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NH 91470 Hudson-Fulton Celebration

Photo #: NH 91470 Hudson-Fulton Celebration
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Title: Hudson-Fulton Celebration
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Description: 25 September 9 October 1909 Warships saluting the replicas of Henry Hudson's Half Moon and Robert Fulton's Clermont (both visible distantly in the left center), in the Hudson River off New York City during the Celebration. The large ship at the far right is either USS Mississippi (Battleship # 23) or USS Idaho (Battleship # 24). Second from right is HMS Inflexible (British Battle Cruiser, 1907). British armored cruisers Drake, Argyll and Duke of Edinburgh are in the center of the photograph. Photograph on post card stock by Thaddeus Wilkerson, 522 W. 145th St., New York City. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1980. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 91470
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