Sepia postcard of the Erie Canal near Comstock, N. Y. Wide shot of canal with a bridge spanning across it. A [presumably] lodgehouse is just to the left of the bridge with barns behind it. On the left canal embankment, floats a packet boat. Wood planks, barrels and a spool of industrial cabling are scattered along the right canal embankment.
Postal data: posted, postmarked (COMSTOCK N.Y. APR 29, 1909 ); stamp; Postcard type: divided back (MESSAGE: ADDRESS); Logo; (POSTCARD) in stylized lettering; Written message: (Dear Cousin, I am sending you a card of the place where we are working The house you see here is where we are living I hope you will write me a letter soon I am so lonesome today Just a week ago today [indiscernable] was burried and [indiscernable] like a month we are both well Now write me From Ella); Addresse: (Miss Alice Stark Queensbury New York).
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
[unknown]
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Erie Canal