VINTAGE PHOTO -- THE STEAMBOAT C. W. MORSE for Sale

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VINTAGE PHOTO -- THE STEAMBOAT C. W. MORSE For Sale

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VINTAGE PHOTO -- THE STEAMBOAT C. W. MORSE:
$20.00

AN 11\" X 14\" PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HISTORIC STEAMBOATC. W. MORSE.
\"The C.W. MORSE, aka U.S.S. C.W. MORSE was built in 1903 by Harlan and Hollingsworth Co. with an engine and boilers by W.A. Fletcher & Co., both of Wilmington, Delaware. The 4,300 ton, 411 foot steamer was made for The Peoples Line of Steamships, one of two lines that made up the Hudson River Night Line service. Steamships traveling back and forth between New York and Albany were critical to commerce and transportation between 1845 and the 1930’s, and to the military during the Civil War and World War I. The Night Line ships were specifically built for night travel, with staterooms for those that wished to sleep and searchlights for those that wanted to watch the ships make their way down the dark Hudson.
The ship was named for then owner of the Peoples Line, Charles Wyman Morse. Founded in 1835, Morse purchased the company in 1902 as part of his large and growing empire of steamship lines. Morse was a very well-known businessman and public figure in the period.\"
The photo has some small spotting in the water portion, visible in the example,as well as a few whit spots just above the aft section of the boat.
There also two shallow wrinkles -- one upper right; the other just above the aft portion of the boat.
OVERALL, THE PHOTO IS IN VG CONDITIONAND THE C/R LINE WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE ORIGINAL