"Viking ship crosses the Atlantic to visit the Sesqui-Centennial"

"The Leif Erikson, faithful reproduction of the type craft in which the bold Viking chieftain of the same name crossed the Atlantic hundreds of years ago to America, is pictured in Boston harbor. Captain Gerhard Folgerio, a crew of three men and a dog mascot arrived in Boston in the 42-foot-lon...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 1926
Subjects:
Ships
Viking ships
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia
Pa.)
Folgerio
Gerhard
Newfoundland
Greenland
Norway
Bergen
Iceland
Online Access:http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15037coll3/id/61408
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Summary:"The Leif Erikson, faithful reproduction of the type craft in which the bold Viking chieftain of the same name crossed the Atlantic hundreds of years ago to America, is pictured in Boston harbor. Captain Gerhard Folgerio, a crew of three men and a dog mascot arrived in Boston in the 42-foot-long craft, towed the last sixty miles by a coast guard cutter, after an eleven-weeks voyage from Bergen, Norway. Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland were touched on the way over. The trip from Boston to Philadelphia will complete the adventure." With clipping

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