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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) [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 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 HUDSON RIVER TOW [bottom left corner] THE NARROWS [bottom center, front caption] (1front) [h0072ac1]
Description: A series of ships and boats being towed on the Hudson River in The Narrows, New York. Printing information: card number (70726) [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0072ac1.jpg

Title: A Trip on the Hudson River. [front caption] (1front) [h0146ac1]
Description: This is an image of passengers on the deck of a steamboat on the Hudson River on a clear day. The image only shows part of the deck including a skylight, the top of the sidewheeler, and some of the equipment and rigging. The river and mountains on the mainland are visible in the background. Ink from postmark on back visible on front in the shape of a partial semicircle.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0146ac1.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 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. 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: ACROSS THE LAKE FROM HOTEL CHAMPLAIN N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [h0167ac1]
Description: A steamship (a seemingly passenger style ship) travels along a Lake Champlain shoreline; there is a small covered shedlike structure that appears to be floating at the end of a dock; [copyright info is inside what appears to be the outline of an artist's p
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0167ac1.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: 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: ANTHONY'S NOSE HUDSON RIVER, HIGHLANDS. [front caption] (1front) [h0032ac1]
Description: A steamboat and a sailboat are sailing in the Hudson River, along the Hudson Highlands. The peak, Anthony's Nose, dominates in the background through the clear day. Steam or smoke pours out of the steamboat and drifts from right to left out of frame.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0032ac1.jpg

Title: AQUEDUCT SCHENECTADY, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0033ac1]
Description: Aerial view of the aqueduct, Schenectady, New York. This sepia postcard of [presumably the Erie canal] alongside an unidentified river, is surounded by a stylized border. The initials A.V. S. [bottom right].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0033ac1.jpg

Title: AQUEDUCT. NEAR ROME, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0331ac1]
Description: Aqueduct crossing the Erie Canal near Rome, N.Y.; Written message on side of card (What is your address at the school. or aren't fellow supposed to send postals there. The Butt in. But I have a license to Buttin. Ed.)
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0331ac1.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 Erie Canal, Schenectady, New York (1front) [e0558ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of a town along the Erie Canal located in Schenectady, N.Y. Buildings [presumably] industrial scene in distance including a large building with a clock tower. Small indescript boats docked along side of canal. [Presumably] red canal boat also docked along the canal. Large bundles of stacked lumber located on land next to canal (indicated on right side of card). Printing Information: card number (371) followed by a dash preceding the title [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0558ac1.jpg

Title: 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: 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: 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 across the Mohawk at Fort Hunter [front caption] (1front) [e0063ac1]
Description: View of aqueduct during the day. Shallow river in foreground with trees and shrubbery at extreme right and more trees in background; Printing information: (Published for Schoeffler's Book Store, Amsterdam, N. Y.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0063ac1.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: Aqueduct, Fort Plain, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0066ac1]
Description: A color image of an aqueduct spanning a river. Two people stand on the shore. One appears to be holding a fishing pole. Trees and shrubs appear along the banks of the river. Buildings fill the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0066ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct, Frankfort, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0429ac1]
Description: Aqueduct in Frankfort N.Y. with gravel shoal in foreground.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0429ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct, High Falls, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [d0096ac1]
Description: Daytime view of a bridge over a river; Front caption reads: A-187. Aqueduct, High Falls, N.Y. [bottom of card]
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0096ac1.jpg

Title: Aqueduct, High Falls. N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [d0105ac1]
Description: Panoramic view, color postcard. In the foreground, a river with an aqueduct spanning two tree-lined banks. On the left bank, there is a building just behind the aqueduct, which has a chimney. The reflections of the aqueduct and banks appear in the water. Printing information: card number A-187 [indicated on front and back].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: d0105ac1.jpg

Title: Auburn, N.Y. - Owasco Outlet [front caption] (1front) [e0637ac1]
Description: A photograph of a man in a rowboat in the Owasco Outlet of the Erie Canal, in Auburn, N.Y. He is centered, and surrounded by shrubs, trees, two boats without passengers (docked), and buildings (two of which, to the left of the photo, are raised on stilts). A bridge is visible in the background. A handwritten note, is included on the bottom right corner (Greetings to all, W.C. Mueller.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0637ac1.jpg

Title: B. & R. Canal, & Delta Dam [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0370ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of Delta Dam with locks and hillside houses in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0370ac1

