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Lights lit up in Washington Square. Hudson Fulton celebration, 1909

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#TBT, Hudson Fulton celebration in Nyack, 1909. Doersch building at Broadway & Remsen Sts, Nyack, New York. The building is decorated for the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration. 

 The Hudson-Fulton Celebration from September 25 to October 9, 1909 in New York and New Jersey was an elaborate commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s first successful commercial application of the paddle steamer. The maritime achievements of Hudson and Fulton foreshadowed the importance of the Hudson river to New York’s progress and identity. 

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New York. The Metropolitan Life Tower, lit for the Hudson Fulton Celebration, September 25- October 9, 1909.