A black and white postcard featuring the Erie Canal cutting through the city of Rochester, New York. In the foreground are several buildings and a bending road that runs alongside the canal. The land is lush and scattered with trees. In the backgound is the Genesee River boardered by faint foothills. A few sailboats are visible beneath the cloudy sky. (Erie Canal) is handwritten on the part of the image that depicts the canal. Printing information: card number 3798 [indicated on front side only].
Postal data: posted, postmarked (ROCHESTER, N.Y., AUG 30, 2-PM, 1907), stamp; Postcard type: divided back [solid line], (This space may be used for Correspondence; The Address only to be Written Here); Logo (Post Card); Written message: (Hello! How are you all. I am just as busy as ever. Will write you some day. Will send the children some cards. [indiscernible]); Addressee: (Mrs. [indiscernible], Oregon Hill, Ca.).
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: LBSCI 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2012: Marc E. Shelton, Joe Festa. Back Image Digitization Team: LBSCI 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2012: Marc E. Shelton, Joe Festa
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
[unknown]
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant