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Pilot boats in New York harbor /

A New York harbor pilot boat passes close enough for four members of the crew to be seen. Following the sailing vessel is a steamship.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1899.
Series:American history in video.
Subjects:
Boats and boating > New York (State) > New York.
Pilot boats > New York (State) > New York.
Sailing ships > New York (State) > New York.
Steamboats > New York (State) > New York.
Bateaux-pilotes > New York (État) > New York.
Navires à voiles > New York (État) > New York.
Bateaux à vapeur > New York (État) > New York.
Boats and boating.
Pilot boats.
Sailing ships.
Steamboats.
New York (State) > New York.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:A New York harbor pilot boat passes close enough for four members of the crew to be seen. Following the sailing vessel is a steamship.
From a contemporary Edison Company catalog: PILOT BOATS IN NEW YORK HARBOR. A close view of an eighty footer, schooner rigged, trim as a private yacht, skimming over the waters of the harbor near Robin's Reef, [where a] picturesque little lighthouse is seen in the near background. A steamer decked with bunting also passes by at close range.
Item Description:Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22Apr1899; 27966.
Original duration: 0:48 at 15 fps.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video file)