Title: BARGE CANAL & PITTSFORD MILLS, PITTSFORD, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [b0018ac1]
Description: This card shows a view of Barge Canal with a wood canal boat on the right side of the canal. The boat is named "DOLPHIN OF ALBY, N.Y. N.Y." It is tied up to the shore and there seems to be another canal boat in front of it. There is a three story building with an awning on the left side of the canal connecting to a grain elevator or flour mill [presumably]. Three storage tanks [presumed] can be seen to the right of the building. There are two waterfront sheds [presumably] to the left of the elevator/mill that have powerlines behind them. Trees and shrubs can be seen in the distance and some are grown right on the tip on the land near the canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0018ac1.jpg

Title: BARGE CANAL DAM. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0061ac1]
Description: Daytime view of Barge Canal Dam with rapids flowing over rocks with [presumably] electric lines in background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0061ac1.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: BARGE CANAL LOCKS WHITEHALL, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [c0024ac1]
Description: Barges docked near a bridge and locks at Whitehall, New York. Commercial facilities are on the opposite bank.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0024ac1.jpg

Title: BARGE CANAL WORK 10/5/11. NEWARK, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0080ac1]
Description: Sepia image of Barge Canal work in Newark, N.Y.; View of Arcadia National Bank [indiscernible]; Excavation work near railroad tracks. Blank space around edges of card.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0080ac1.jpg

Title: BARGE CANAL, JORDAN N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0023ac1]
Description: This sepia postcard shows a barge being moved by a tugboat which is tied to the right side of the barge.The scene is on the Barge Canal near Jordan N.Y. Both vessels have two lifepreservers on their stern.The barge canal, at this point in the river, occupies the forefront of the postcard and some of the background. Tree lined shores are on either side of the canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0023ac1.jpg

Title: BARGE CANAL. Mechanicville April 1910 [front caption] (1front) [b0006ac1]
Description: Photograph of Barge canal construction [presumably] in Mechanicville, N.Y. with Hudson River in background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0006ac1.jpg

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

Title: BIRD'S EYE VIEW, EAST AND WEST SIDES, WHITEHALL, N.Y. [front caption] (1 front) [c0092ac1]
Description: Aerial view of the east and west sides of the town of Whitehall, New York, divided by the Champlain Canal, with rolling hills in the background.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0092ac1.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: 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: BUILT 1804. WATERFORD BRIDGE. BURNED JULY 10, 1909.[hand printed front caption] (1front) [h0050ac1]
Description: Photoraph of collapsed, burning Waterford Bridge, with numerous people in rowboats in the foreground. Post mark bleed through on upper left. Handwritten caption across bottom.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0050ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Bridge, Baldwinsville, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0068ac1]
Description: Panoramic view, black and white postcard of a canal located in Baldwinsville, N.Y. Railroad tracks are visible on the right side of postcard, while various structures, utility poles, and trees are visible on the left side. On one structure a partial sign is visible, upon inspection, the word "oils" is visible. Directly in the background is [presumably] a railroad bridge connecting either side.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0068ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Lock. Baldwinsville. N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0047ac1]
Description: Panoramic view of a canal lock located in Baldwinsville, N.Y. Lock house next to a tripod structure located on right side of canal. Buildings seen in the distance also located on the right side of canal. Man on horse driven wagon and various buildings located on the left side of canal. Bridge connecting both sides of canal and utility poles off in the distance.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0047ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal Operations, Baldwinsville. N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0049ac1]
Description: A work crew excavating with steam shovels and other construction equipment in the middle of a town. Printed on the side of the steam shovel is (Scott Bros. and Falcouner, General Contractors); Printing information: SMITH DRUG CO. SERIES [indicated on front side only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0049ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal at Fulton N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [b0078ac1]
Description: The Barge Canal under construction at Fulton, New York. Men are seen by the railroad tracks, buildings in the top right corner, hills in the background and a possible house in the top left section.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0078ac1.jpg

Title: Barge Canal from Bridge, Fulton, New York [front caption] (1front) [b0001ac1]
Description: A view of water control gates [presumably] next to a dam on the Barge Canal in Fulton, N. Y. The river bed is visable in the forefront.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: b0001ac1.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 anchored in canal with several passengers from stopped train on barge and on embankment, in rural scene[untitled] (1front) [e0414ac1]
Description: Barge on canal with railroad in background and passengers on barge, on train, and walking in grassy area in front of stopped train.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0414ac1.jpg

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