The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race–From New Orleans to St. Louis, July 1870–Between the R.E. Lee, Captain John W. Cannon and Natchez Captain Leathers–Won by the R.E. Lee, Time: 3 Days 18 Hours and 30 Minutes; Distance 1210 Miles.

Currier & Ives

1868–78 · Hand-colored lithograph · Drawings and Prints

The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race–From New Orleans to St. Louis, July 1870–Between the R.E. Lee, Captain John W. Cannon and Natchez Captain Leathers–Won by the R.E. Lee, Time: 3 Days 18 Hours and 30 Minutes; Distance 1210 Miles. — Currier & Ives

Two riverboats, Robert E. Lee at left and Natchez at right, race from the right background to the left foreground.

Artist
Currier & Ives
Date
1868–78
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962