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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 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 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: 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: ALLIGERVILLE ULSTER CO., N.Y. [front caption] (1 front) [d0110ac1]
Description: photograph of a rural area in Alligerville, Ulster County, NY depicting a bridge with a tow path and shrubs and trees.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0110ac1.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: 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: 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 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: 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 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: At Whitehall, N.Y. 40-W [hand written front caption] (1front) [c0008ac1]
Description: Bridge crossing canal at Whitehall, N.Y. connecting to buildings. Scene also has many utility poles.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0008ac1.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: 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: 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: BOAT LADEN WITH COAL, OLD DELAWARE & HUDSON CANAL. [front caption] (1front) [d0112ac1]
Description: A canal boat [presumably] carrying coal is pictured in the Old D&H Canal, at an unknown location. Two men stand on top of the boat with a building in the background as two horses are visible in the foreground walking on a towpath alongside the boat. Printing information: card number (No. 1.) [indicated on front side only]. Written message in blank space at side of card (indiscernible).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0112ac1.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, 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, Newark, N.Y. (1front) [b0085ac1]
Description: Color postcard of Barge Canal in Newark, N.Y., with bridge in the distance, and towpath and buildings on the right.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0085ac1.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 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 Lock, Little Falls, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0107ac1)
Description: Daytime view of Lock No. 17 facility and power house on the Barge Canal in Little Falls, N. Y. Canal and rocks present in foreground, trees present in background. The postcard shows a single lift gate for the lock instead of the traditional double swing gates.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0107ac1.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: 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: Boat Leaving Dock, Newark N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0705ac1]
Description: The sepia postcard shows a view of a boat leaving the dock in Newark, N.Y.; there is a bridge over the canal in the foreground. A grassy embankment is on the left side of the canal, and a towpath on the right. In the distance, two people dressed in black can be seen on the towpath.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0705ac1.jpg

Title: Boat Leaving Lock in Erie Canal, Newark, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e213ac1]
Description: Tugboat at lock # 58 in Newark, N.Y. [front].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e213ac1.jpg

Title: Bridge Below Aqueduct. Schenectady, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0452ac1]
Description: A short pedestrian bridge over an aqueduct located in a forest with a towpath running alongside the aqueduct.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0452ac1.jpg

Title: CANAL AND LOCKS, NEWARK, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0082ac1]
Description: A landscape of the Erie canal in Newark, N.Y. Trees are reflected in the water. A town is in the background. Image is black and white with a greenish tint.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0082ac1.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: CANASTOTA [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0679ac1]
Description: Trees, utility poles, and towpath line a view of the Erie Canal in Canastota, New York. A canal boat is partially visible in left foreground. A boat (presumably a tugboat) sails up the canal on a foggy day.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0679ac1.jpg

Title: CHAMPLAIN CANAL FROM NOTRE DAME STREET BRIDGE, FORT EDWARD, N.Y . [front caption] (1front) [c0041ac1]
Description: Rural scene of canal boat on right hand side of Champlain Canal at Fort Edward, N.Y.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0041ac1.jpg

Title: CUDDLEBACKVILLE BASIN OLD D&H CANAL, CUDDLEBACKVILLE NY [front caption] (1front) [d0111ac1]
Description: Two houses in the background, set in front of a wooded hill, reflected in the canal, with a towpath edging the canal on the righthand side. Title is on bottom left side.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0111ac1.jpg

Title: Canal & River at Freemen's Bridge, Schenectady, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0239ac1]
Description: Erie Canal and Mohawk River in Schenectady, N.Y. with [presumed] aqueduct in background [front].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0239ac1.jpg

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