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"The 'Showboat' Sprague, Vicksburg, Mississippi...The mighty steamer Sprague, largest sternwheeler towboat ever built, is now permanently docked at Vicksburg. It houses a 'River Hall of Fame' and during the month of March each year is the scene of Showboat Time, wherein the Dixie Showboat Players present the Gay Nineties melodrama, 'Gold in the Hills.' Open to the public daily throughout the year." View of steamboat. Side 2.
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"The 'Showboat' Sprague, Vicksburg, Mississippi...The mighty steamer Sprague, largest sternwheeler towboat ever built, is now permanently docked at Vicksburg. It houses a 'River Hall of Fame' and during the month of March each year is the scene of Showboat Time, wherein the Dixie Showboat Players present the Gay Nineties melodrama, 'Gold in the Hills.' Open to the public daily throughout the year." View of steamboat. Side 2.
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- Item: 334
- Description: "The 'Showboat' Sprague, Vicksburg, Mississippi...The mighty steamer Sprague, largest sternwheeler towboat ever built, is now permanently docked at Vicksburg. It houses a 'River Hall of Fame' and during the month of March each year is the scene of Showboat Time, wherein the Dixie Showboat Players present the Gay Nineties melodrama, 'Gold in the Hills.' Open to the public daily throughout the year." View of steamboat. Side 2.
- Creator(s): Emerson, Brad
- Date: 1972
- City/State: Vicksburg, Mississippi
- County: Warren County
- Call Number: PI/2008.0001
- Filename: 122564-photo-2.tif