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Title: 1609 • HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION • 1909 [front caption] (1front) [h0189ac1]
Description: A commemorative postcard celebrating the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River, with portraits of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton superimposed over a daytime aerial view of the Hudson River. Prominently featured are a sailing ship (circa 1609) and steamship (circa 1909) which together serve to commemorate the passage of time from discovery to the modern day. Soaring cliffs line the far bank and along the near bank; at right, there is a gathering of people (perhaps Native Americans). An information box titled 1609 • HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION • 1909, lists the following 15 events: Sept 25 Commencement Day N.Y., Sept. 26 Religious Observance Day N.Y., Sept. 27 Reception Day N.Y., Sept. 28 Historical Parade N.Y., Sept. 29 Commemoration Day N.Y., Sept. 30 Military Parade Day N.Y., Oct 1 Naval Parade N,Y., Oct 2 Naval Carnival Parade N.Y., Oct. 3 Religious Day Upper Hudson, Oct. 4 Dutchess Co. Day, Oct. 5 Ulster Co. Day, Oct. 6 Greene Co. Day, Oct. 7 Columbia Co. Day, Oct. 8 Albany Co. Day, Oct. 9 Rensselaer Co. Day. COPYRIGHT 1909 BY J. KOEHLER, N.Y. [indicated on front only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0189ac1.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 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: 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 Winter Morning on the Harbor [front caption] (1front) [e0505ac1]
Description: A view of the Erie Canal at Oriskany N.Y showing tow paths with rows of buildings on each side with a typical canal bridge in the distance. A houseboat is moored on one side of the canal. There is a white house with a dark roof and a shaded porch near the tow path on the left side of the canal. Several industrial buildings bearing smokestacks are visible adjacent to the house in the foreground.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0505ac1.jpg

Title: A. View. On. Barge. Canal. Near. Mechanicsville. N.Y. 3M [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0017ac1]
Description: This picture postcard card shows men working on railroad tracks in a railroad yard on the Barge Canal in Mehcanicsville, N.Y. Snow is on the ground with bare trees in the background and houses near the railroad tracks. (3M) is handwritten below caption [presumably meaning 3 men]. Two steam locomotives can be seen in the picture. There are two tall smokestacks, one emiting smoke, on a large building on the left side of the card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0017ac1.jpg

Title: 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: 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 Hudson River. [front caption] (1front) [h0165ac1]
Description: The front of this card depicts a country scene with large rocks, a pathway and handrail along the river, and mountains in the background. A two-masted schooner is sailing in the river. Blank space at bottom of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0165ac1.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: 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: 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: 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: Barge Canal Dredge Rome N.Y [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0073ac1]
Description: View of the Barge Canal Dredge in Rome, New York. With buildings in the background and a Barge boat with two men in the the foreground.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0073ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Dredge at Work Near Seneca River. [front caption] (1front) [b0033ac1]
Description: Front caption [in black plain font] reads: "Barge Canal Dredge at Work Near Seneca River." [bottom of card]. Blank space around edges of card. Picture outlined in black. Seen on this black & white picture postcard is the barge Canal suction dredge Ontario at work near the Seneca River. Workmen can be seen on the deck and pipes on floats that take the dredged material to the shore for disposal. The smoke stacks are held up by a number of cables and a spotlight [presumably] can be seen on the top of the pilot house. The picture is framed by a black line and centered on the card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0033ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Lock, Palmyra, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0035ac1]
Description: View of canal boats [presumably three], with raised cabins, leaving [presumably] Barge Canal lock with one gate closed. Two men [presumably boat workers] are on the deck of one boat and three people [one presumably a woman] are at the top of the lock stairway. Bollards, lock pins, and ropes can be seen. Blue sky with clouds are in background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0035ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Pumping Dredge, Pittsford, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0019ac1]
Description: The canal is in the forefront with the rear view of the drege. The dredge is breaking though the hill to remove dirt from the hill. Visible is the pipe that is pumping out the dirt from the hill to be [presumbly] deposited on shore. Men can be seen in the background working on the canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0019ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Terminal, FORT EDWARD, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [b0099ac1]
Description: Barge Canal Terminal in Fort Edward, N.Y. depicting farm with smokestacks in background overlooking barge. Rural setting with grasses, trees and three small boats on right side of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0099ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Work at Driver's Rock Fort Ann, N.Y. [front caption]. (1front) [b0042ac1]
Description: Construction scene of Barge Canal in Fort Ann, N.Y. A marshy expanse is the site of rocks, cranes and other machinery with men in the distance.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0042ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal from Bridge, Fulton, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0094ac1)
Description: Canal construction on the Oswego section of the Barge Canal in Fulton, N.Y. Dam and spillways control the water flow from the Oswego River to permit presumed construction of a lock at left side of image.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0094ac1.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: Basin + Arch Port Gibson, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0629ac1]
Description: Image of a canal boat in a canal in Port Gibson, New York. There is a [presumably] stone bridge with an arch surrounded by trees in the background. There is a house [presumably] on the bank surrounded by trees. There is a reflection of the trees, bridge, and canal boat in the canal. Blank space around edges of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0629ac1.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: 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: 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: Building Barge Canal, Cleveland and Son's shovel [front caption] (1front) [b0004ac.1]
Description: This color postcard depicts a catepillar track steam shovel owned by Cleveland and Son's. It is being used in building the Barge Canal and is sitting on the bank of the canal with a scoop overhanging construction site. At the rear of the shovel there is a pile of debris that has been scooped out of the canal. A leveled pathway for the dredge has been cleared on the embankment.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0004ac1.jpg

