Title

Seneca Canal, Looking East from Rumsey Street Bridge, Seneca Falls, New York

Description

A view of the Seneca Canal in Seneca Falls with buildings and steeples in the background and a towpath and railroad tracks along the edge of the canal; Written message at bottom of card (My Dear Beatrice you must of thought I had forgotten you but I confess I have been carless pardon me and [ans] sooner [indiscernible] home yours Fred.)

Postal data: posted, postmarked (SYRACUSE & ROCHESTER, T208, JUN 11, 1906, R.P.O.; [indescernable] JUN 12, 1906, [REO]), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.); Printing information: card number (5473); Logo (POST CARD); Addressee (Miss Beatrice Guiles, Oak Hill, New York); Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp in three-quarter profile [unusual postmark underneath the postage stamp]

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

  • Buildings
  • Cities and towns
  • Fences
  • Industrial facilities
  • Towpaths
  • Utility poles
  • Steeples
  • Color postcards
  • Railroads
  • Panoramic views
  • Canals
  • Trees
  • Seneca Falls, New York
  • Postcards

Note

Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY)

Extent

3.5 in. x 5.5 in.

Publishing Note

Published by The Rochester News Company, Rochester, N.Y., Leipzig, Dresden. [indicated on back only]

Related Resource

Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant

Local Identifier

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