On his BookwormHistory channel, YouTuber and historian Dan Thurber recently detailed the incredible story of George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen, two Norwegians who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean from New York City all the way to France.
This week on “A City Full of History” we’re at the Battery to discuss the wild and wonderful journey of George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen, two fishermen who rowed across the Atlantic in 1896!
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Snapped by photographer Willy Spiller in the 1970s, this great photograph shows a bunch of teenage school girls riding the graffiti-filled New York City subway in uniform.
