Color postcard of a canal situated in the middle of the postcard with a slight bend to the left. Curved grass trail to the right of the canal with low wood fencing,utility poles and trees leading towards the horizon. To the left of the canal, a...
N.Y., Jan. 24/02.
Dear Mr. Markham,
I was more than pleased to get your kind note, - the more so because I feel I hardly deserved it. The article is very superficial, and was written during a stress of other work. I am not particularly proud of...
UPTON SINCLAIR
LOS ANGELES WEST BRANCH
CALIFORNIA
May 1933
Dear Friend:
I didn't expect to send you another circular this spring; but it appears that I have written another book!
So many persons have been asking me for something on the...
Westerleigh, Staten Island, N.Y.
Jan. 16, 1903.
Dear Mr. Wenning:
This note will be handed to you by my good friend Mr. John Martin of New York City. You two should know each other: you have similar sympathies and hopes, if I mistake not. Mr....
June 1, 1895
Prof. C. E. Markham,
Dimond, Alameda Co. Cal.
My dear Friend Markham:-
I write to ask you for a service—not for myself as an individual, but only for myself as a witness for a divine order of things than that in which we live. I find...
Buildings; Chimneys; Ladders; Lighthouses; Piers & wharves; Railings; Black & white postcards; Close-up views; Bays (Bodies of water);
A black and white photo of a wharf leading to a lighthouse and an adjoining building at the mouth of the Genesee River. Printing information: Card number (3817) [indicated on front only].
The colored postcard shows a slightly angled frontal view of a drawbridge as seen from the embankment on the right side of the canal. The hoisting elements of the bridge are clearly visible in its geometric structure. A second bridge is barely...
This postcard shows the old and the new. On the left side on can see on of the old locks and on the right side one can see the new Barge Canal locks (35). This lock has a set of double gates in the foreground. The old towpath can be seen leading...
Newspapers; Advertising agencies; Advertising, Newspaper; Advertisers; Obituaries; Death Notices; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Text, Authorized agency for all leading newspapers, German advertising a specialty, translation free of charge. Verso side: annotations in ink,"Latham Death Notice. 2 times World $2.50, 2 times [Herald?$3.60, 2 times Sun $2.00, 2 times Eagle...
Overall in good condition, some smudges on cover. Papers are yellowing, darkening around edges. Dark stain on middle right section of outside cover. Outside back cover has some tears, adhesive and paper residue. Enclosed in a polyester jacket,...
This copy has been washed and deacidified. It has been trimmed along the edges (with page numbers cut off the bottom), and bound. Cover has stains and discoloration. Information written in pencil on front cover. Enclosed in a polyester jacket,...
Flags; Ladders; Railings; Reflections; Smoke; Smokestacks; Trees; Passengers; Black & white postcards; Ships; Steamboats; Rivers;
A photograph of the Steamer "Peter Stuyvesant." The name of the boat is written on the side and in smaller letters on the front left side. There are six American flags and one unknown flag flying on the ship. There is smoke coming from the smoke...
Scene of Erie Canal, Port Byron, N.Y. On the right side of the canal, there is a mountain and townhouses. Behind the houses, there is a road leading to a bridge where two people are standing. In the left bank of the canal, there are more houses and...
Sepia photograph of a man next to an upside-down boat on the shore. There is a path leading up to a house surrounded by trees in the background. In the foreground, there is [presumably] a pier.
A color photograph of two parallel waterways with five locks. The narrow, left waterway is flowing like a waterfall; while the right, wider and stone-made canal locks are closed leading to the still, reflected water in the foreground. Along the...
Animals; Lift bridges; Buildings; Cities & towns; Streets; Utility poles; People; Black & white postcards; Trees
View of street leading onto and going across a lift bridge in Fort Plain, N.Y. A man and two children are on the left side, walking down the sidewalk. A horse is in the foreground.
Looking down the canal at the London Bridge from the side tow path. A path is leading up to the bridge on the left side of the canal. Another bridge is located in the background. On the right side of the bridge are a few buildings hidden behind...
