Title

Three barges on the Oswego Canal; one barge is the PETER FLANIGAN

Description

Three canal boats on the [Oswego] canal. On the left, a canal boat with passengers is in the process of being loaded. The two canal boats are on the right side of the canal, the boat in the foreground has PETER FLANIGAN OSWEGO on its back; Written message in blank space on the right of card (6/21/06. Found a parcel which was forgotten in the hustle Hope you arrived o.k. Am sending this by mail); Written message in blank space on the bottom of card (Yours. R.A. Donaldson.).

Postal data: posted, postmarked (AMSTERDAM, JUN 21, 5-30P, 1906, N.Y.; [flag postmark] FULTONVILLE, 1906, JUN, 21, 2 PM, N.Y.); stamp; Postcard type: undivided back; (THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE); Logo (POST CARD); Addressee (H.A. Marcillus, Amsterdam, New York. To Wheaton's Studio.); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp facing front.

Date Created

Circa 1906

Type

Photograph

Part of Collection

Queens College, Waterways of New York

Rights

Contact Thomas T. Surprenant, tsurpren@gmail.com

Language

English

Local Subjects

  • Animals
  • Bridges
  • Buildings
  • Chimneys
  • Cities and towns
  • Hoisting machinery
  • Houses
  • Industrial facilities
  • Shipping
  • Shrubs
  • Smokestacks
  • Snubbing posts
  • Towpaths
  • Trees
  • Utility poles
  • People
  • Passengers
  • Sepia postcards
  • Canal boats
  • Carts and wagons
  • Panoramic views
  • Canals
  • Postcards

Note

Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging Fall 2009, Allison DeMatteo, Jennifer Berry.. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging Fall 2009, Allison DeMatteo, Jennifer Berry.

Extent

3.5 in. x 5.5 in.

Publishing Note

[unknown]

Related Resource

Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Oswego Canal

Local Identifier

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