HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION OF 1909 



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Launching of the Half Moon at Amsterdam. 



the leading characteristics of the period. The last car typifies the hos- 

 pitality of our city, a gigantic figure of Old Father Knickerbocker 

 standing upon it with hands outstretched and extending a hearty wel- 

 come to all the nations of the earth. In order to add to the verisimili- 

 tude of the different groups, Iroquois Indians have been secured to man 

 the Indian floats; members of the various Holland societies to represent 



Comparative Picture, " Celtic " and " Half Moon." Celtic (1909) — length 700 

 feet, beam 75 feet, depth 49 feet, displacement 37,870 tons, tonnage 20,904 tons, horse- 

 power 13,000. Half Moon (1609)— length 74.54 feet, beam 16.94 feet, depth 10.08 

 feet, tonnage 80 tons. The Celtic crosses the Atlantic in a little less than eight days. 

 The Half Moon crossed the Atlantic in fifty-nine days. 



