Title

Coal Barges on the Hudson [front caption in cursive text]

Description

Three coal barges being pulled by a tugboat in front of the New York skyline. Two of the coal barges have BURNS BROS. printed on the side. Visible in the background is a ferry. Blank space in edges around card.

Postal date: unmarked, unposted, no stamp box; No message; No addressee; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: card number (# 24) [indicated on back side only]. Card has deckle edging.

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

  • Cityscapes
  • Ropes
  • Skyscrapers
  • Smoke
  • People
  • Sepia postcards
  • Barges
  • Ferries
  • Steamboats
  • Towing
  • Tugboats
  • Panoramic views
  • Harbors
  • Postcards

Note

Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Spring 2009: Julie Turley, Susan Graham. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging, Spring 2009: Scott Voth, Marta Fodor

Extent

3.5 in. x 5.5 in.

Publishing Note

Publ. Arthur Jaffe, Inc., N.Y. City; P. L. Sperr, phot.; Printed by Max Jaffe, Vienna, Austria [Indicated on back only]

Related Resource

Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Hudson River

Local Identifier

h0045ac1.jpg

h0045ac2.jpg

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