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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: Aquarium and Fire-boat "New Yorker," New York [front caption] (2back) [h0039ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked (SPRINGFIELD, JAN 4, 8-30P; BELCH?, 1908, JAN 4, 6PM, MASS), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (This side may be used for correspondence; This space for address only); Printing information: card number (569); Logo (Post Card) in stylized lettering; Written message (Jan 4, 1908, We received the things you sent yesterday. Will write the first of the week as usual. From your loving, Mother); Addressess (Miss Fannie E. Thayer, 29 Woodside Terrace, Springfield, Mass.); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front [slight miscut of stamp]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0039ac2.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: BROOKLYN BRIDGE, NEW YORK. [front caption] (2back) [h0168ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked [flag postmark]; (VINCENNES OCT 8, 1907? IND), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE; FOR ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (POST CARD); Written message (Hello Anna, Almost cold enough for overcoats again, eh! I have all of those pictures now. Something about each one to make you grin. Perhaps I shall see you tomorrow night. Good-day.) Addressee (Miss Anna Abenchain, Vincennes, Indiana, R.R. No. 5).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0168ac2.jpg

Title: CLYDE STEAMSHIP CO. S.S. ARAPAHOE General Offices: Pier 36 North River - Branch 290 Broadway - New York [front caption] (1front) [h0089ac1]
Description: The Clyde Steamship Co.'s steamship the S. S. Arapahoe in New York harbor. An Art Deco-style decorative border includes a sailboat in the upper left corner, an anchor in the lower left corner, a buoy in the lower right, and a lighthouse in the upper right.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0089ac1.jpg

Title: CLYDE STEAMSHIP CO. S.S. ARAPAHOE General Offices: Pier 36 North River - Branch 290 Broadway - New York [front caption] (2back) [c0089ac2]
Description: Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (Stamp, Domestic 1c, Foreign 2c, Oswald Press, N. Y.) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back (Correspondence; Address only); Logo (POST CARD); no message; no addressee.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0089ac2.jpg

Title: Fire Boat New Yorker, Battery Landing, New York [front caption] (1front) [h0059ac1]
Description: Close-up view of Fire Boat station and pier area at Battery Landing, New York
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0059ac1.jpg

Title: Governors Island, New York City [front caption] (1front) [h0029ac1]
Description: Two boats in New York harbor. On the left, an indeterminate boat with an American flag raised carried numerous passengers. Center is the [Castle Williams] with an American flag raised. In the foreground center, heading to the right, is a tugboat with passengers, also with an American flag raised. Printing information: card number (64); National Art Views Co. N. Y. City [indicated on front side only]; Written message in blank space at bottom of card (Statue of Liberty Oct. 17-03 Left our baggage on the Savannah boat this A. M. Leave N. Y. 3. P. M. All O. K. H. U. T.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0029ac1.jpg

Title: Governors Island, New York City [front caption] (2back) [h0029ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked (NEW YORK N. Y. STAS OCT 17 2:30 PM 1903; HARTFORD CONN. OCT 17 10 PM 1903); stamp; Postcard type: undivided back; (THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS.); Logo (POST CARD); Addressee (Mrs. Chas. L. Tecttle 47 Blue Hills Ave Hartford, Conn.); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0029ac2.jpg

Title: HARBOR SCENE NEW YORK [front caption] (1 front) (h0063ac1)
Description: A large ocean liner (Kaiser Wilhelm) with passengers in the middle of the New York Harbor, surrounded by five ferries. Two more ships are in the distance, one on either side. In the background are the skyscrapers. Written message in the blank space on the side of card (Dear Gertrude I got home safe. and, I am enjoying working very much as eaver [sic] yours Arthur. My address 125 West 10 St. N.Y. City).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0063ac1.jpg

Title: HARBOR SCENE NEW YORK [front caption] (1front) [h0107ac1]
Description: The Kaiser Wilhelm II ocean liner, flying the German and possibly US flags, flanked by tugboats in a murky New York Harbor scene. Smoke billows from numerous smokestacks. A ferry is visible in the left background with city buildings rising behind it. Other large undefined vessels are partially visible far into the right background. Blank space for message at side of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0107ac1.jpg

Title: HARBOR SCENE NEW YORK [front caption] (2back) [h0063ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with letters I & C] (NEW YORK, N.Y. STA. O, JUN 28, 10--AM, 1906), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (This Side for the Address Only); Logo (POST CARD); Trademarks: Stylized eagle and flag badge superimposed on laurel branch and arrows [Apparent trademark of Illustrated Postal Card Co.]; Addressee (Miss Fucessel Hicksvill [sic] Long Island); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0063ac2.jpg

Title: HARBOR SCENE NEW YORK [front caption] (2back) [h0107ac2]
Description: Postal data: unmarked, unposted (PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE, DOMESTIC AND CANADA ONE CENT, FOREIGN TWO CENTS); Postcard type: undivided back (This Side for the Address Only); Logo (POST CARD); Trademarks: Stylized eagle and flag badge superimposed on laurel branch and arrows [Apparent trademark of Illustrated Postal Card Co.]; No addressee.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0107ac2.jpg

Title: HUDSON RIVER AND GRANT'S TOMB. RIVERSIDE DRIVE. NEW YORK (2back) [h0070ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked ([C embedded in larger postmark] New York, N.Y., Aug 23, 10AM, 19[?]), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE; ADDRESS); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Printed message (In leaving New York for a trip up the Hudson River on one of the evening streamers, the panorama of the towering skyline, the busy river where the world's most famous streamers are lined up at their piers, the ferries busily crossing in each direction, the magnificent view of Riverside Drive lined with palatial residences and apartment houses combine to impress upon the mind the awe-inspiring greatness of the metropolis of the new world. Grant's Tomb, is passed just before the steamer stops at the 129th Street landing on its way up the river and the searchlight usually does not miss the opportunity to illumine the imposing structure.); Printing information: card number (N.Y. 331); Written message (Will soon Be home Jean?); Addressee (Miss Doris Budley? 1616 Clarence Ave Lakewood Ohio); George Washington one cent stamp in profile.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0070ac2.jpg

Title: HUDSON RIVER AND GRANT'S TOMB. RIVERSIDE DRIVE. NEW YORK. [front caption] (1front) [h0070ac1]
Description: A steamship named the BERKSHIRE sailing on the Hudson River by Riverside Drive in the evening.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0070ac1.jpg

Title: Harbor Scene, New York [front caption] (1front) [h0102ac1]
Description: View of New York harbor. In the center is the ocean liner, Kaiser Wilhelm II, accompanied by five visible tugboats and various other vessels. The image is framed in gold on a woodgrain background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0102ac1.jpg

Title: Harbor Scene, New York [front caption] (2back) [h0102ac2]
Description: Postal data; posted; postmarked [wavy postmark with letters I & C] (NEW YORK, N.Y. STA. G., AUG 14, 9-PM, 1910); stamp; postcard type: divided back (This side for Correspondence.; This side for Address.); Logo (POSTCARD); Written message (Kindest regards from all. Jim); Addressee (Mrs. J. Tropiano, Box 416, Callicoon, N.Y.); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp in profile.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0102ac2.jpg

Title: Henry Hudson's Half Moon. Discovery of the Hudson River 1609. [front caption] (1front) [h0018ac1]
Description: Several Native Americans are visible on a cliff with a tipi, a horse or mule; trees, rocks, and bushes over looking an incoming sailing ship. Two Native Americans are riding on a canoe toward the ship. There are mountains in the far background and a sepia portrait of Henry Hudson inside an oval on the top corner of card. The graphics of the card are embossed. Printing information: PAINTING ONLY COPYRIGHTED BY [indiscernible]SEPH KOENLER 1909. [indicated on front only]., Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (Place Stamp Here - Domestic One Cent - Foreign Two Cents) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: series number (Par Excellence Series Hudson River No. 2.); Printed in Germany; Logo (POST CARD); No message; Addressee (Mamie 9/29/09.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0018ac2.jpg

Title: Henry Hudson's Half Moon. Discovery of the Hudson River 1609. [front caption] (1front) [h0018ac1]
Description: Several Native Americans are visible on a cliff with a tipi, a horse or mule; trees, rocks, and bushes over looking an incoming sailing ship. Two Native Americans are riding on a canoe toward the ship. There are mountains in the far background and a sepia portrait of Henry Hudson inside an oval on the top corner of card. The graphics of the card are embossed. Printing information: PAINTING ONLY COPYRIGHTED BY [indiscernible]SEPH KOENLER 1909. [indicated on front only]., Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (Place Stamp Here - Domestic One Cent - Foreign Two Cents) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: series number (Par Excellence Series Hudson River No. 2.); Printed in Germany; Logo (POST CARD); No message; Addressee (Mamie 9/29/09.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0018ac1.jpg

