Erie Canal; New York (State); Scientific American; New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.); Steamboats; Illustration
Illustrated cover page of the Scientific American a weekly journal of practical information, art, science,mechanics, chemistry, and manufactures dated New York October 4, 1879, showing the mechanized transfer of grain from canal boats to an ocean...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Coenties Slip (N.Y.); East River (N.Y.); Canal-boats; Commerce; Inland trade; Schooners; Illustration.
Newspaper engravings found on page 1012 of Harper's Weekly dated November 15, 1873. Found on this page are two illustrations, the upper one depicting a scene on the flour docks on Coenties Slip, New York. The bottom illustration shows grain being...
Grinnell, Iowa, April 21, 1898.
My comrade:-
It was good to receive your greeting. Your words are full of the fellowship of your spirit. I thank you, and ask you to thank your Japanese friend on my behalf for the “Second Book of Fragments.” I...
This card shows a view of Barge Canal with a wood canal boat on the right side of the canal. The boat is named "DOLPHIN OF ALBY, N.Y. N.Y." It is tied up to the shore and there seems to be another canal boat in front of it. There is a three...
A black & white panoramic view of a bridge over a section of the Black River Canal in Port Leyden New York as handwritten on the front of the postcard. Behind the bridge is a huge advertisement painted on a building that reads; A.J. SCHRODER FLOOR...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Land sale; Advertisement.
Advertisment for New York Canal Lands on Sale that appeared on March 6, 1824 in the New-York American. Two hundred thousand acres were offered for sale on or near the intended route of the Erie Canal, anticipating accessibility by water "as soon as...
In center foreground, approaching tugboat "City of Fulton" has been lowered and lock opened in canal dividing town; a group of pedestrians, carts, goods and refined brick buildings seen on right side while wood-framed factory building and...
A bustling pierside scene at Buffalo Harbor, ca. 1916, at the mouth of the Buffalo River. Prominently featured at right are the limestone, octagonal "Old Main" Buffalo Light (built 1833), and a nearby wooden tower (a later addition, no longer...
View of the harbor in Buffalo, N.Y. Two rowboats can be seen in the foreground, one carrying four passengers and the other manned by a single rower. Many boats are in the harbor, including three large ships, one of which is emitting a plume of...
View of busy harbor; boats unloading and loading of various cargoes; glued glitter marks [indicated on front only] Printing information: card number (G 2391) [indicated on front only.] Partially readable sign on the back of a ship...
View of a harbor down the center from the perspective of the railroad bridge, with commercial buildings on the sides and a bridge that goes across the harobr directly in the center of the card; Printing information: OSWEGO, N.Y. - NO.5 [indicated...
Harbor scene, with several ships in the forefront. Off to the left there are sheds, a cargo hoist, and dilapidated dock. On the right side, there is smoke obscuring the rest of the scene; Printing information: card number (60306) [indicated on...
A sepia postcard showing a cargo ship and tug boat in a harbor with several warehouses to the left and right, including a Kellogg building to the ships' right. A drawbridge is lifted in the background, presumably to let the cargo ship pass...
