Half Moon

Half Moon
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Title: Half Moon
Description:

View of the Half Moon, a full-scale replica of the Dutch ship of exploration that Henry Hudson sailed in 1609, moored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, as a part of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration from September 25 to October 9, 1909 in New York and New Jersey, an elaborate commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton's first successful commercial application of the paddle steamer.

Date: 1909
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Creator: Brooklyn daily eagle.
More Details: Stamped on verso: Eagle; date: Jul[y] 24, 1909.
Title from inscriptions on verso.
Collection: Holidays
Subject: Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.
Hudson, Henry, d. 1611.
New York Naval Shipyard.
Celebrations
Sailing ships
Ships
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: HOLI 0383