Title: CLAREMONT AT NIGHT, NEW YORK. [front caption] (1front) [h0014ac1]
Description: The Claremont Hotel [Claremont Inn] on Riverside Drive in New York City, on a moonlit evening with stars. The hotel is decorated with bunting in the colors of the American flag, as if for a holiday. Grant's Tomb, situated nearby, is visible to one side of the hotel. A motor car can be seen on the road passing the hotel. Printing information: [card number] (13005) [indicated on front side only]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0014ac1.jpg

Title: CLYDE? [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0707ac1]
Description: Image shows a double lock system. A small building between the locks has a sign reading, "LOCK No 52". A larger building is located on the right bank with barrels located in front. In the middle is a long low building flanked by two chimneys. The sky and the buildings are reflected in the water.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0707ac1.jpg

Title: CRANSTONS HUDSON RIVER N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [h0181ac1]
Description: A scenic view of Cranston's Hotel (upper right corner) at West Point on Hudson. Cranston's, among the most prominent nineteenth-century resorts in America, was later converted to a school for girls (Ladycliff Academy) in September, 1900, under the Sisters of St. Francis of Peekskill, NY. Printing information: (ARTHUR STRAUSS INC., NEW YORK. NO. 328) [indicated on front only]. Written message in blank space at bottom of card ("Decoration Day" May 30th. 1902.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0181ac1.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 Bridges, Fort Plain, N.Y. [front caption in red ink] (1front) [e0681ac1]
Description: Vertical lift bridge at the Erie Canal in Fort Plain, N.Y. A bridge house is visible beside vertical lift bridge. A view of Fort Plain, N.Y. is present.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0681ac1.jpg

Title: Canal Scene, near Utica, New York [front caption in red] (1front) [e0698ac1]
Description: The halftone, color postcard shows a canal boat with words DANIEL BURNS printed on the back of the boat, sailing into the distance on the calm canal. The boat is being towed by animal teams on the towpath to the left of the canal. Homes, trees and fences line the canal beyond the left towpath. A building, road, utility poles and a grassy expanse line the right of the canal. The scene is a peaceful, rural one. Canal Scene, near Utica, N.Y. is printed in red ink in the upper right corner. Card number (P-61912) is printed in dark ink on the bottom left corner.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0698ac1.jpg

Title: Canal Scene. Port Gibson, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0594ac1]
Description: The image depicts a canal scene in Port Gibson, N.Y. It shows few buildings and a bridge. In the middle of the picture, there are two men on canal boats loaded with lumber. Printing information: card number (3185) [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0594ac1.jpg

Title: Canal dam with utility poles (1front) [b0059ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of a canal dam with utility poles and trees.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0059ac1.jpg

Title: Canal flowing past rural area with towpath and utility poles (1front) [e0609ac1]
Description: Scenic photograph of [presumably] the Erie Canal in a rural setting with [presumably] hills and mountains in the background.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0609ac1.jpg

Title: Canal workers surrounding a steam engine on a scow (1front) [e0699ac1]
Description: Six canal construction workers in hats stand on a scow around a steam engine on a narrow canal in a rural area. There is a passenger boat attached to the scow with rope. A dog lays in the wild grass in the foreground and trees shade three men standing in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0699ac1.jpg

Title: Canoeing on the Erie Canal, Amsterdam, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0055ac1]
Description: This is a painted postcard in color showing two men paddling a canoe on the Erie Canal. There is a towpath to their left which has a [presumably] a horse drawn carriage on it.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0055ac1.jpg

Title: Charlotte Harbor and Naval Reserve Station, Rochester, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0572ac1]
Description: A busy harbor scene with two shorefronts. Land from foreground and background shores is visible. Water is filled with sailboats and rowboats on foreground shore. A large steamship is visible in background near opposing shore. Buildings are on both shores and people are seen on foreground shore's pier. “Charlotte Harbor and Naval Reserve Station; Rochester, NY” is printed on front.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0572ac1.jpg

Title: Charlotte Harbor and Naval Reserve Station, Rochester, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0598ac1]
Description: An active harbor scene with sailboats, a large steamboat, various other small craft anchored along the shoreline, with a group of men and women on the pier, possibly waiting to board a boat. Because there is a Naval Reserve Station, these men could be naval officers. The buildings on the other side of the harbor look like they could be for ship building and/or other navy properties.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0598ac1.jpg

Title: Crescent, N.Y [front caption, stamped in purple ink] (1front) [e0688ac1]
Description: Postcard depicts a truss bridge in a rural setting on the Erie Canal in Crescent, N.Y., Postal data: unmarked, unposted (PLACE STAMP HERE) printed inside stamp box inscribed with the letters (AZO) on all sides with a triangle pointing upward in all four corners); Postcard type: divided back (CORRESPONDENCE HERE; NAME AND ADDRESS HERE); Logo (POST CARD); No message; No addressee; Handwritten message: (CRESCeNT, NY [handwritten top right, presumably by collector]).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0688ac1.jpg

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