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New York Queen of Commerce is a new series of transcribed historic, educational dramas recreating stirring periods and moments in the commercial and economic growth of New York City.

Today's episode - Beginning Manhattan's Maritime Bottoms. New York's recovery after the Revolutionary War. From 1783 to 1789, much activity took place. Re-enactment of the voyage of Captain Stewart Dean's Hudson River Sloop Experiment to China, the first American ship to travel to and from China.

Includes a supplementary message from Frank O'Branert, of the Bureau of Information, American Merchant Marine Institute, about the Merchant Marines.

Cast:
Lloyd Moss - Narrator
Alan Feinstein - the Captain
Alfred Israel - John Franklin
Phil Dixon - John Wetton
Marvin Laskowitz - Sound and Music
Helen Milstead - Production Assistant
Kenneth H. Dunshee - Writer
L. Porter Moore - Series Consultant

Historical New York Times lists broadcast as Thursday, 11/27/1952, at 6:30pm.

Presented under the auspices of the Greater New York Civic Center Committee of the Downtown Manhattan Association, the Department of Commerce of the City of New York, and the New York Journal American, and is produced by the Municipal Broadcasting System. Heard three times weekly on the New York City Board of Education Station WNYE-FM. Rebroadcast in the City's classrooms.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 5838