H. H. West's mother, Wilhelmina West, looks at steamboats on the Mississippi River. The steamboats are lined up by the shore. There are horses and carriages with men walking by. There is another woman standing at the right of the photograph wearing a hat and a man sitting on a porch behind her.
Steamboat on the Mississippi River. Men stand on the shore and walk on planks of wood that are piled up by the boat. There is a carriage at the left. Steam billows out of the boat. A sign on the side reads, in part, "...Quincy & Keokuk... Line... Saint Paul."
