UNION FERRY CO.

Henry Pierrepont commissioned paintings of the ferries between about 1840 and 1865. Peconic was painted by Joseph B. Smith, and Montauk by James and John Bard; the latter painting is dated about 1846–1849 and described as a Fulton Ferry Company steamboat formerly in Union Ferry’s collection. The Montauk image confirms an “M” on a blue flag and the vessel’s name with two stars on a red flag. Blue at the end is unclear: it could be another flag behind, or blue tails. Its funnel corresponds to U296, shared by the other paintings.