Title	"Tom Greene"
Subject	Steamboats; Greene Line; Greene, Chris B.; Greene, Gordon C.; Greene, Mary B.; Greene, Letha; "Delta Queen"; Riverboats; "Tom Greene"
Description	The "Tom Greene" was built in 1923 and was owned by the Greene Line of Cincinnati. The "Tom Greene" was in the Cincinnati-Louisville trade until 1947. She was later made into a landing boat and offices. Gordon C. Greene named his boat after his son, Captain Tom Greene. There was also a boat on the river named the "Gordon C. Greene" and the "Chris Greene" was the namesake of another son, Captain Chris B. Greene. Not to be outdone by the men of the family, Mary B. Greene, wife and mother of the above, earned her pilot's license in 1896 and commanded several boats in her own right. When Captain Tom Greene, who was responsible for bringing the "Delta Queen" to the Ohio River, died unexpectedly, his wife, Letha Greene, took over as president of the Delta Queen Steamboat Company and proved to be a singular executive for the company.
Creator	Harry Lemen, photographer
Contributors	Madison-Jefferson County Public Library; Jefferson County Historical Society
Date	Photograph taken circa 1927
Type	Photograph
Format	Original: tif, scanned at 1200dpi with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.; Scan of 3x5 photograph
Identifier	"MJCPLriver5119-tomgreene"
Source	Way's Packet Directory The Wheeling Intelligence (Feb.3, 1896-p.2) MJCPL historical files Harry Lemen Collection of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
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