Official program, Hudson-Fulton Celebration : discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson, 1609 : inauguration of steam navigation by Robert Fulton, 1807 : September 25 to October 9, 1909
An official 1909 program published in New York by the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, printed by Redfield Bros., commemorating Henry Hudson's 1609 discovery of the Hudson River and Robert Fulton's 1807 steamboat voyage, for visitors to the September-October celebration. The pages mix engraved historical pageant scenes in framed panels with photographs of warships from the United States and foreign navies. A designer could take the boxed grid of small engraved vignettes, bordered by ornate frames and mixed with black-and-white ship photographs, as a layout model for commemorative event material.
