Index of Dave Thomson Museum Wing
Photos and Illustrations

Photographs early photographs that depict steamboats.

Steamboat Illustrations magazine covers, advertisements, lithographs, engravings, etc.

Steamboat Compositions by Dave Thomson.

Steamboats in the Movies stills from movies and sets

Steamboat 'Round the Bend plot synopsis and stills from the movie Steamboat Round the Bend

Steamboat bill collection tickets and boarding documents.

Pilot House Preservation pilot houses from the Aquila and Golden Eagle.
Extra Large Photos four high quality steamboat photos from Dave Thomson's collection suitable for framing or reports.

Contemporary Boats photos of contemporary boats.

Steamboat People photos of the Greene Family, former owners of the Delta Queen Steamboat, and other steamboat people.

River Room Paraphernalia photos of Dave's River Room, indluding the wheel from the Peerless steamboat.

Mark Twain photos and an inside look at the new Twain monument in Hannibal, Missouri, dedicated July 2003.


This is the largest wing of the Steamboats.com Online Museum, with about two hundred unique images. Dave Thomson is a dedicated collector and graphic artist, as well as one of the leading authorities on Mark Twain, and steamboats in movies. You can usually buy photos of steamboats through eBay.com but to support our visitors, Dave Thomson has provided high density scans of four steamboats representative of typical steamboat styles. The images are watermarked and are attributed to Steamboats.com from the collection of Dave Thomson. Click here for four high resolution steamboat photos that print 8 x 10.




Dave at the wheel of the Julia Belle Swain, photo by
St. Louis cartoonist Dan Martin, 1992. email Dave Thomson



More URLs for Dave Thomson

http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboat2.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboat.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboat3.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/Racing.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/SteamboatSaloon.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/PilotLicense.html
http://www.twainquotes.com/Schottische.html

More Mark Twain Illustrations by Dave Thomson

Dave says: "These are some of my more whimsical contributions, some of them bordering on surrealism."

"In this one I replaced Dante's head with Twain's in the Delacroix painting." http://www.twainquotes.com/Hell.html

"I colorized pictures of the homes where Clemens was born and died then added a deep sky with comet streaking overhead." http://www.twainquotes.com/Halley%27s_Comet.html

"Borrowed a body from Rockwell and added Twain's head. The steamboat is from one of my old post cards." http://www.twainquotes.com/Fishing.html

Middle aged/old Clemens face split inside a circle." http://www.twainquotes.com/Age.html

"Twain's head on Santa's body on an old Christmas card." http://www.twainquotes.com/santaclaus.html

"Twain's head on the body of a young boy on his way home with a catch of fish." http://www.twainquotes.com/Work.html

"This is me and the Tom and Huck statue in Hannibal in 1992." http://www.twainquotes.com/Running_away.html

"Twain's head on Tom Sawyer's body, rafting on the river - replaced the sky too." http://www.twainquotes.com/Daydreams.html

Hale's City of Monroe Dave Thomson provided the photos of Jim Hale's City of Monroe model

Steamboat 'Round the Bend Dave Thomson provided the still photos to entertain the crowds after the third annual online steamboat race.

The Knight, Death and the Devil A piece by Dave Thomspon when he was at Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1964 - 1968.