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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 D.O.T. TUG PASSES THE WEIGHTLOCK BUILDING, CA.1900: [front caption] (1front) [e0332ac1]
Description: A D.O.T. tugboat passes the weightlock building in Syracuse, N.Y. on the Erie Canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0332ac1.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 Winter Morning on the Harbor [front caption] (1front) [e0505ac1]
Description: A view of the Erie Canal at Oriskany N.Y showing tow paths with rows of buildings on each side with a typical canal bridge in the distance. A houseboat is moored on one side of the canal. There is a white house with a dark roof and a shaded porch near the tow path on the left side of the canal. Several industrial buildings bearing smokestacks are visible adjacent to the house in the foreground.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0505ac1.jpg

Title: A. View. On. Barge. Canal. Near. Mechanicsville. N.Y. 3M [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0017ac1]
Description: This picture postcard card shows men working on railroad tracks in a railroad yard on the Barge Canal in Mehcanicsville, N.Y. Snow is on the ground with bare trees in the background and houses near the railroad tracks. (3M) is handwritten below caption [presumably meaning 3 men]. Two steam locomotives can be seen in the picture. There are two tall smokestacks, one emiting smoke, on a large building on the left side of the card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0017ac1.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: ALONG THE BLACK RIVER CANAL PORT LEYDEN N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [k0008ac1]
Description: A black & white panoramic view of a bridge over a section of the Black River Canal in Port Leyden New York as handwritten on the front of the postcard. Behind the bridge is a huge advertisement painted on a building that reads; A.J. SCHRODER FLOOR FEED GRAIN [indiscernible]. Two girls stand on far left side of the bridge.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: k0008ac1.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: 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.)
Type: text, still image
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 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: An aqueduct and bridge running over a river (1front) [e0285ac1]
Description: View of an aquaduct and bridge running over a river. A man is crossing the bridge, and a town appears off in the background. [White border].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0285ac1.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]
Type: text, still image
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: BARGE CANAL & PITTSFORD MILLS, PITTSFORD, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [b0018ac1]
Description: This card shows a view of Barge Canal with a wood canal boat on the right side of the canal. The boat is named "DOLPHIN OF ALBY, N.Y. N.Y." It is tied up to the shore and there seems to be another canal boat in front of it. There is a three story building with an awning on the left side of the canal connecting to a grain elevator or flour mill [presumably]. Three storage tanks [presumed] can be seen to the right of the building. There are two waterfront sheds [presumably] to the left of the elevator/mill that have powerlines behind them. Trees and shrubs can be seen in the distance and some are grown right on the tip on the land near the canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0018ac1.jpg

Title: BARGE CANAL LOCKS BALDWINSVILLE, NY [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0055ac1]
Description: View of Lock number 24 and surrounding area in Baldwinsville, NY with men working on two barges and the lock. Location information was handwritten on the front of the postcard. No publishing or printing information listed.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0055ac1.jpg

Title: BARGE CANAL LOCKS WHITEHALL, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [c0024ac1]
Description: Barges docked near a bridge and locks at Whitehall, New York. Commercial facilities are on the opposite bank.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0024ac1.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, EAST AND WEST SIDES, WHITEHALL, N.Y. [front caption] (1 front) [c0092ac1]
Description: Aerial view of the east and west sides of the town of Whitehall, New York, divided by the Champlain Canal, with rolling hills in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0092ac1.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: BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF CLYDE, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0426ac1]
Description: An aerial view of the Erie canal. On both sides of the canal are roads lined with utility poles. In the distant background are trees, houses and industrial facilities.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0426ac1.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: BROOKLYN BRIDGE, NEW YORK. [front caption] (1front) [h0168ac1]
Description: This portrait view depicts the Brooklyn Bridge, industrial buildings in lower Manhattan, and boats in the New York City harbor. Blank space at bottom of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0168ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Operations, Baldwinsville. N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0049ac1]
Description: A work crew excavating with steam shovels and other construction equipment in the middle of a town. Printed on the side of the steam shovel is (Scott Bros. and Falcouner, General Contractors); Printing information: SMITH DRUG CO. SERIES [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0049ac1.jpg

Title: Barge and Old Champlain Canal, Whitehall, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [c0002ac1]
Description: View of train on a railway with the Old Champlain Canal to the left and a river to the right, with houses and two bridges in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0002ac1.jpg

Title: Bascule Bridge over Oswego Canal, Syracuse, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [w0017ac1]
Description: Close-up view of the Bascule drawbridge raised over the Oswego Canal in Syracuse, New York while a boat passes through and people wait to cross to the other side.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: w0017ac1.jpg

Title: Bascule Bridge over Oswego Canal, Syracuse, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [w0020ac1]
Description: Bascule Bridge over Oswego Canal; bridge is raised to allow a tugboat passage; lower left hand of card has people gathered to watch. Printing information: card number (2165) in white lettering in lower right hand corner [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: w0020ac1.jpg

Title: Big Bridge, (Widest Bridge in the World), Lockport, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0318ac1]
Description: Bridge scene with people and animal teams on a wide bridge in foreground, a railroad bridge and commercial facilities in the background
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0318ac1.jpg

Title: Bird's Eye View, Albion, N.Y., showing Polish Church and School, Erie Canal, Old Mill and Stone Crushed in the distance. [front caption] (1front) [e0431ac1]
Description: View of Albion,New York with the Erie Canal in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0431ac1.jpg

