Steam tugboat presumably on the Erie Canal with two boathouses in the water, industrial facilities, and towpaths alongside of the canal; 222090 printed in lower right corner [presumably card number and indicated on front side only]
Postal data: posted, postmarked (ILION, N.Y., AUG 5, 1918, 2:30 PM), stamp; Postcard type: divided back; Logo (POST CARD); Trademarks: VS interspersed between POST CARD logo in an upside down triangle, at top of triangle FAMOUS SUPERIOR QUALITY, left side, THROUGHOUT, right side, THE WORLD; Written message (My dear Dorothy. I am sending you another card by this same mail in care of Aunt Fanny so you may get one. I hope so. I am very lonesome for you but it wont be only a few days before you will be back again. give my love to all. always your loving aunt.); Addressee (Miss Dorothy M Haas. c/o Mrs Chas M Haas, West Coxsackie, greene Co, NY. R.F.D.); George Washington 2 cents stamp [facing side]
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Spring 2008: Andrea Walton. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging Fall 2009, Heather Ball, Heather Hoffman
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
The Valentine-Souvenir Co., New York. Printed in U.S.A. [indicated on back only]
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant