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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: ERIE CANAL PORT BYRON. N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0540ac1]
Description: View of a bend in the Erie Canal at Port Byron, New York with towpath in foreground. Group of canal boats are moored at the side and reflected in the water.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0540ac1.jpg

Title: Guard Lock, Oswego Canal, Phoenix, New York [front caption] (1front) [w0011ac1]
Description: Canal section and lock parallel to river in small industrial area, leafless trees, dawn or dusk sky coloring.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: w0011ac1.jpg

Title: Hudson River Panorama, Troy, New York [front caption] (1front) [h0153ac1]
Description: The city of Troy, New York is depicted panoramically from across the Hudson River, facing east. In the foreground is a generous, relatively undeveloped stretch of land bordering the western edge of the Hudson River, approached by a steamboat and other vessels. From this vantage point, the city of Troy is seen in the distance under a broad expanse of cornflower blue sky, heavily laced with white cumulus clouds. Lighter green paths traverse the grasses of this western expanse of shoreline, which is also relatively dense with darker foliage. Printing information: card number (1573) [indicated on front only].
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: h0153ac1.jp2

Title: Lock on Erie Canal, Lyons, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0580ac1]
Description: View of towpath, canal, and lock [#55] in Lyons, New York photographed from the towpath looking down the canal toward the trestle bridge and the lock. Dilapidated wooden fence and low wooden buildings line the towpath on the near side. A field and house, possibly a farm house, are visible behind the buildings. Brick and woodframe commercial and residential buildings, many two- and three-story, fill what is visible of the far side. A canal boat is visible on the far bank.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0580ac1.jpg

Title: Looking East from Lock 72 where I worked. 1906 [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0528ac1]
Description: Daytime scene of canal community in Montezuma, NY, with group of canal boats moored at dry dock and men at work alongside boats. Written message on face of card (Looking East from Lock 72 where I worked. 1906.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: e0528ac1.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: OSWEGO CANAL AND LOCK AT PHOENIX, New York [front caption] (1front) [w0012ac1]
Description: Black-bordered photograph of canal section and lock parallel to river in small industrial area, leafless trees. Written message in blank space at bottom of card (Mary look for a letter Thursday [indiscernible] Hope you are better Jack).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: w0012ac1.jpg

Title: Seneca Canal, Looking East from Rumsey Street Bridge, Seneca Falls, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [s0018ac1]
Description: View of the Seneca Canal and the town of Seneca Falls from afar. Includes buildings along the canal and various older buildings in the town. Printing information: card number (No. 1205); Written message in blank space on bottom of card (My cousin met me in [indescernible] and accompanied me the rest of the way am a little tired but never mind. H.S.B.).
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: s0018ac1.jpg

Title: Winter Quarters, Rouses Point, N.Y [front caption printed in red ink] (1front) [c0093ac1]
Description: Waterfront view of the Champlain Canal in Rouses Point, New York with several canal boats surrounded by snow, including the John A. Howe Jr. canal boat. Two canal boats are iced in, while the rest are still in open water. There is a large three-story building, presumably a hotel, and what perhaps could be a factory located on the far side of the canal.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: c0093ac1.jpg

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