Title

Working on Barge Canal near Brockport

Description

Image depicts a dredge in the Barge Canal; on the right side, there is a towpath on which several men are standing. Printing information: card number (3a) [indicated on front side only]; Written message on face of card [indiscernible].

Postal data: unmarked, unposted (Place the Stamp Here One Cent for United States Cuba, Canada and Mexico Two Cents for Foreign) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back; Logo (POST CARD); No message; No addressee.

Date Created

Circa 1907

Type

Photograph

Part of Collection

Queens College, Waterways of New York

Rights

Contact Thomas T. Surprenant, tsurpren@gmail.com

Language

English

Local Subjects

  • Canal construction
  • Dredges
  • Dredging
  • Grasses
  • Hoisting machinery
  • Towpaths
  • Waterfronts
  • Men
  • Color postcards
  • Canals
  • Brockport, New York
  • Postcards

Note

Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Fall 2007: Mary Sullivan. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Fall 2007: Mary Sullivan

Extent

3.5 in. x 5.5 in.

Publishing Note

Publ. by Thos. H. Dobson Co., Brockport, N.Y. Printed in Germany [indicated on back only]

Related Resource

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

Local Identifier

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