The Half Moon

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Stock #:416923
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
Postmark: 1909 Oct-6
Postmark City: New York
Postmark State: NY
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
A reproduction of the ship in which Hudson first entered the Hudson River, September 12th, 1609. Built at Rotterdam, by patriotic citizens of Holland, for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Length, 74.54 feet; width, 16.94 feet; tonnage, 80. The "gallery" under the bowsprit received the full force of the seas and was used by Hudson to expose unruly seameen

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