1889
GUSN-195292
The paddle steamer City of Worcester illustrates the lid of a 60 piece jigsaw puzzle box. Harlan and Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware, built the ship, which the Norwich & New York Transportation Company launched in 1881 as one of the first iron-hulled steamers to ply the waters of Long Island Sound between New York City and New London, Connecticut. The ship made daily trips between Pier 40, North River, at the foot of Watts Street to New London, where passengers boarded trains to Worcester, Boston and other New England destinations.
advertising
business (commercial function)
jigsaw puzzles
paddle steamers
steamships
transportation
lids
boxes (containers)
DigitalID 000346
AccessID 626
Other identifier HNEDID-000346
1 lid : color illustration
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.TMP.063
ca. 1889
New York City (New York state)
Wilmington (New Castle county, Delaware)
Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Long Island Sound (United States) [bay]
McLoughlin Bros., inc. (manufacturer)
lids
boxes (containers)
Norwich & New York Transportation Co.
Harlan and Hollingsworth Company
City of Worcester (Steamer)
Item
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