Title: Bird's Eye View, looking south. Rochester, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0085ac1]
Description: Aerial view of the city of Rochester, New York. Street scenes; rooftops; commercial buildings; automobiles; advertising (John Hofman Company: Showcase Works, Fixtures and Fittings); blank space at bottom of card; caption printed in blank space (Bird's Eye View looking south. Rochester, N.Y.); signature (Maude B.P.) written in blank space.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0085ac1.jpg

Title: Bird's-eye View, Fort Plain, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0011ac1]
Description: Aerial view of the town of Fort Plain, N.Y. including the canal and bridges.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0011ac1.jpg

Title: Birds Eye view of Herkimer, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0620ac1]
Description: Aerial view of the town of Herkimer N.Y. Smokestack in foreground painted with text reading (GEM KNITTING CO.) Wide stretch of railroad tracks appear to sever canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0620ac1.jpg

Title: Birds' eye view, showing Falls and Erie Canal, Medina, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0266ac1]
Description: Birds' eye view, showing Falls and Erie Canal with bridge, spillway and industrial scene in background
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0266ac1.jpg

Title: Black River Canal, Rome, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [k0010ac1]
Description: A view looking down the Black River Canal in Rome, New York. There is a towpath on the right that begins in the lower corner of the post card and disappears into the horizon in the center of the post card. There is [presumably] a lock next to the building on the left with a water spilling over the lock. On the right side there are a row of buildings and a street that leads to a bridge. There is [presumably] a foot path on the left side that leads from the house that is also parallel to a stream. There are six wavy marks that is [presumably] from a postmark.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: k0010ac1.jpg

Title: Black River Canal, Rome, New York [front caption] (1front) [k0005ac1]
Description: An illustrated color postcard showing a canal lock and towpath near several houses (on both sides of the canal), with trees, grass and shrubbery growing all around. A brick wall and railing separate the canal and towpath from several houses on the right, with one house on the left. There is also a railroad bridge in the background. Printing information: card number (M12894) [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: k0005ac1.JPG

Title: Bridge Square, Ilion, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0327ac1]
Description: View of Bridge Square at Ilion, N. Y. Card shows a lift bridge, a bicycle, wagons with passengers and commercial buildings in background. 217603 printed in lower right corner [presumably card number and indicated on front side only]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0327ac1.jpg

Title: Bridge Street Bridge, Sececa Falls. N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [s0029ac1]
Description: View of Bridge Street along the canal with a bridge on the right in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Written message in blank space at bottom of card (I cross this bridge every morning on my way to school. When are you and [indiscernible] coming to see me? Am quite anxious for a letter. Miss Van 6/5/07).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: s0029ac1.jpg

Title: Bridge Street, showing Seneca Canal and Seneca Falls Mfg. Co., Seneca Falls, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [s0030ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of Seneca Falls Manufacturing Company's building along the Seneca Canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: s0030ac1.jpg

Title: Bridges across Erie Canal and Clyde River, Lyons, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0195ac1]
Description: Horse carriage crossing bridge over Erie Canal, Lyons, N.Y. [front]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0195ac1.jpg

Title: Broadway Bridge looking West, Fulton, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0398ac1]
Description: A trolley crosses the Erie Canal on Broadway Bridge
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0398ac1.jpg

Title: Broadway from Bridge, Whitehall, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [c0078ac1]
Description: View of Whitehall, N.Y. with canal in foreground with a boat. The water has reflections of the hill and the boat. Waterfront cityscape of buildings at the base of a tree-covered hill. There is a path running next to the canal with a utility pole; railroad tracks run parallel to the path. A sign in the foreground reads "E.P. Manville, Drugs, Medicines, Paints & Oils" Image is a greenish tinted black and white.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0078ac1.jpg

Title: Brooklyn Bridge, New York. [top] Williamsburg Bridge, New York. [bottom] [front caption] (1front) [h0099ac1]
Description: Two pictures of bridges on the East River, tiled vertically on a card with portrait orientation. On the top is a color image of Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East River, with a view of Brooklyn Heights in the foreground and the Manhattan skyline in the distance. On the bottom is a color image of multistory apartment buildings and warehouses in Brooklyn near the base of the Williamsburg Bridge. The East River and Manhattan are visible in the distance, but partially blocked from view by the bridge.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0099ac1.jpg

Title: Burning the Canal Boats that were wrecked by break in the Erie Canal on July 30, 1907, Syracuse, N. Y.[front caption] (1front) [e0193ac1]
Description: Wreckage and burning of boats after break in the Erie Canal in Syracuse, N.Y., on July 30, 1907, with people on a street
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0193ac1.jpg

Title: CANAL AT ILION, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0413ac1]
Description: 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]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0413ac1.jpg

Title: CANAL BOATS. BUFFALO, New York [front caption] (1 front) [e0119ac1]
Description: Colorful striped canal boats are tied in a row together extending away from the pier with buildings in the background. Sailboats and a Paddle wheel steamboat are visible in the distance. Printing information: card number (11613) [indicated on front side only]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0119ac1.jpg

Title: CANAL FROM GENESEE STREET LOOKING EAST, UTICA, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0369ac1]
Description: View along the Canal with commercial buildings on either side and utility poles running along the left side of street. Numerous signs on warehouses/buildings. City scene in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0369ac1

Title: CANAL LIFT BRIDGE, FORT PLAIN, N.Y. "2P. [front caption] (1front) [e0402ac1]
Description: View of street leading onto and going across a lift bridge in Fort Plain, N.Y. A man and two children are on the left side, walking down the sidewalk. A horse is in the foreground.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0402ac1.jpg

Title: CANAL ST., WHITEHALL, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [c0034ac1]
Description: Street scene along the Champlain Canal in Whitehall, N.Y.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0034ac1.jpg

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