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Old steamboat days on the Hudson River : tales and reminiscences of the stirring times that followed the introduction of steam navigation

Buckman, David Lear · 1907 · New York : The Grafton press · 23 pictures

A popular history of Hudson River steam navigation written by David Lear Buckman and published by The Grafton Press in New York in 1907 for general readers and river enthusiasts. Halftones and line drawings show side-wheel and walking-beam steamers broadside on open water, with tall stacks, flagged masts, tiered decks, name boards, and faint shorelines behind.

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