Album: Ice Yachts on the Hudson: Historic Photographs from the Park Collection

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site

Sailing on the ice has been a winter tradition in the Hudson Valley since the 1800s. Until the invention of the automobile, ice yachts were the fastest vehicles on earth and attracted many rich and famous sailors…including the Roosevelts. The photographs featured here were captured in 1908 by the Newbold-Morgan family who lived next door to FDR in Hyde Park.