Title

Greetings from Utica. Rapid Transit in 1819. The Erie Canal - Construction begun in 1817. Canal completed Buffalo to Hudson River 1825. Hon. Henry Seymour of Utica, one of the board of Canal Commissioners. First Canal collector, George Huntington. First toll paid by Capt. John Westcott, both Oneida County men.

Description

Illustration of horses pulling a canal boat along the Erie Canal in Utica with title message. [signed C.H. Edgwater?] [front]

Postal data: posted; postmarked, Hubbardsville, N.Y. and Glens Falls, N.Y., 1905; stamp (one center Thomas Jefferson [inverted]; POST CARD logo.; Postcard type: undivided back; Addressee: [Louis Potter Esq., 7 Birch Ave., Glens Falls, N.Y.] [back]

Type

Photograph

Part of Collection

Queens College, Waterways of New York

Rights

Contact Thomas T. Surprenant, tsurpren@gmail.com

Language

English

Local Subjects

  • Black and white postcards
  • Canals
  • Canal boats
  • People
  • Animal teams
  • Towpaths
  • Utica, New York
  • Postcards

Note

Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Spring 2007: Rebecca Cowley. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging Spring 2007: Rebecca Cowley; Rev. by C. Perry, 7/07.

Extent

3.5 in. x 5.5 in.

Publishing Note

W.C. ROWLEY & SON, STATIONERS, UTICA, N.Y. [indicated on front only]

Related Resource

Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant

Local Identifier

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