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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 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 SECTION ERIE CANAL, MIDDLEPORT, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0481ac1]
Description: View across the Erie Canal in Middleport, New York, looking towards a row of buildings and docked canal boats, both of which are reflected in the water. The lift bridge is seen in the distance.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0481ac1.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 Tug Tow [handwritten front caption in white ink] (1front) [e0675ac1]
Description: A tugboat releases clouds of black smoke as it passes through a town along the Erie Canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0675ac1.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 Winter Morning on the Harbor [front caption] (1front) [h0169ac1]
Description: A panoramic view of snow In Kingston harbor. Printing information: series number (14 Beautiful Kingston Series) [indicated on front only]. Railroad tracks are visible on the bottom left side of the image. There is a lot of debris within the snow embankments. Signs (e.g SHIP CHANDLERY) are also visible on the surrounding buildings. Copyright symbol next to indiscernible symbol in a circle [possible trademark?] at bottom left below title [indicated on front only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0169ac1.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: ALONG THE ERIE. AT-FULTONVILLE, N.Y. OPPOSITE FONDA. SUN-DRAWING WATER. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0591ar1]
Description: Scene of the Erie Canal in Fultonville, N.Y. It is almost a panoramic photo because there are many different types of houses and buildings, different boats, and different types of trees. There is also a towpath, and utility poles.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0591ar1.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: Across the Bridges, Black River, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [k0001ac1]
Description: Black and white image of two bridges across what is presumably the Black River in New York. The perspective enables viewers to look through both bridges as if they were about to cross them. The foreground of the image is mostly a dirt road or path to the bridges. There are utility poles and houses on the far side of the bridge and the scene feels a bit industrial.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: k0001ac1.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: 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: 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: Animal team pulling a boat in the Erie Canal, N.Y. (1front) [e0507ac1]
Description: Rural view of an animal team on a towpath, towing boats along the canal, and guided by a young man. Telegraph or electric poles dot the landscape in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0507ac1.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, 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: 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 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: BARGE CANAL WORK 10/5/11. NEWARK, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0080ac1]
Description: Sepia image of Barge Canal work in Newark, N.Y.; View of Arcadia National Bank [indiscernible]; Excavation work near railroad tracks. Blank space around edges of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0080ac1.jpg

Title: BELOW LOCK 4 BARGE CANAL WATERFORD N.Y. HUDSON RIVER [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0050ac1]
Description: Scene of a tug along barge on barge canal below lock 4 in Waterford, NY; "BELOW LOCK 4 BARGE CANAL WATERFORD N.Y." is written on the front of the postcard in a different hand and a different ink (white) than "HUDSON RIVER," which is in black ink.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0050ac1.jpg

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: 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: 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. Baldwinsville. N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0047ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of a canal lock located in Baldwinsville, N.Y. Lock house next to a tripod structure located on right side of canal. Buildings seen in the distance also located on the right side of canal. Man on horse driven wagon and various buildings located on the left side of canal. Bridge connecting both sides of canal and utility poles off in the distance.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0047ac1.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 Canal State Ditch New York 8/15/'09 [hand written front caption] (1front) [b0002ac1]
Description: A photographic view, dated 1909-Aug-15, of a dredge loading debris onto train cars at a construction site on the Barge Canal. There is some warping or water damage to the postcard that is evident on both sides of the card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0002ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Works Cartersville, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0103ac1]
Description: Canal construction site at Cartersville, N.Y. with train.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0103ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal, Albion, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [b0108ac1]
Description: Two barges, parked one in front of the other, the first named "ALBION", on the Barge Canal in Albion, New York. A row of houses are on the left side of the canal; a warehouse is on the right side. The barge canal is lined with utility poles on both sides. The boats appear to be tied to utility poles instead of snubbing posts. Houses and a bridge are featured in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0108ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal, Albion, N.Y. [front caption] (2back) (b0108ac2)
Description: Postal data: unmarked, unposted; Postcard type: divided back [dotted line]; Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; No message; No addressee. [Possibly an undivided back card that was later printed over with dividing line.]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0108ac2.jpg

Title: Barge Canal, Spencerport, N.Y….[typed portion of front caption] (1front) [b0086ac1]
Description: Small sepia photograph of Barge Canal affixed to top front with decorative border, and poem below, most printed in green ink (G) in red ink. Poem [in decorative typeface] reads: "Greetings warm I send to you, With a charming photo view Of a very pretty spot, Full of sweet forget-me-not. Copyrighted 1912 by E.? A. Hubold." In the photograph, there are two workboats moored side by side in the canal. One boat has a crane on it and the other has a shed on board. The banks of the canal have [presumably] rock fill embankments
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0086ac1.jpg

Title: Barge anchored in canal with several passengers from stopped train on barge and on embankment, in rural scene[untitled] (1front) [e0414ac1]
Description: Barge on canal with railroad in background and passengers on barge, on train, and walking in grassy area in front of stopped train.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0414ac1.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: Bennett Bros.' Canal Store, Eagle Harbor, New York [front caption, printed in red ink] (1front) [e0687ac1]
Description: Postcard shows canal boats passing under a bridge near a store on the Erie Canal in Eagle Harbor, N.Y.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0687ac1.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: Big Nose, Erie Canal and W.S.R.R. --In the Mohawk Valley, Sprakers, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0574ac1]
Description: Scenic view of the Big Nose, Erie Canal in Sprakers, New York. Abundant greenery surrounds the area which includes an endless waterway and mountainous views on a picture-perfect day.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0574ac1.jpg

Title: Big Nose: Sprakers, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0251ac1]
Description: "Big Nose: Sprakers, N.Y." [handwritten on front of card] Rural scene of mountain, bridge and buildings along canal
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0251ac1.jpg

Title: Bird's Eye View of Wilburs Basin, showing the Hudson River and Champlain Canal, Wilburs Basin, N.Y. Famous Revolutionary Territory. [front caption] (1front) [c0051ac1]
Description: Aerial view of area near Hudson River and Champlain Canal in Wilburs Basin, New York, with buildings in foreground and pastoral scene in background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0051ac1.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: 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: Break in Canal - Bushnell's Basin, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0592ac1]
Description: Photograph of damage from a break in the Erie Canal in Buchnell's Basin area. One man and one woman stand in distance, beyond the break damage, and in front of several buildings. According to research (see references) there have been several breaks in the canal in this area.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0592ac1.jpg

Title: Bridge Hotel and Grand Theatre, Frankfort, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0664ac1]
Description: Black and White photograph with Bridge Hotel and Grand Theater at the foot of a Bridge and walk way.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0664ac1.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

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