A. View. On. Barge. Canal. Near. Mechanicsville. N.Y. 3M [handwritten front caption]
Description
This picture postcard card shows men working on railroad tracks in a railroad yard on the Barge Canal in Mehcanicsville, N.Y. Snow is on the ground with bare trees in the background and houses near the railroad tracks. (3M) is handwritten below caption [presumably meaning 3 men]. Two steam locomotives can be seen in the picture. There are two tall smokestacks, one emiting smoke, on a large building on the left side of the card.
Postal Data: unmarked, unposted (PLACE STAMP HERE) printed inside stamp box inscribed with the letters (AZO) on all sides with a triangle pointing upward in all four corners; Postcard type: undivided back (CORRESPONDENCE HERE; NAME AND ADDRESS HERE); Logo (POST CARD); No message; No addressee.
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging, Spring 2010: Lawrence Giffin, Richard Fischer. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging, Spring 2010: Lawrence Giffin, Richard Fischer
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Barge Canal