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THBBronze Plaque After the Currier Print The Great Race on the Mississippi, Commemorating the Steamer Tom Greene's Victory in th
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LiveJun 9, 2017 - Jun 10, 2017
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- Lot Description
Bronze, 20 x 30 in., weight 85 lbs. The scene featured on the plaque is from the 1870 Currier & Ives print, The Great Race on the Mississippi, depicting the steamer Robt. E. Lee's victory over the Natchez in a race from New Orleans to St. Louis. The inscription reads: Commodore George F. Schott Trophy/ Third Annual Ohio River Steamboat Race/ Won By/ Str. Tom Greene - Capt. Tom Greene/ In A Race June 28, 1930/ From Fernbank Dam to Coney Island with/ The Str. Betsy Ann - Capt. Frederick Way, Jr./ William A.A. Castellini, Chairman. A wood relic taken from the Tom Greene is inlaid in the bronze in the sidewheel of the Lee. Accompanied by a photograph of the unveiling of this plaque, which stood at the headquarters of the Greene Line Steamboat Company, later the Delta Queen Steamboat Company, at Yeatman's Cove in Cincinnati, until the building was razed for the construction of Riverfront Stadium in 1970, after which it was presented to and has remained in the Greene family.
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