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Title: 1609 • HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION • 1909 [front caption] (1front) [h0189ac1]
Description: A commemorative postcard celebrating the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River, with portraits of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton superimposed over a daytime aerial view of the Hudson River. Prominently featured are a sailing ship (circa 1609) and steamship (circa 1909) which together serve to commemorate the passage of time from discovery to the modern day. Soaring cliffs line the far bank and along the near bank; at right, there is a gathering of people (perhaps Native Americans). An information box titled 1609 • HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION • 1909, lists the following 15 events: Sept 25 Commencement Day N.Y., Sept. 26 Religious Observance Day N.Y., Sept. 27 Reception Day N.Y., Sept. 28 Historical Parade N.Y., Sept. 29 Commemoration Day N.Y., Sept. 30 Military Parade Day N.Y., Oct 1 Naval Parade N,Y., Oct 2 Naval Carnival Parade N.Y., Oct. 3 Religious Day Upper Hudson, Oct. 4 Dutchess Co. Day, Oct. 5 Ulster Co. Day, Oct. 6 Greene Co. Day, Oct. 7 Columbia Co. Day, Oct. 8 Albany Co. Day, Oct. 9 Rensselaer Co. Day. COPYRIGHT 1909 BY J. KOEHLER, N.Y. [indicated on front only].
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Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0189ac1.jpg

Title: 1907 - Dock Street, Schenectady, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0249ac1]
Description: View of storefronts along Dock Street.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0249ac1.jpg

Title: A Bit of the Champlain Canal near Mechanicville, N.Y [front caption] (1front) [c0018ac1]
Description: A canal flanked by trees on the right and a towpath on the left. Printing information: card number (??2,360).
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0018ac1.jpg

Title: A Bit of the Champlain Canal near Mechanicville, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [c0063ac1]
Description: Caption on original reads: "A Bit of the Champlain Canal near Mechanicville, N.Y." [top of card]; The Champlain Canal rounds a bend and there are ripples in the water. On the right bank there are green trees and grasses, and some that are brown. Wooded hills are visible beyond the bank. On the left bank there is a trail and some grasses. A utility pole is visible in the distance. The sky is blue with clouds. There is some wear marks on the bottom and the postal mark from the back of the card is visible soaking through on the top.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0063ac1.jpg

Title: A HUDSON RIVER TOW [bottom left corner] THE NARROWS [bottom center, front caption] (1front) [h0072ac1]
Description: A series of ships and boats being towed on the Hudson River in The Narrows, New York. Printing information: card number (70726) [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0072ac1.jpg

Title: A Misty Morning on the Hudson. [front caption] (1front) [h0128ac1]
Description: The dark shape of a steamboat on the Hudson River is backed by a pale morning sky, with a sailboat in the far distance. The hills in the background are shrouded in mist.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0128ac1.jp2

Title: A Night Scene on the Hudson River [front caption] (1front) [h0055ac1]
Description: Painted image of a sailing ship in profile traveling at night, in an oval frame of metallic gold embossed with decorative fleur-de-lis at the corners.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0055ac1.jpg

Title: A SECTION OF THE BARGE CANAL. AT WORK ON THE DWAS KILL, OPPOSITE STILLWATER, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [b0053ac1]
Description: Train on embankment with boom in streambed.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0053ac1.jpg

Title: A Trip on the Hudson River. [front caption] (1front) [h0146ac1]
Description: This is an image of passengers on the deck of a steamboat on the Hudson River on a clear day. The image only shows part of the deck including a skylight, the top of the sidewheeler, and some of the equipment and rigging. The river and mountains on the mainland are visible in the background. Ink from postmark on back visible on front in the shape of a partial semicircle.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0146ac1.jpg

Title: A View of the Mohawk Valley, Little Falls, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0519ac1]
Description: Rural scene of a bend in the Erie Canal near Little Falls, with cliffs in foreground and more densely populated views in the distance. Written message in blank space at bottom of card (This is one of the places you would have seen if you had come by train.)
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0519ac1.jpg

