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NY, Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909 - large image of Robert Fulton postcard - SL2

NY, Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909 - large image of Robert Fulton postcard - SL2

$6.00

New York postcard

not posted

back:  Robert Fulton, Born 1765, Died 1815 / He built the first practical paddle wheel steamship, the Clermont, in the year 1807.  On Aug 17th of the same year he undertook to show the commercial value of his invention by steaming up the Hudson River from New York to Albany, a distance of 150 miles in 32 hours, equal to about 5 miles an hour.  He named his steamship the Clermont after Chancellor Livingston's Estate on the Hudson, and it was at Clermont Manor where he landed first before going to Albany.  Has the dates 1609-1807-1909on the top of the back of the post card

Has a large image of him on the other side

Please note that the majority of the cards are over 50 years old and as such, are sold AS IS. Tears will be noted but it would be too timely to note each fault on every card. If condition is important to you - contact us with our number in the title & what it is that you would like to know or what it is that you would like pictured more closely.

  • Because of the age of the cards - they are noted as being USED - no matter if they are written on or not.

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