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| Text on Button | HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION ROBERT FULTON CLERMONT 1609-1909 |
| Image Description | Color illustrations split the button into two halves: a man in a suit with curly brown hair on the left and a ship at sea on the right. Light brown rim with brown text on yellow banners on the top and bottom. |
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W.F. MILLER Patent [union bug] Applied for 158 Park Row, New York |
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| Additional Information | The Hudson-Fulton Celebration was a two week-long event that occurred in late 1909 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River, as well as the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s invention of the steamboat. It took place along the Hudson River in New York, and many towns participated. |
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“Hudson Fulton Celebration 1909 | New York Heritage.” Nyheritage.org, nyheritage.org/collections/hudson-fulton-celebration-1909. |
| Catalog ID | EV0962 |