Title: LOWER NEW YORK FROM THE BAY [front caption] (1front) [h0178ac1]
Description: Color view of the lower Manhattan New York City Skyline from the bay looking north with a battleship at left and five smaller boats in the distance at right. Printing information: card number (71974) [indicated on front only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0178ac1.jpg

Title: LOWER NEW YORK FROM THE BAY [front caption] (2back) [h0178ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked (NEW YORK, N.Y.); stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR THE ADDRESS.; THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR MESSAGE.); Printing information: card number (71974); Logo (POST CARD); Trademarks: "PHOSTINT"; Written message (Monday eve. Dear Mother Am with B. and will stay in New Rochelle to-night. Have taken medi-cal, oral, and written exam, and will take class test where I have to teach to-morrow morning after which I am going to run over to East Orange N.J. to see about a history position which I heard of to-day. Expect to get back in time for the six o'clock train Tuesday eve. F. E. Dales [written in upper right corne] Tell H. and D. I wish them a happy birth-day. F.E.D.); Addressee (Mrs. Fred Dales 13 Waverly Pl. Schenectady, N.Y., MAY 12, 1919)
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Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0178ac2.jpg

Title: LUSITANIA ENTERING New York HARBOR ON HER MAIDEN TRIP SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1907 [front caption] (1front) [h0030ac1]
Description: Several boats of different makes and sizes are sailing in the distance of New York Harbor with an indiscernible horizon of trees or cityscape in the distance behind them. Smaller tugboats and steamboats appear on the side of the card, while the Lusitania ocean liner is in center frame. In the side foreground is a large brick red building with several windows [believed to be the Aquarium]. Adjacent to this building is a large, grassy area and pedestrian walkways with lots of people. On the other side of the card above the grassy area is another building [believed to be the Fire Station and wharves]. A description is printed above the printing information in the bottom corner (THE LUSITANIA'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN NEW YORK HARB [indiscernible] Sep? 13, 1907). Printing information: card number (618); COPYRIGHTED 1907, R. [indiscernible]. J. H. PRINCE, ARLINGTON. N. J. [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0030ac1.jpg

Title: LUSITANIA ENTERING New York HARBOR ON HER MAIDEN TRIP SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1907 [front caption] (2back) [h0030ac2]
Description: Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (Place Stamp here - DOMESTIC ONE CENT - FOREIGN TWO CENTS) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back; (This space may be used for Correspondence; ADDRESS); Logo (Post Card) in stylized lettering superimposed on three decorative lines; No message; No addressee.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0030ac2.jpg

Title: NEW YORK & BROOKLYN BRIDGE [portion of front caption] (1front) [h0179ac1]
Description: Caption on original reads: "NEW YORK & BROOKLYN BRIDGE" [top of card]; "BROOKLYN BRIDGE FROM NEW YORK, IRVING UNDERHILL, 17 PARK PLACE, New York" [bottom of card]. This image depicts a bustling New York Harbor scene, specifically of the East River looking from Manhattan into Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Bridge features prominently in the image, and signage in the foreground reads Hartford and Middletown Direct Line. The paddlewheeler Harlem can be seen by the waterfront, along with many other ships and ferries.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0179ac1.jpg

Title: NEW YORK & BROOKLYN BRIDGE [portion of front caption] (2back) [h0179ac2]
Description: Postal data: unmarked, unposted; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: Logo (Post Card); No Message; No Address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0179ac2.jpg

Title: NEW YORK HARBOR AT NIGHT [front caption] (2back) [h0007ac2]
Description: Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE - DOMESTIC AND CANADA ONE CENT - FOREIGN TWO CENTS) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: undivided back (This Side for the Address Only.); Trademarks: Eagle and flag badge illustration with laurel branch and arrows upper left; Logo (POST CARD)
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0007ac2.jpg

Title: NEW YORK HARBOR FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE [front caption] (1front) [h0087ac1]
Description: Busy harbor scene. Dozens of varied types of vessels moored at crowded piers. Sailboat mast and tugboat in foreground; Written message in blank space at left and top [written sideways] (August 22, 1904. I arrived home safe. It has been very hot today. I should like to be on the boat again with the old party. Hope you are well. Give my regards to any of the "Indians" you happen to meet. Mrs. C.F. Crosby, 94 S Amsterdam Ave. N.S.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0087ac1.jpg

