A steamboat and a sailboat are sailing in the Hudson River, along the Hudson Highlands. The peak, Anthony's Nose, dominates in the background through the clear day. Steam or smoke pours out of the steamboat and drifts from right to left out of frame.
Postal data: posted, postmarked (REA, JUL 11, PM, 1908 PA.), stamp; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: series number (Serie No. 1809 11 Made in Germany.); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering embellished with Art Deco style decorations below; Trademarks: (THEOCHROM-HUDSON) intertwined ThEL lettering with shooting star in lower left corner [this is the trademark of the Theodore Eismann Company]; Written message (We are at Rea Pa.Will has been sick is feeling better today but if he don't get worse, will start for Butler the first of the week. I have not been feeling good either. I think it is maleria [sic] fever that Will has, is not as bad.); Addressee (Mrs. ?. P. Lauffer?, 248 West Penn St., Butler, Pa.); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging, Spring 2009: Cara Perry, Emma Curtis. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging, Spring 2009: Cara Perry, Emma Curtis
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
Th.E.L. Theochrom [indicated on back only]
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Hudson River