FLOAT - OLD BROADWAY SLEIGH

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2008.171

Description

Printed color postcard with horizontally-oriented representation of float from a Hudson-Fulton Celebration parade; large red and yellow sleigh pulled by team of four horses over snowy ground; tan dog running alongside horses; streetlamps and small trees in fenced enclosures alongside track; men and women in sleigh; driver wears red scarf; two men stand on running boards; at upper left corner, printed: "Hudson-Fulton/ Celebration Commission/ OFFICIAL POST CARD/ No 48"; below image, printed: "FLOAT - OLD BROADWAY SLEIGH"; at lower left corner, printed "HFCCC" copyright logo; at lower right, printed, compass logo; divided back; on reverse, printed: "OFFICIAL SOUVENIER POSTCARD/ REDFIELD BROTHERS, INC. AUTHORIZED PUBLISHERS, 311 WEST 43RD ST. NEW YORK CITY.", Hudson-Fulton Celebration logo, and caption: "OLD BROADWAY SLEIGH -- the Broadway Sleigh represents a period long gone by in New York City, before river tunnels, subways, elevated roads, electric trolleys or hose cars, when winters were more severe than now, when the snow was not removed from the streets, and when the omnibus in summer and sleigh in winter were the common modes of public transportation."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Artist

The Hudson-Fulton Commission

Attribution

Producer

Manufacturer

Redfield Brothers, Inc.

Date made

1909

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

L.2009.71

L.2008.260

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)

Material

Ink on paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Very good unsent condition; corners slightly rubbed.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Found among items to be cataloged related to Kate Johnson's Hudson-Fulton Celebration book; digital photo of object found in book research files dated 2008, so given a 2008 accession number; possibly purchased and given to HHV by Kate Johnson at that time; accession numbers found on object are not active in TMS, so object was assigned a new number with other numbers as alternates [Jessa J. Krick, 10/21/2013].

Note Type

General Note

Note

Float appeared in the History of New York Parade, September 28, 1909, the fourth day of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration (see Kate Johnson's The Hudson-Fulton Celebration book).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Collection Manager's Office

Note Type

Department

Note

Library