Title: NEW YORK HARBOR FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE [front caption] (2back) [h0087ac2]
Description: Postal data: unmarked, unposted (Place 2 cents Stamp here) printed inside art deco octagonal stamp box decorated with scroll work; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (SOUVENIR CARD) printed under stylized flower in circle with decorative bars; Addressee (Miss Barrett, 419 West 10th Street, Erie, Pa).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0087ac2.jpg

Title: New York City and Harbor from Statue of Liberty [back caption] (2back) [h0067ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (E. WEY STA? 1905, M.A. ); Postcard type: undivided back; (THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS); Printing information: series number (No. 653); Logo (POST CARD); Addressee (Hattie Hueltick, 120 Dunham Ave., Cleveland, Ohio); Postcard collecting club stamp The Postal Union of America "We Circle The Globe," Philadelphia, U.S.A., Executive Offices; Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0067ac2.jpg

Title: New York City and Harbor from Statue of Liberty [front caption] (1front) [h0067ac1]
Description: View of New York City and Harbor, and the Hudson River, from the Statue of Liberty. Written message on blank space on bottom of card (Please exchange Thelma Stevens, East Weymouth, Mass).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0067ac1.jpg

Title: New York Harbor, N.Y. City. (1front) [h0093ac1]
Description: Pictured is an aerial view of bustling New York City harbor. Various boats and ships ply the harbor in the foreground and midground, and the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are visible in the background. Prominently featured is the famous sidewheeler, the General Slocum, which caught fire in 1904. [This was widely termed the biggest disaster to be visited upon New York City until 2001.] Other vessels include a tugboat towing a barge, a distant steamship and several other ships and sailboats. In the foreground is Fort Clinton Monument, a park, and several busy approaches to the harbor with numerous people and horse-drawn carriages. The card is annotated with several stars and handwritten notes indicating various landmarks: (S. liberty X, old castle garden now aquarium X, and -fireboat X) A star is drawn next to General Slocum as an indicator that this is the point of interest to which the main message refers. Written message on face of card: (This Steamer * is the General Slocum. Remember on the 15 of June 1904 so many lives were lost on it as it took fire. the whole city morned [sic] then + still hold memorial day each year. the city erected a monument in Luthern cemetry [sic] for the dear lost ones. When you come to N.Y. again we will go their [sic]. Love to all. Katie.)
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0093ac1.jpg

Title: New York Harbor, N.Y. City. (2back) [h0093ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark at side; straight line postmark with numeral 1 within] (NEW YORK, N.Y., SEP 27, 330 PM, 1906; MANSFIELD, OHIO, SEP 28, 9 AM, 1906), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back; (This side for the Address.); Printing information: card number (D 86); Logo (POST CARD); Trademarks: (THE R CO.; SOL-ART PRINTS) within sun-like decorative circle printed in bottom left corner; Addressee (Miss Elizabeth Bonin, 232. So. Adams st., Mansfield, Ohio.); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0093ac2.jpg

Title: New York, 250 years ago. [front caption] (1front) [h0031ac1]
Description: Several ships are sailing in a body of water near docks and the shore of a burgeoning town that lies off in the horizon line. Most ships are situated closer to the shore, yet a couple of larger ships with their sterns toward the viewer sail across the frame from right to left. The majority of ships have the port side visible in the image. Printing information: card number (NO. 667) [indicated on front side only]; Blank space around edges of card; Written message in blank space at bottom of card (Stuart, your postal received, you must be sure and write or send Allawishes a postal he is looking for one, dont [sic] forget it. All well, direct it [indiscernible] N.Y. Foundling Hospital 68th St Lex.+ 3rd Ave. A. Appleton. Shall look for letter soon. All send love. Mamma.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0031ac1.jpg

Title: New York, 250 years ago. [front caption] (2back) [h0031ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked (NEW YORK, N. Y. [?]TA. Y, JUL [?], 8 30PM, 1907); stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS.); [Royal Coat of Arms located bottom left corner]; Logo (Post Card POSTAL CARD – CARTE POSTALE.) in stylized lettering; Addressee (Master Stuart L. Yates. Randall. Montgimery [sic] Co. N.Y. C/o Schwyler.); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0031ac2.jpg

