View on the Erie Canal at West Shore Crossing Utica, N.Y.
Description
Color postcard with a panoramic view depicting sunrise or sunset in a cloudy sky over the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal is on the left and a towpath is on the right with a bridge and [presumably] a house with billowing smoke in the background. There are shrubs on either side of the canal and the towpath. Utility poles are scattered throughout the rural landscape shown on the postcard.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with letters I & C] (UTICA, N.Y., FEB 12, 1910); stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SIDE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE.; THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY.); Logo (Post Card.) in stylized lettering; Printing information: card number (7754); Written message: [written sideways] (Dear Ella, I will ans. your letter some night this week and send you a list of the views I have of Dav. [indiscernible] Mamie); Addressee: (Miss Ella Peters. 1329 West 3rd St. Davenport Ia.).
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Fall 2006: Kimberly Randall; Additional metadata by S. Savage, 7/07. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Fall 2006: Kimberly Randall; Rev. by S. Savage, 7/07
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, M.E., U.S.A. Made in Germany [indicated on back only]
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Erie Canal