Hudson-Fulton Celebration Souvenir Button
date: label: Date made
content: 1909
name: label: Associated Name
content: Fulton, Robert
label: Associated Name
content: Hudson, Hendrick
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir button commemorating the Hudson-Fulton Celebration held in New York in 1909. Inscribed "Hudson-Fulton Celebration [/] Sept. 25 to Oct 9;" the button features portraits of Hudson and Fulton above their ships, the "Half Moon" and "Cleremont."
label: Description
content: The Hudson-Fulton Celebration was a two-week event held by the communities of New York and New Jersey’s Hudson River Valley between September 25th and October 9th of 1909. The celebration commemorated two anniversaries, the centennial of American Robert Fulton’s first successful application of the paddle steamer and the tricentennial of Englishman Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River. Around two million people saw some part of the event, which featured concerts, fireworks, exhibitions, parades and decorations. Unlike many other celebrations of the era, the Hudson-Fulton did not require paid admission and prohibited advertising displays.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: Subject
content: Steam Engines
label: Subject
content: Ships
label: related event
content: Hudson-Fulton Celebration
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.1141
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1141
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: NY1909B01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button (Pinback)
label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; x 3.175 cm