Title: New York; from North River; showing Brooklyn Bridge [front caption] (1front) [h0053ac1]
Description: Black and white photographic image of various ships in the New York harbor with the city skyline and Brooklyn Bridge in the background; Written message in blank space at bottom and side of card [indiscernible].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0053ac1.jpg

Title: New York; from North River; showing Brooklyn Bridge [front caption] (2back) [h0053ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked [straight lines with (COLLEGE?) embedded in the postmark] (NEW YORK, N.Y., OCT 4, 12-PM, 1907; SOUTH MANCHESTER, CONN., OCT 5, 1907, 12 M REC'D), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back; (THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY); Printing information: series number (No. 228); Logo (POST CARD); Addressee (Miss Sigrid Jahnsson, South Manchester, c/o Miss A.W. Cherry, Conn., Mr. [indiscernible] Landsmann written in reverse above addressee); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0053ac2.jpg

Title: Pennsylvania R.R. under the Hudson River, New York City. [front caption] (1front) [h0114ac1]
Description: Caption on original reads "PENNSYLVANIA R.R. TUNNEL, UNDER THE HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK CITY. The Pennsylvania Tunnel runs under the Hudson River from the New Pennsylvania Station at Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street to New Jersey. They are 60 feet below the surface. All trains coming into the R.R. Station through the tunnels are drawn by Electric Motors the change being made at the Manhattan Transfer, just East of Newark, N.J." The image on the postcard is bisected horizontally. The image on the bottom half of the card depicts a crossection view of the Pennsylvania R.R. Tunnel showing two railroad trains within two tunnels. The image on the top half of the card depicts the waterway on top of the railroad tunnels and shows various vessels crossing the waterway. There also appears to be a small part of the cityscape visible on the right hand side of the waterway image.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0114ac1.jpg

Title: Pennsylvania R.R. under the Hudson River, New York City. [front caption] (2back) [h0114ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked (SQ. STA. NY., 2, AUG 4, 12 M. 1922); Postcard Type: divided back; (This Space For Writing; This Side For The Address); Logo (POST CARD); Written message b[written sideways] (I expect to be going thru one of these, homeward bound, 'eve long. Edna R.); Addressee (Mr. Paul Kost[e]nbaude[r], Mooresburg,Pa.); [possible smudged fingerprint at top?]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0114ac2.jpg

Title: Queensboro Bridge Over Blackwell's Island East River, New York. (1front) [h0166ac1]
Description: Color postcard depicting a waterfront view of a steamship on the East River under the Queensboro bridge over Blackwell's Island.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0166ac1.jpg

Title: Queensboro Bridge Over Blackwell's Island, East River, New York. (2back) [h0166ac2]
Description: Caption on original reads: "QUEENSBORO BRIDGE, OVER BLACKWELL'S ISLAND, EAST RIVER, NEW YORK. Blackwell's Island Bridge extends over the East River from E. 59th Street and 2nd Ave., Manhattan, to Jane and Academy Streets, Long Island City. It is a great cantilever structure, costing $25,000,000, and rests on six masonry piers. It is 7636 feet long, west span 1182, clear height over channels 135 feet, height of Island tower 324 feet, width 86 feet, two decks with 53 foot road."; Postal data: posted, postmarked [flag postmark] (EAST ORANGE, N.J., 8-18? 1919?) [indiscernible date and time], stamp; Postcard type: divided back [arrow dividing back of card] (This space for the message); Printing information: card number (N.Y. 346); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Written message [written sideways] (If I don't come home tomorrow I will phone at mid-night. Love Dales F.); Addressee (Mrs. Fred Dales, 13 Waverly Place, Schenectady, N.Y.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0166ac2.jpg

Title: RIVER FRONT LOWER HARBOR [front caption] (1front) [h0174ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of the river front of the lower Hudson River with a scene of various buildings in the background. Tugboats and other boats in the foreground. A drawing of the Statue of Liberty is in the lower left of the card. In the upper left of the card is a stylized eagle and flag badge superimposed on a laurel branch. Written message on blank space at bottom of card (On board. Ready to start. God bless you all. We are all well. Met Mr. [indiscernible]. Had good visit. [indiscernible]. Chas.)
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0174ac1.jpg

Title: RIVER FRONT, NEW YORK [front caption] (1front) [h0091ac1]
Description: The river front of lower Manhattan at sunset, dominated by skyscrapers and a large ship, with a sailboat centered in the foreground. The top of the Woolworth Building is visible, as is a dock building which may be the Staten Island Ferry Terminal; written message in blank space at bottom of card (Dear sister we are coming home Fred).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0091ac1.jpg

Title: RIVER FRONT, NEW YORK [front caption] (2back) [h0091ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked (NEW YORK, N.Y., SEP 16, 6:30 PM, 1906); stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (This Side for the Address Only): Logo (POST CARD) printed to the left is a graphic of an eagle holding a badge-shaped flag emblem; Addressee (Miss Abbie E Cook, Cumberland Road, Woonsocket, RI); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0091ac2.jpg

Title: STR. "WASHINGTON IRVING" ON THE HUDSON RIVER [front caption] (1front) [h0019ac1]
Description: The steamboat (side wheeler) named Washington Irving is sailing through the Hudson River with trees, hills, and distant houses in the background. Many passengers are evident riding in the bow. Barely visible circular postmark at the top center of the card. Printing information: card number (71374) [indicated on front side only]; Blank space around edges of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0019ac1.jpg

Title: STR. "WASHINGTON IRVING" ON THE HUDSON RIVER [front caption] (2back) [h0019ac2]
Description: Postal data: posted, postmarked (NEWBURGH. N. Y. SEP 5 2-PM 1923); stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR MESSAGE.; THIS SPACE FOR THE ADDRESS); Logo (POST CARD)in stylized lettering; Trademarks: ("PHOSTINT" TRADE MARK [indiscernible] U.S. PAT. OFF.); Written message (Having a good time while you are working From the Kids); Addressee (Mr. F.J. Burbank. 448 Washington Ave [indiscernible] Port ? Richmond S. I. N. Y.); George Washington one cent stamp in profile.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0019ac2.jpg

Title: Sky Line, New York City. [back caption] (2back) [h0116ac2]
Description: Caption on original reads "Showing skyline of Manhattan from Jersey City. Manhattan Island 19,65 square miles, was purchased in 1626 from Indians for about $24,00, land value now $4,020,000,000. total realty value with improvements, is $6,075,000,000. an average of $432,000. per acre. The Island has 2,331,542 inhabitants, the lower end has an office population of 400,000 land there is worth from $200 to $600 per square foot and office space rents at from $1 to $40 per square foot."; Postal data: unmarked, unposted (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 FOR THE ADDRESS); Printing Information: card number (R - 66773); Logo (POST CARD); No Message; No Address
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0116ac2.jpg

Title: Sky Line, New York City. [front caption] (1front) [h0116ac1]
Description: A clear view of the New York City skyline against a blue sky with white clouds from Jersey City. There are several boats in the harbor. One boat is emerging from one of four covered docks situated near the center of the coastline. Credit for the image is noted as Irving Underhill.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0116ac1.jpg

Title: THE ENTRANCE OF THE "HALF MOON" INTO NEW YORK HARBOR [back caption] (1front) [h0052ac1]
Description: Depiction of "Half Moon" sailing ship navigated by Henry Hudson as it entered New York Harbor in 1609 in search of a passage to the Indian Ocean escorted by Native Americans in canoes and a sailboat. Printing information: card number (40523).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0052ac1.jpg

Title: THE ENTRANCE OF THE "HALF MOON" INTO NEW YORK HARBOR [back caption] (2back) [h0052ac2]
Description: Postal data: unmarked, unposted (Place Stamp Here- Domestic Canada, Cuba Mexico, Hawaii Philipines Porto Rico 1 Cent - Foreign 2 Cents) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back (This side for Address.); Logo (Post Card); Printed message (THE ENTRANCE OF THE "HALF MOON" INTO NEW YORK HARBOR The "Half Moon"," 48 ft long and of 90 tons displacement, manned by a crew of eleven men and navigated by Henry Hudson, entered New York Harbor in September 1609, in search of a passage to the Indian Ocean. She sailed leisurely up the Hudson, leaving for Europe October 4, 1609.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0052ac2.jpg

Title: Tall Buildings, Lower, New York.[front caption] (1front) [h0083ac1]
Description: A view of the lower Manhattan skyline showing a variety of colorful buildings in a multitude of designs. Different varieties of boats are in the [East] river heading both to and from the shoreline. Printing Information: card number (2026) [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0083ac1.jpg

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