetest Spot on Earth, Sugar Levee Beside the Mississippi, New Orleans, La.
- Wood Engraving, "View of the Public Landing at Louisville, Kentucky," 1850-1855 - By the 1850s, Louisville, Kentucky, was the nation's tenth largest city and the largest Ohio River port between Pittsburgh and St. Louis. Manually operated flatboats and steam-powered riverboats carried freight and passengers up and down the river. Louisville was also the largest slave trading center in the country, with between 2,500 and 4,000 enslaved people passing through each year.
- 1850-1855
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Wood Engraving, "View of the Public Landing at Louisville, Kentucky," 1850-1855
By the 1850s, Louisville, Kentucky, was the nation's tenth largest city and the largest Ohio River port between Pittsburgh and St. Louis. Manually operated flatboats and steam-powered riverboats carried freight and passengers up and down the river. Louisville was also the largest slave trading center in the country, with between 2,500 and 4,000 enslaved people passing through each year.
- Wood Engraving, "The Levee at New Orleans," 1853 -
- 1853
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Wood Engraving, "The Levee at New Orleans," 1853
- River Packet, "Georgia Lee," Louisville, Kentucky, 1900-1910 -
- 1900-1910
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River Packet, "Georgia Lee," Louisville, Kentucky, 1900-1910
- Along the Levee, Memphis, Tennessee, 1900-1915 -
- 1900-1915
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Along the Levee, Memphis, Tennessee, 1900-1915
- Wood Engraving, "The Levee at New Orleans," 1859 -
- 1859
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Wood Engraving, "The Levee at New Orleans," 1859
- River Packet, "James Lee," Memphis, Tennessee, 1900-1915 -
- 1900-1915
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River Packet, "James Lee," Memphis, Tennessee, 1900-1915