Title: A View up Black River Canal, Rome, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [k0015ac1]
Description: View of narrow section of Black River Canal in Rome, N.Y., with a lockhouse (by the lock) and trees on one side of the canal; a towpath on the other side; farther away houses separated by railing and partially covered with a line of trees. A bridge - possibly railroad bridge - arches over the water in the near-distance. Above slightly cloudy skies. Two people are standing in front of the lockhouse, where a grassy pathway leads up. Trees in the left foreground with their reflection visible in the water. Printing information: card number (215278) [indicated on front only]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: k0015ac1.jpg

Title: A View up the Canal from George Street, Rome, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0553ac1]
Description: View of narrow section of Erie canal and towpaths, at sunset or sunrise with residences predominant on one side and [presumably] commercial/industrial facilities on the other (towers, structure with a sign advertising "Smoke and Chew LIBERTY LONG CUT [TO]BACCO"). Residential side includes several large trees. A bridge and canal boat are present in the near-distance. [Presumably] view is seen as if from another canal boat.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0553ac1.jpg

Title: A View up the Canal from George Street, Rome, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0641ac1]
Description: Front caption [in decorative typeface] reads: "A View up the Canal from George Street, Rome, N.Y." [bottom of card]. A View of a canal boat on the Erie Canal from George Street in Rome, New York. The canal devides a group of industrial or industrial factory buildings on one side of the canal from a row of houses and trees on the other. "Liberty Long Cut Tobacco" is written on the side of a factory building.The two sides of the canal are connected by a bridge in the distance. Printing information: card number (215274) [indicated on front only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0641ac1.jpg

Title: A general view of the Erie Canal Aqueduct and Rexford Flats, Schenectady, N.Y. [front caption] [1front] [[e0450ac1]
Description: Landscape of a river and farmlands with rolling hills in the distance shown on a partly cloudy day.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0450ac1.jpg

Title: ACROSS THE LAKE FROM HOTEL CHAMPLAIN N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [h0167ac1]
Description: A steamship (a seemingly passenger style ship) travels along a Lake Champlain shoreline; there is a small covered shedlike structure that appears to be floating at the end of a dock; [copyright info is inside what appears to be the outline of an artist's p
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0167ac1.jpg

Title: ALBANY, N.Y. ON THE HUDSON. [front caption] (1front) [h0142ac1]
Description: A scene of a cloudy day on the Hudson River. The steamship "ALBANY, N.Y." is docked at a pier, in front of a town. Many buildings, houses, and warehouses can be seen in the background. There is also a large building with three steeples towering over the city.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0142ac1.jpg

Title: AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE CO., SCHENECTADY, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0342ac1]
Description: Aerial view of canal running through Schenectady, New York alongside railroad tracks. Many industrial buildings with smokestacks line the streets of the city. Printing information: card number (12463)
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0342ac1.jpg

Title: ARRIVAL OF PILGRIMS BY CANAL BOAT, AURIESVILLE, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0643ac1]
Description: Pilgrims, who have just arrived by canal boat, pose for a photograph, with the majority of the men and women standing on the canal boat, some on the grass alongside the canal boat, and some on the bridge in the background. Printing information: card number (14817) [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0643ac1.jpg

Title: ARRIVAL OF PILGRIMS BY CANAL BOAT, AURIESVILLE, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0716ac1]
Description: A large group of pilgrims posing on a canal boat and on a bridge in Auriesville, NY. Printing information: card number (14817) [indicated on front only]; Blank space around edges of card
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0716ac1.jpg

Title: Albany Harbor and Steamer Albany, Albany, New York [front caption] (1front) [h0108ac1]
Description: The Albany Steamer cruises in Albany Harbor. There is an apparent pier on the fore left. Albany's cityscape appears dominated by the New York Sate Capitol in the left background. Other blurred vessels are visible in the right background. Printing information: card number (68-9); Trademarks: (IPCN & Co) printed on the lower right corner intertwined; Written message in blank space at bottom of card (Let's take a ride in the boat.)
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Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0108ac1.jpg

Title: Albany, N.Y. Steamer "Morse." [front caption] (1front) [h0126ac1]
Description: The steamer "Morse" travels up the Hudson River past the city of Albany, accompanied by two other boats: a steamer and a side wheeler. The New York State Capitol Building is seen in the background. Blank space for message at bottom of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0126ac1.jp2

