The Congo Steamer "Lapsley"
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Title
The Congo Steamer "Lapsley "
Caption
More of Your Heritage of Treasure at Your Historical Foundation , Montreat , North Carolina 28757 . (704) 669-7061 . The Congo Steamer "Lapsley. " Launched from Clydebank in Scotland in 1905 with the prayers of Presbyterian Sunday School children from all over the South who contributed $40,000 for her construction , this famous paddlewheel river steamer was then dismantled and shipped to Stanley Pool for reassembly Named for pioneer Presbyterian missionary Samuel Norvell Lapsley , she was the Presbyterian Congo Mission's main means of transportation for over 30 years . See this fine Admiralty model of the "Lapsley " during your visit to your Historical Foundation--a Must during your trip to Montreat in the Land of the Sky !
Creator
DuPuy, Edward L.
Publisher
Artvue Post Card Co., New York, N.Y.
Description
Real-view color image showing a model of a paddlewheel boat .
Subject (tgm)
Steamboats Boats Models Presbyterian churches Churches
Subject Topical
Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic
Montreat (N.C.) Buncombe County (N.C.)
DCMI Type
Image
Form General
Postcards
Language
English
Medium of Original
Paper
Collection in Repository
North Carolina Postcard Collection (P077) ; collection guide online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0077/
Local Identifier
P077;13-552
Citation
"[Postcard title]" in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Digital Collection
North Carolina Postcards
Repository
North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Copyright
Copyright Status Unknown
filename
P077-13-552.tif
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