Sailing Ships

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The First America’s Cup Yacht Races [published June 7, 1885]

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      Now that it seems to be settled that...

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• Eccentrics
• Entrepreneurs
• Royalty
• Sailing Ships
• Steamboats

Building and Welcoming Foreign Ships [published May 7, 1882]

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      New York ship-builders used to be so famous...

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• African-Americans
• Entrepreneurs
• Sailing Ships
• Steamboats

Notable Yachts of New York [published June 19, 1881]

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      Besides the yacht America, to which I have...

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• African-Americans
• Entrepreneurs
• Sailing Ships
• Steamboats

The Best Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt Bests [published Aug. 27, 1882]

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[Warning: The following column, published in 1882, contains an...

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• Landmarks
• New Jersey
• Sailing Ships

Desolate and Lonely Sandy Hook [published July 8, 1883]

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      Ninety-nine out of a hundred persons look upon...

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• Entertainments
• Firefighters
• Sailing Ships

Fun and Excitement Among the East Side Shipwrights [published July 23, 1882]

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[CAUTION: THE FOLLOWING NEWSPAPER COLUMN, WRITTEN IN 1882, CONTAINS...

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• Disasters
• Long Island
• Sailing Ships

Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach [published Sep. 4, 1881]

jpkntz August 11, 2023 0

      Everythin’ has  been always big about Rockaway, even...

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• Firefighters
• Neighborhoods
• Sailing Ships

Mechanics’ Hose Co. No. 47 of the Shipyards [published Nov. 6, 1881]

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      My old friend, John Quigg, once foreman of...

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• Sailing Ships

Old Clipper and Packet Ship Captains [published Jan. 20, 1884]

jpkntz July 22, 2023 0

      The sea captains of New York–those that are...

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