Title: Along Erie Canal, Lyons, New York [front caption] (1 front) [e0120ac1]
Description: A team of four horses [two of them white] on a tow path with a driver pulling a canal boat. Buildings and trees line the opposite bank of the canal
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0120ac1.jpg

Title: Along the Barge Canal, Gasport N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [b0031ac1]
Description: What is either a tugboat or a yacht is traveling on the canal towards the bridge. On the right side of the canal a red building with a cupola stands in the background. Debris and grass can be seen in the foreground. On the left side there is a red building with utility poles in the background nearby. A spillway and footbridge are on the left with what seems to be a trail crossing the footbridge.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0031ac1.jpg

Title: Along the Canal, Cohoes, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0137ac1]
Description: Commercial activity along the canal in Cohoes, New York
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0137ac1.jpg

Title: Along the Erie Canal, Schenectady, New York (1front) [e0558ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of a town along the Erie Canal located in Schenectady, N.Y. Buildings [presumably] industrial scene in distance including a large building with a clock tower. Small indescript boats docked along side of canal. [Presumably] red canal boat also docked along the canal. Large bundles of stacked lumber located on land next to canal (indicated on right side of card). Printing Information: card number (371) followed by a dash preceding the title [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0558ac1.jpg

Title: Along the Hudson River. [front caption] (1front) [h0165ac1]
Description: The front of this card depicts a country scene with large rocks, a pathway and handrail along the river, and mountains in the background. A two-masted schooner is sailing in the river. Blank space at bottom of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0165ac1.jpg

Title: Anthony's Nose, Hudson River, Pallisades [sic], Washington's Headquarter [front caption] (1 front) [h0026ac1]
Description: Anthony's Nose, the Hudson River, the cliffs of the Palisades, and George Washington's Headquarters are drawn with a pointillist style in water color washes, and are represented together in juxtaposition with Washington's Headquarters in the center. Written message in blank space on the bottom of card (Does this building look like the church we ate that water-mellon (sic) at. I have not forgotten you girls and the time we had together. Write soon.(,?) Edna Nittero W-Ind.)
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0026ac1.jpg

Title: Approach of a Storm on the Hudson River, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [h0056ac1]
Description: Silhouette of a steamship and a fishing vessel on the Hudson River, with mountains visible in the background and light breaking through storm clouds overhead.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0056ac1.jpg

Title: Aquarium and Fire-boat "New Yorker," New York [front caption] (1front) [h0039ac1]
Description: A view of an aquarium and the fire-boat, the "New Yorker," located on the Hudson River.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0039ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct across the Mohawk at Fort Hunter [front caption] (1front) [e0063ac1]
Description: View of aqueduct during the day. Shallow river in foreground with trees and shrubbery at extreme right and more trees in background; Printing information: (Published for Schoeffler's Book Store, Amsterdam, N. Y.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0063ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct and Dam, Schenectady, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0248ac1]
Description: People observing water flowing through canal and aqueduct
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0248ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct and Fulmer Creek, Mohawk, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0538ac1]
Description: Ducks swimming in Fulmer Creek near an aqueduct located in Mohawk, New York
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0538ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct carrying Erie Canal over Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0231ac1]
Description: A commercial scene of the aqueduct carrying the Erie Canal over the Genesee River; A few trees and shrubbery align the towpath; A number of buildings contain signs [Burke & White Bookbinders, E.R. Andrews Printing Co., The Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, Show Case Works, Store Fixtures]; Message written on front: ["Do you remember ever seeing this, Auntie. Aunt Joss Hattie and Adelia Beach have been here and gone. Papa's legs are bad. Your niece, Babe"] [front]
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Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0231ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct over Genesee River, and Court Street Bridge, Rochester, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0086ac1]
Description: The Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y., with views of the aqueduct and many buildings in the distance.There is some lettering on a building to the right, but it is unclear what it says. It is daytime and there are clouds in the sky. Full-color postcard, likely hand-painted. Printing information: card number (2462) [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0086ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct, Fort Plain, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0066ac1]
Description: A color image of an aqueduct spanning a river. Two people stand on the shore. One appears to be holding a fishing pole. Trees and shrubs appear along the banks of the river. Buildings fill the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0066ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct, Frankfort, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0429ac1]
Description: Aqueduct in Frankfort N.Y. with gravel shoal in foreground.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0429ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct, High Falls, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [d0096ac1]
Description: Daytime view of a bridge over a river; Front caption reads: A-187. Aqueduct, High Falls, N.Y. [bottom of card]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0096ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct, High Falls. N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [d0105ac1]
Description: Panoramic view, color postcard. In the foreground, a river with an aqueduct spanning two tree-lined banks. On the left bank, there is a building just behind the aqueduct, which has a chimney. The reflections of the aqueduct and banks appear in the water. Printing information: card number A-187 [indicated on front and back].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0105ac1.jpg

