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AN ILLUSTRATED BROADSIDE DEPICTING THE SMALLEST BOAT THAT EVER CROSSED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN COMPLETING ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE JOURNEYS OF THE 19th CENTURYINGERSOLL, O[liver] R[oland], (1837-1914), boatmaker. HUDSON, [John Morley], Captain and owner, and [FITCH, Frank E., companion and sailor]. O. R. Ingersoll's Metallic Life-Boat, "Red White and Blue." The Smallest Boat that ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean! Taken from a Photograph taken at the CrystalPalace, London...4to broadside, 11 12 x 8 1/2". [New York: 1866].
An illustrated broadside advertising both Ingersoll's boat "Red, White and Blue," the smallest boat to ever cross the Atlantic, sailing from New York to Margate in 34 days, and his "Great American Boat and Oar Bazaar, 213 & 244 South Street, New York," where he offers "Over 100 Race, Tow, Sail, Fancy, Ship and Metallic Life Boats on hand. Steam Yachts built to order. The Largest Boat Establishment in the United States." The illustration by "Wilson" depicts the boat… Read More