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...
The old D. & H. Canal looking west beyond a road crossing where a women and a younger girl sit along the railings and to the right a man stands in the back of an early 20th century convertible automobile. The road crossing connects travelers from...
241 East 201st St., New York City.
Feb. 15, 1916.
It is long –too long-- since I have seen you. I have been thinking for some time of coming over to Staten Island to get a glimpse of you and to talk over old times. Now my young friend, Jacob...
West Brighton, N.Y., June 25, 1923
My Dear Darwin J. Meserole:
My hearty thanks for the copy of The Decay of Capitalistic Civilization, by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, those two explorers who see deep into our social chaos. I am glad to get this news,...
The construction site of the Delta Dam in Rome, New York [presumably Barge Canal construction]. The old Erie canal is going over an aqueduct; Barge Canal is being built and the old canal still in evidence.
Caption reads: A. Weingarnter's Lithy. N.Y., for D. T. Valentine's Manual / Drawing of Old Residences on Murray Hill, Lexington Avenue near 37th Street on the Old Boston Post Road, 1858.
Animals; Buildings; Reflections; Towpaths; Trees; Men; Black and white postcards; Canal boats; Panoramic views; Canals
A canal boat [presumably] carrying coal is pictured in the Old D&H Canal, at an unknown location. Two men stand on top of the boat with a building in the background as two horses are visible in the foreground walking on a towpath alongside the...