Title: BIG LOCK, LARGEST LIFT LOCK IN THE WORLD, LITTLE FALLS, New York [front caption printed in red ink] (1front) [b0110ac1]
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.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0110ac1.jpg

Title: BIRD'S EYE VIEW, PORT JERVIS, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [d0106ac1]
Description: Color postcard with panoramic view of canal and city with many buildings and [presumably] railroad facilities.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0106ac1

Title: BLACK RIVER CANAL AND LOCK, BOONVILLE, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [k0002ac1]
Description: Sunrise or sunset view of the Black River canal and lock in Boonville. Railroad tracks and a towpath are seen along the canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: k0002ac1.jpg

Title: BLUFFS ON ERIE CANAL NEAR SCHENECTADY, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0260ac1]
Description: Two people walking on an Erie Canal bridge on a fall day near Schenectady, N.Y. with bluffs lining the left-side of the towpath; Printing information: card number (12457) [indicated on front side only]; Written message: (Most time to come home Jane) at bottom of card
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0260ac1.jpg

Title: BRIDGE OVER HUDSON RIVER. AT POUGHKEEPSIE. [front caption] (1front) [h0096ac1]
Description: In the foreground, several sailboats are traversing the Hudson River. In the middle distance appears a tugboat towing a barge, a ferry crossing the river, and what appears to be a moored line of barges. In the far distance a train chugs across the Poughkeepsie Bridge [also known as Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge, the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge or the High Bridge] near Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Off to the right, slightly obscured by an embankment, is a busy shipyard, presumably part of the town of Poughkeepsie.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0096ac1.jpg

Title: BUFFALO HARBOR FROM MICHIGAN STREET [front caption] (1front) [e0128ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of tugboats and other vessels in harbor with industrial and commercial buildings and "Wheeler" sign on building
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0128ac1.jpg

Title: BUFFALO, N.Y. Erie Canal. [front caption] (1front) [e0107ac1]
Description: Barges along Erie canal at Buffalo, N.Y., with towpath in view and bridge in background; Lake Erie in distance. Printing information: (Printed in Germany) printed sideways, lower right; Trademarks: (RT&S) painted on canvas supported by easel, (ARTISTIC SERIES) printed on artist palette below easel with paintbrushes through finger hole, (TRADEMARK) printed below graphic [located lower left; image partially cut off during scanning] [indicated on front and back]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0107ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Lock, Palmyra, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0035ac1]
Description: View of canal boats [presumably three], with raised cabins, leaving [presumably] Barge Canal lock with one gate closed. Two men [presumably boat workers] are on the deck of one boat and three people [one presumably a woman] are at the top of the lock stairway. Bollards, lock pins, and ropes can be seen. Blue sky with clouds are in background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0035ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Lock, Waterford, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [b0051ac1]
Description: A colored photograph of a barge canal lock [presumably] under construction in Waterford, N.Y.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0051ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Pumping Dredge, Pittsford, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0019ac1]
Description: The canal is in the forefront with the rear view of the drege. The dredge is breaking though the hill to remove dirt from the hill. Visible is the pipe that is pumping out the dirt from the hill to be [presumbly] deposited on shore. Men can be seen in the background working on the canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0019ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal from Bridge, Fulton, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0001ac1]
Description: A view of water control gates [presumably] next to a dam on the Barge Canal in Fulton, N. Y. The river bed is visable in the forefront.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0001ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal from Bridge, Fulton, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0094ac1)
Description: Canal construction on the Oswego section of the Barge Canal in Fulton, N.Y. Dam and spillways control the water flow from the Oswego River to permit presumed construction of a lock at left side of image.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0094ac1.jpg

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