DescriptionBlack-and-white photograph of Myra Halseth of Hoboken posed with first tulip bulbs arriving from Holland on S.S. Westerdam, Hoboken, August 4, 1947. 7" x 9" wide print. Press photograph taken by Acme Newspictures, N.Y. Inkstamp on reverse plus mimeographed caption; dated file inkstamp: REF. DEPT 8-15-47 N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association.] Text: 843488 .... NEW YORK BUREAU SEASON'S FIRST TULIP BULBS FROM HOLLAND NEW YORK: Myra Halseth, of Hoboken, N.J., wearing wooden shoes for the occasion, admires the first case of Dutch tulip bulbs of the 1947 season to arrive in the U.S. Myra was delegated by the American Wholesale Bulb Dealers Association to receive the bulbs which arrived on the SS Westerdam. CREDIT (ACME) 8-4-47 (SA) NY-1 AMST DET ==== The S.S. Amsterdam was a ship of the Holland America Line whose American home port was Hoboken at that time. ---- Halseth also appeared in a 1946 press photo about poplar wood being shipped to Holland to be made into shoes; see reference image. ---- ocean liner / vessel / ceremony /