Color post card depicting a daytime scene of Clinton Square in Syracuse N.Y. The Erie Canal runs through the center. On the near side of the canal is a canal boat, loaded with goods. On the shore rest various cargo, crates & furniture, either to be loaded or having been off-loaded. Various horse teams and wagons are in the foreground. On the right edge of the postcard is a vertical lift bridge. In the background is the town of Syracuse, N.Y. with various buildings and storefronts. Random townsfolk are going about their business. Written Message: (With Love [indiscernible] Aunt Mary)
Postal data: posted, postmarked [circle postmark] [wavy postmark with letters I & T] (SYRACUSE N.Y., Sep 18, 1908, 1130AM; PORT DICKENSON N.Y., REC'D SEP 19, 1908, 9 AM); stamp; Logo (POST CARD); Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS.); No message; Addressee: (Mr. Harry [indiscernible] Port Dickenson, N.Y.).
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Fall 2008: Megan Heflin. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Fall 2008: Megan Heflin
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
COPYRIGHT, 1905 BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO. [indicated through Trademark on front only]
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Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Erie Canal