Show THE FIRST STEAMBOAT A picture showing the haft moon the 1 boat which henry hudson used in his discoveries co and explorations and the clermont the first steamboat as they appeared in the hudson fulton parade which started up the hudson river on september is shown elsewhere in this paper today in the advertisement of richard son som adams co pages 44 and 45 hart schaffner marx manufacturers of fine clothing have issued this picture their artist visited the reproductions of the two historic boats and has shown them in a vivid and interesting picture the picture shows shaws the passengers on an ocean liner cheering the two odd looking craft as they plow their way up the river the half moon in the foreground shows the dutch sailors returning the cheers in much the same manner as they probably hailed the natives on the island of manhattan three hundred years ago the little clermont shown in the background was able in its original form to attain a speed of five miles an hour according to robert fulton the inventor with the wind blowing against it all the way when it went up the hudson river a hundred years ago completing the first journey of importance ever performed through the power of a steam engine |