A View up the Canal from George Street, Rome, N.Y.
Description
Front caption [in decorative typeface] reads: "A View up the Canal from George Street, Rome, N.Y." [bottom of card]. A View of a canal boat on the Erie Canal from George Street in Rome, New York. The canal devides a group of industrial or industrial factory buildings on one side of the canal from a row of houses and trees on the other. "Liberty Long Cut Tobacco" is written on the side of a factory building.The two sides of the canal are connected by a bridge in the distance. Printing information: card number (215274) [indicated on front only].
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with letters I & D] (AUBURN, N.Y., OCT 17, 8:30PM, 1914); stamp; Post card type: divided back [solid line] ([blank]; Address Only); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Written message: [written sideways] (Dear Stanley - We are having such a lovely time here - we are now in Auburn - A beautiful city of $ [sic] 40,000 people - The scenery and drives are fine - The boys have Roller Skates - and they have a good time all day - We will go to Niagra [sic] Falls next week - Mrs. [indecernable] -); Addressee: (Mr. Stanley Allen, Spring W, Satatoga Springs, N.Y -).
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Fall 2008: Jody Ruggiero. Back Image Digitization Team: GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging, Fall 2008: Jody Ruggiero
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
The Leighton & Valentine Co., N.Y. City. Printed in United States. [indicated on back only]
Related Resource
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Erie Canal