Canal workers surrounding a steam engine on a scow
Description
Six canal construction workers in hats stand on a scow around a steam engine on a narrow canal in a rural area. There is a passenger boat attached to the scow with rope. A dog lays in the wild grass in the foreground and trees shade three men standing in the background.
Postal data: unposted; (PLACE STAMP HERE) printed inside square stamp area inscribed with the letters (AZO) on all sides with a triangle pointing upward in all four corners; Postcard type: divided back (CORRESPONDENCE HERE; NAME AND ADDRESS HERE); Logo (POST CARD); Written message: (CANAL ENGINE ERIE CANAL NEAR RANDALL NY.) [possibly written by collector?]; No addressee.
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Fall 2008: Yesha Naik, Erica Scheinberg. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging Fall 2008: Erica Scheinberg, Itty Mathew
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
[unknown]
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Erie Canal