Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Half-model of unidentified steamboat
Object Number:
1949.65a-d
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Each (approx.): 8 x 90 x 8 in. (20.3 x 228.6 x 20.3 cm)
Description:
Collection of four half-models of steamship hulls mounted on narrow backboard such that top of model is flush with top of board.
Gallery Label:
These models represent Hudson River passenger steamboats built in the late 19th century. Half models were also known as builders' models because they were used as guidelines for the actual construction of ships.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Hudson River Day Line
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
