The Savannah was a stout little ship. Many a seaman had sighed, struck with the hearty beauty of her full-blown sails, as she skimmed the Atlantic waters. She was a stout little ship, but no stouter than the rough, bearded, curse-spitting men who manned her May 22, 1819. Leaving her namesake city that day, the Savannah was attempting to cross the ocean without using her great sails. New Orleans observes Maritime Day this weekend. It pays tribute to a city that owes its development to metropolitan proportions to water navigation. Honored guest and the main speaker was to be Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington.

Photo is dated 1955.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.