HOMER SMITH

Excursion boat Homer Smith

Real-photo postcard published by Nicoll's Art Store, Wheeling, postmarked May 17, 1915

Message on the card: "Some excursion boat, the "Homer Smith" on her arrival at Whg. port, May 13"

Built in 1914, she ran excursions in the Pittsburgh area from 1916 until she was sold and renamed in 1928. She burned at Pittsburgh in 1931. (Way's Packet Directory, p. 216-217.) S&D Reflector, v. 6, no. 4, Dec. 1969, has a feature article on her.

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