End of the houseboat Vamoose

The houseboat Vamoose as it was burned by orders of Chicago officials in 1928. The houseboat belonged to "Ma" Streeter, also known as Elma Lockwood Streeter. Her husband, George Wellington Streeter, was a central force in a forty-year real estate argument regarding Streeterville in Chicago.

Publication date: 1937-09-05

Size: 5.4 x 9.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Temporal: 1928

Subject(s):

• Fires--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930
• Houseboats--American--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930
• Streeter, Elma Lockwood--Homes & haunts--Illinois--Chicago
• Vamoose (Houseboat)

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 5, 1937), Graphic Section, p. 4

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)