Selections from the Photographic Archives Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Louisville and Cincinnati mail packet steamer Jacob Strader
Photographer: Unknown
Date created: c. 1856
An illustration of the Jacob Strader, a steamboat mail packet on the Louisville and Cincinnati mail line. The Jacob Strader, was a troop carrier during the Civil War and was dismantled in 1866.
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection