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National Maritime Historical Society Presentation: “Nautical Folk Art,” with Norman Brouwer

Hendrick Hudson Free Library 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose

The final 150 years of the commercial deepwater sailing vessel saw a flowering of nautical folk art. The speaker will cover items such as ships in bottles made by the seamen themselves during spare time on the long voyages; “sailors’ valentines” and other souvenirs made on shore for sale to seamen, and figureheads and other