Title

Second Canal Lock at the Aqueduct Schenectady, N.Y.

Description

Color illustration of a man operating a canal boat which is fastened to a snubbing post, at a canal lock in Schenectady, N.Y.; Written message in blank space at bottom of card (Still another view - Emma [indiscernible]).

Postal data: posted, postmarked [flag postmark] (SCHENECTADY, N.Y., APR 25, 5 PM, 1907), stamp; Postcard type: divided back [dotted line]; Printing information: card number (B13337); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized writing; Addressee: (Mr. Allen Sawyer, Riverdale N.Y.)

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

  • Waterways
  • Canals
  • Aqueducts
  • Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
  • Towpaths
  • Snubbing posts
  • Ropes
  • Canal boats
  • Trees
  • Grasses
  • Clouds
  • Buildings
  • Color postcards
  • Schenectady, New York
  • Postcards

Note

Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: LBSCI 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2012: LaTeisha Clement, Kevin Padawer. Back Image Digitization Team: LBSCI 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2012: LaTeisha Clement, Kevin Padawer

Extent

3.5 in. x 5.5 in.

Publishing Note

Published by Charles Baum, Schenectady, N.Y. [indicated on back only]

Related Resource

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

Local Identifier

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