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Reproduction of steamer Young America prospectus, Mystic.
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Title
Reproduction
of
steamer
Young
America
prospectus
,
Mystic
.
Place
Mystic River (Conn.)
Topic
Steamboats
Boats and boating
Topic-Person
Eldredge, Charles Q
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Young America (Steamboat)
Genre
Postcards
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
Text
and
graphics
boxes
highlight
the
steamer
Young
America
and
Charles
Q
.
Eldredge
. At
top
left
: "
Steamer/YOUNG
AMERICA,/P.E
.
Rowland,/Captain
" At
top
center
is
a
port
view
of the
vessel
Young
America
under
steam
. At
top
right
: "The
first
and
only/side
wheel
steamer/
that
ever
plied/
on the
upper/
Mystic
River
". At
bottom
left
is
a
picture
of a
house
, with a
boat
seen
in
stern
view
in the
foreground
.
Caption
reads
: "The
Eldredge/Homestead/near
the/Headwaters/of
the/Mystic/River
". At
bottom
center
: "
Steamer's
regular
trips
will
commence
May
3rd
,
1858,/between
Mystic
Bridge
and
Head
of the
Mystic
River,/leaving
the
Mystic
Bridge
on the
first
of the
flood/tide
, and
returning
on the
first
of the
ebb
.
Regular/fare
6
1/4
cents
, but in
event
of a
head
tide
,
3
cents/more
will be
charged./Reservations
can
be
secured
of
Elihu
Spicer
,
Jr
.,
or/D
.
D
.
Mallory
.
Running
water
in
every
stateroom.
"
Below
is
the
image
of an
artillery
piece
with
BATTERY
Q
printed
on
it
in
white
. On the
bottom
right
is
a
picture
of a
young
man
.
Caption
reads
: "
Chas
.
Q
.
Eldredge/in
his
13th
year,/saluting
the/Young
America/as
she
passed
the/old
Homestead
on/her
first
up
trip
"
Printed
in
top
center
border
: "
Copy
of
Prospectus
dated
May
1st
,
1858.
"
Printed
in
bottom
center
border
: "
Series
of
Post
Cards
from
Museum
of
Chas
.
Q
.
Eldredge
,
Old
Mystic
,
Conn.-1924
".
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Probably
fictitious
or
exaggerated
claims
.
Charles
Q
.
Eldredge
(born
1845)
was an
Old
Mystic
native
who
in
1917
founded
a
private
museum
of
curiosities
that was
located
on the
Groton
side
of the
Mystic
River
in the
Old
Mystic
area
.
Riverview
Cottage
was the
name
of
Eldredge's
residence
on the
site
of the
family
homestead
.
Date created
[between
1924
and
1931]
Physical format
1
postcard
;
3
1/2
x
5
1/2
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1983.99.55
File
name
:
IMG0016-4203.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
Sub-collection
Postcards
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