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Object Name Handbill
Date 1853
Title Summer Arrangement. Port Richmond and New Brighton Ferry.
Description Flyer with ferry advertisment, printed in red and blue ink on paper. Illustrated with a wood engraving depicting a ferry, printed in blue; printed inscription in red and blue: "SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. / PORT RICHMOND / AND / NEW BRIGHTON FERRY. / Touching at Sailors' Snug Harbor and Factoryville Landings. / On and after June the 6th, 1853, the Steamboats / HUGUENOT & STATEN ISLANDER / WILL LEAVE /...;" followed by 3 columns of departure times from Port Richmond, New Brighton, and New York, and a separate schedule for Sundays. Printed at bottom: " GEORGE F. NESBITT & CO., Printers, corner Wall and W[---] New-York."
(Keyword: broadside)
Acquisition Collection of Staten Island Historical Society
Earliest Date 1853
Latest Date 1853
Maker George F. Nesbitt & Co.
Material Paper
Subjects Boats
Ferries
Transportation
Lexicon Sub-category Advertising Medium
Catalog Number P05.0008
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