About This Item

  • TitleHalf Moon
  • Call NumberHOLI_0381
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0383), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views, in different sizes, 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.
  • Date1909
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteStamped on verso: Eagle; date: 0381: Apr.26, 1909; 0383: Jul[y] 24, 1909. Title from inscriptions on versos.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectFulton, Robert, 1765-1815 ; Hudson, Henry, d. 1611 ; New York Naval Shipyard ; Celebrations -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Sailing ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ships -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.