A color postcard depicting a Towpath alongside the Erie Canal near Utica, N.Y. The scene is divided in half vertically. Two brick embankments hug the canal. In the background is a lock, trees, sloping hillsides, and a cloudy sky. In the far distance lies a cityscape and a faint sunrise or sunset glow on the horizon, red text: Scene along the Erie Canal at Buffalo, N.Y.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with C] (UTICA, N.Y., MAY 26, 1130PM, 1913); stamp [missing]; Postcard type: divided back [solid line]; Printing information: card number (16821); Logo (Post Card); Written message [written sideways] (indiscernible); Addressee (Mrs Chester Clemens, Verona, N.Y., R.F.D.2.).
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: LBSCI 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2011: Angelina Schroeder, Peri Pignetti. Back Image Digitization Team: LBSCI 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2011: Ginny Van Winkle, Melanie Masserant
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
[unknown]
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Erie Canal