BIG LOCK, LARGEST LIFT LOCK IN THE WORLD, LITTLE FALLS, New York [front caption printed in red ink]
Description
This lock (Lock No. 17) at Little Falls, N.Y. has a single lift gate instead of two swing gates. Railroads tracks appear at the left side of the canal.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [flag postmark] (LITTLE FALLS JUL 19 9-AM 1916), [stamp removed] (UNITED STATES AND CANADA ONE CENT -- PLACE STAMP HERE -- FOREIGN TWO CENTS) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR WRITING; THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS); Logo (POST CARD); Written message: (208 Loomis St, Little Falls July 18th 1916. [written sideways in blank space at side of card] Dear Cousins. We arrived home all safe found George White here he stayed a couple of days. I took cold some where & had the grip [sic] was sick a week don't feel well yet. it is affal [sic] hot here write soon Love to all come and see us); Addressee: (J.M. Cornell? Slingerlands N. Y.).
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging Fall 2007, Erin Albritton. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging Fall 2007, Erin Albritton
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
[unknown]
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Barge Canal