Collection Facts

Extent: 
13 items
Dates of Original: 
c. 1930 - 1940
Collection Owner:
Watervliet Public Library
NYH Topic Area(s):
  • Architecture, Environment & Nature, Transportation

Historical Context

The Hudson River is over three hundred miles long and travels mainly through eastern New York. It was a great source of travel for steamboats, which increased trade and expansion of populations and visitors.

Scope of Collection

The Hudson River Voyage collection contains still images of steamboats that went up and down the the Hudson River between 1937 and 1939.

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