This is a color postcard depicting a view from the Narrows around the Hudson River. There is a large body of water with reflections and two large mountains can be seen behind the water. On the water, three sailboats and another vessel are visible...
Shown is an electric office water cooler filled with pure water from Pine Hill. From its 517 E. 132nd St. site, the company bottles water which has been used at Rockerfeller Center and Radio City Music Hall. The company also distills water for...
A color postcard of the Champlain canal as it runs through Whitehall, NY. Front caption reads: "Champlain Canal, Whitehall, N. Y." [bottom of card]. A large canal boat floats tied up on the left bank of the canal in the foreground of the picture; a...
Wreck of the canal boat "Julia O'Connor" and an unknown canal boat on State Dam in Troy, New York. There are flat wooden structures and fast moving water to the left of the two boats. The boats appear to be on the cusp of two water levels in the...
A sepia postcard featuring the South Side Retaining [sic] Wall. The postcard seems to be capturing preparations for the construction of a possible canal as shown by the trestles supporting the sides of the embankment. A wide ditch houses countless...
Beautiful night view of steamboat "Adirondack" on Hudson River showing ship's lights, moon with clouds and passenger window lights reflected in the water.
Buildings; Cities & towns; Cityscapes; Commercial facilities; Grasses; