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Title: "Two Butt'n Kids," 79 Cents per Pair
Description: Illustration of two young goats butting heads while adult goat watches in background. Verso side: text, "Porter & Thorburn, dry goods, mourning goods, hosiery, black silks, linens, laces, embroideries, gloves."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0101

Title: A Glimpse of the Shore near Cayuga Canal Lock, Cayuga, N.Y. (1front) [y0001ac1]
Description: A leisure scene displaying a woman and a child on the shore of a Canal. She is sitting with the child kneeling behind her with a dog at her feet. There is a man [presumably] walking a plank over the water. Immediately to the right of the man there is an [indiscernible] dark blurred marking. There is a house in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: y0001ac1.jpg

Title: African Plains Animals
Description: African animals at the Bronx Zoo in their barless enclosure. Chandler's mountain reedbucks, rush bucks, nyalas and other animals roam this moated area while the lions look out from their rock island. (The New York Zoological Society was renamed the Wildlife Conservation Society in 1993.)
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: park_bronx_zoo_7.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: Anthony's Nose, Hudson River, Pallisades [sic], Washington's Headquarter [front caption] (1 front) [h0026ac1]
Description: Anthony's Nose, the Hudson River, the cliffs of the Palisades, and George Washington's Headquarters are drawn with a pointillist style in water color washes, and are represented together in juxtaposition with Washington's Headquarters in the center. Written message in blank space on the bottom of card (Does this building look like the church we ate that water-mellon (sic) at. I have not forgotten you girls and the time we had together. Write soon.(,?) Edna Nittero W-Ind.)
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0026ac1.jpg

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

Title: 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: 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: Barnyard In Zoo
Description: The barnyard in the Zoo's 'farm-in-the-zoo' gives city people a chance to see the source of their meat. (The New York Zoological Society was renamed the Wildlife Conservation Society in 1993.)
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: park_bronx_zoo_4.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: 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: 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: Bronx Zoological Park Opened 25 Years Ago, On November 8th
Description: The largest zoological park in the world reviews its activities including zoological research, study, instruction, education, and recreation for the general public. (The New York Zoological Society was renamed the Wildlife Conservation Society in 1993.) In-- Bronxboro, Vol II, No. 4, pp. 1-2.
Type: text
Genre: illustrated magazine article
Local Identifier: bronx_zoo.pdf

Title: Building a boat near Ellenville, New York [front caption] (1front) [d0108ac1]
Description: A view of a large boat in the process of construction, standing on a platform on a raised embankment near a canal, which flows between two embankments or landings, by a tree and grass covered hillside. There are animals, horses or mules, and a man standing by the boat, with a ladder reaching up to the boat. Piles of lumber and debris are scattered on both grassy embankments, with the first nearest embankment covered with a pile of lumber and a small pole, with some more individual pieces of lumber placed horizontally, in a train track design. These may be [presumably] "locks" used in hydraulic engineering or a platform. A second boat or cargo boat is floating on the canal, carrying covered lumber. A woman dressed in white and men onboard can be seen. On the hillside, utility poles with long electric wires attached can also faintly be seen. There is white spot on the bottom right corner of the card of unknown origin, which may be due to age, fading or damage. A white border runs around the edges of this black and white postcard.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0108ac1.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

Title: Call and Examine Archer's Champion Refrigerators
Description: Illustration of flower and butterfly in front of sign with name and address of company. Verso side: text,"Something worth knowing. The past year we have ground and repaired the following: scissors, pairs..carvers..knives..skates, pairs..pen knives..chopping knives..razors..saws..scrappers..mower blades..chisels..axes and hatchets.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0219

Title: Canal At Whitehall, N.Y [handwritten front caption] (1 front) [c0053ac1]
Description: Unharnessed draft animals walking on towpath along Erie Canal at Whitehall, New York with a town in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0053ac1.jpg

Title: Canal Boat anchored on Champlain Canal in rural scene (1front) [c0073ac1]
Description: Canal boats are [presumably] anchored in a rural scene, with [presumably] horses or donkeys standing on tow path. Wooden planks are bridging the canal boats with the bank of the canal. There [presumably] appears to be people sitting on the canal boat in the foreground under the awning. There is another canal boat in the background. Blank space around edges of card. Front image is a black and white photograph.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0073ac1.jpg

Title: Canal Locks, Frankfort, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0395ac1]
Description: View of canal locks in the background, barges on the canal, towpaths along canal at Frankfort, N.Y. Stern of a barge reads WALLACE GUILFORD.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0395ac1.jpg

Title: Canal Street and Broadway, Whitehall, N.Y [front caption] (1front) [c0019ac1]
Description: Scene of a canal along Canal Street and Broadway in Whitehall, N.Y. Seen from a slight elevation, the far side of the canal contains people, animals and buildings, a majority of which appear commercial in nature.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0019ac1.jpg

Title: Champlain Canal, Mechanicville, New York [front caption] (1front) [c0028ac1]
Description: A man is driving a cart across a bridge over the Champlain Canal. Print information: card number (207,687); Trademarks: (N.) printed inside a circle.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0028ac1.jpg

Title: Champlain Canal, Stillwater, N.Y. [Front caption] (1front) [c0005ac1]
Description: Animal team pulling canal boat on canal under bridge.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0005ac1.jpg

Title: Champlain Canal, near Mechanicsville, N.Y. [front caption] (1 front) [c0014ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of the Champlain Canal, near Mechanicsville, N.Y., in a rural setting. Towpath, with one animal and person on path, is seen with one canal boat in the Champlain Canal. Two bridges are seen in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0014ac1.jpg

Title: Champlain Canal, near Mechanicsville, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [c0021ac1]
Description: Barge on the Champlain Canal near Mechanicsville, New York on a sunny day. Houses close to the canal. People with a horse on bank. Written message at bottom of picture (Sorry you were not here having a fun time).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0021ac1.jpg

Title: Claremont Inn and Hudson River, New York [front caption] (1front) [h0016ac1]
Description: A fair day on the shore of the Hudson River, apparently in early spring, looking northward. The Claremont Inn [Claremont Hotel] on Riverside Drive in New York City is depicted, together with its gardens, in a village setting, opposite a group of piers or wharves. A large flagpole to one side of the hotel dominates the image. Printing information: [card number] (E-1239) [indicated on front side only]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0016ac1.jpg

Title: Clinton Square, Syracuse, N Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0040ac1]
Description: The Erie Canal in Clinton Square in Syracuse, New York. Featuring the cityscape of Syracuse, this image highlights the downtown area of Syracuse with pedestrians, [presumably] automobiles, ferries and street cars. Written message in blank space at bottom of card (Helen).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0040ac1.jpg

Title: Clinton Square, Syracuse, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0240ac1]
Description: Erie Canal along Clinton Square in Syracuse, N.Y. with active urban street scene depicting business, people, and wagons [front].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0240ac1.jpg

Title: Clinton Square, Syracuse, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0121ac1]
Description: Horse drawn wagons wait beside barges tied along the sides of the canal in the heart of the city for loading and unloading of crates and barrels. A large lift bridge in the down position crosses the canal in the background. Large buildings fill the frame of the photograph. Printing information: (Made in Germany.), card number (62.) printed upper left; space at left side for message
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0121ac1.jpg

Title: Cowperthwait Furniture and Carpets 1807-1881
Description: Illustration woman is lifting child and handing to man who is sitting on donkey. Woman' hat is nearby in grass. Donkey is eating grass. Verso side: text,"Established over three score and ten years. B. M. Cowperthwait Co. wholesale and retail dealers in furniture and carpets..Parlor, chamber, and dining-room suits. Pure curled hair mattresses and live geese feathers, oil cloth.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0112

Title: Cowperthwait Furniture and Carpets, Established 1807
Description: Illustration of two children on donkey. One child is falling forward as the other child is holding on to her leg. The donkey is falling forward into the grass. Another child watches standing next to a building in the background. Verso side: text,"Established over three score and ten years. B. M. Cowperthwait Co. wholesale and retail dealers in furniture and carpets..Parlor, chamber, and dining-room suits. Pure curled hair mattresses and live geese feathers, oil cloth.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0116

Title: Cowperthwait Furniture and Carpets, Established 1807
Description: Illustration of a man standing and feeding a donkey while woman and child are sitting on the ground near him holding flowers. The woman is holding a crown of flowers and her hat is sitting next to her in the grass. Verso side: text,"Established over three score and ten years. B. M. Cowperthwait Co. wholesale and retail dealers in furniture and carpets, 153, 155 &157 Chatham Street, New York. Parlor, chamber, and dining-room suits.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0111

Title: Crandall, The Child's Benefactor
Description: Illustration female child scattering feed to chickens that she is holding in her dress or apron. A farm is in the background. Verso side: text,$250 Reward! Will be paid to any person who will inform Crandall, the Child's Benefactor, who it is that is representing his name on the street. Crandall's only place of business is at the corner of Fulton and Pierrepont Streets."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0093

Title: D. & H. CANAL STORE, Port Ben, N.Y. [back caption] (1front) [d0079ac1]
Description: A black and white photographic postcard showing a small group of men, women, boys and girls waiting outside of A.S. Clyne Grocery & Provision Store, near a closed canal lock, towpath and snubbing post. Some people stand, while others lean against or sit on the store's fence. Nearby, to the people's right, a man and a horse stand in front of a stable.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0079ac1.jpg

Title: D.H. Canal, Ellenville, NY [front caption] (1front) [d0090ar1]
Description: Animals (either horses, mules, or donkeys) towing a boat on a towpath on the D & H Canal in Ellenville, New York during daytime, accompanied by men.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0090ar1.jpg

Title: Delivering Tobacco in [indiscerible] N.Y., in 1897 [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0069ac1]
Description: Panoramic view, Black and white postcards. In the foreground, utility poles and a series of carts and wagons on a dirt road. In the background, a canal to the left and a row of buildings in the middle.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0069ac1.jpg

Title: Down the River [front caption] (1front) [e0579ac1]
Description: Rural scene of tree-lined road beside Erie canal. Fences line left side of the road and the canal runs along the right side. A person leads, presumably, a horse down the middle of the road. Two people stand at the water's edge slightly apart from each other. The day is clear and bright. (One of our pleasant drives in summer. With love to all. From Hattie).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0579ac1.jpg

Title: ERIE CANAL AQUEDUCT OVER THE GENESEE, ROCHESTER, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0083ac1]
Description: This color postcard shows an aqueduct, towpath, and canal in the foreground. The background shows industrial looking buildings, and utility poles. Printing information: card number (Z-1115); Printed message: (ERIE CANAL AQUEDUCT OVER THE GENESEE, ROCHESTER, N.Y.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0083ac1.jpg

Title: ERIE CANAL NEAR FAIRPORT N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0587ac1]
Description: This sepia postcard is a view of the Erie Canal flanked with towpaths, farm houses, and corn fields on either side. Hills and farmland are shown in the distance.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0587ac1.jpg

Title: ERIE CANAL ROME N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0313ac1]
Description: Scene along Erie Canal in Rome, N.Y. with barges, buildings, and people
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0313ac1.jpg

Title: Elder Smith's Morning Prayer Critical Moment
Description: Illustration of interior of room. A family is praying and leaning on chairs. A cat is on the back of the father is kneeling and the dog is barking at the cat. Children and laughing and pointing. Verso side: text,"Buy the Hope Safety Oil, no smoke, no smell. Put up expressly for family use and especially adapted to student lamps..Orders by postal card promptly attended to. Lamps, chandeliers, brackets, chimneys, trimmings &c."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0193

Title: Elephant Eating At the Bronx Zoo
Description: An Asiatic elephant in the Bronx Zoo reaches out with her trunk for popcorn offered by a visitor. (The New York Zoological Society was renamed the Wildlife Conservation Society in 1993.)
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: park_bronx_zoo_8.jpg

Title: End of Champlain Canal and Canal Street, Whitehall, New York [front caption] (1front) [c0055ac1]
Description: A panoramic photograph of the end of the Champlain Canal and Canal Street in Whitehall, New York, with mountains in the background. There are no boats on the placid canal and the streets are almost empty. The photograph may have been taken at daybreak.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0055ac1.jpg

Title: Erie Canal Aqueduct And Court St. Bridge, Rochester, N.Y.[front caption] (1front) [e0516ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of of the Erie Canal Aqueduct and Court Street Bridge over the Genesee River [presumed] in Rochester, N.Y. Buildings are visible in the background; one of which has lettering on its side. People traverse the bridge, while barges cross the aqueduct in the foreground. Debris appears to float in the water in the foreground. "X" and arrow written in by sender, as referenced in message on back of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0516ac1.jpg

Title: Erie Canal Aqueduct Crossing Genesee River. Rochester N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0495ac1]
Description: Erie Canal Aqueduct Crossing Genesee River
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0495ac1.jpg

Title: Erie Canal Locks at 23rd St., Watervliet, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0253ac1]
Description: View of locks on Erie Canal at 23rd Street.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0253ac1.jpg

Title: Erie Canal Near Schenectady, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0087ac1]
Description: A man is walking horses near the Erie Canal. The canal is shown with trees, grass, and a boat in a panoramic view.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0087ac1.jpg

Title: Erie Canal at Schenectady, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0238ac1]
Description: Erie Canal and active urban street scene in Schenectady, N.Y.; undated written message [front].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0238ac1.jpg

Title: Erie Canal crossing Mohawk River, Schenectady, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0557ac1]
Description: Canal crossing the Mohawk river over an aqueduct, with people walking along over the aqueduct, next to the canal. A horse-drawn carriage is going over the trestle over a bridge that runs alongside the aqueduct in foreground with town pictured in background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0557ac1.jpg

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