Down the bay excursions : 130 miles for $1.00. The new steamer Wawaset leaves the first wharf below Arch Street every morning, (Sundays excepted,) at 7 o'clock, for Bombay Hook & intermediate places on the river & bay. Returning--leaves the landing at 1 o'clock, reaching the city about dusk. A beautiful ride is here offered at a reasonable price. The boat passes quite near to Fort Delaware, giving a fine view of this famous fortification and the surrounding barracks, which now contain no less than 13,000 Rebel prisoners. Good meals provided on the boat!
[Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Steam Job Print, Ledger Buildings, [between 1861 and 1865]
Printed on yellow paper.
The illustration shows the steamer Wawaset.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Wawaset (Steamer)
Excursion boats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)
Fort Delaware (Del.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Advertisements -- Excursion boats. rbgenr
Broadsides. rbgenr
Woodcuts. gmgpc
PA. Philadelphia. 1861. Imprint
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, former owner. Provenance
United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer. Printer
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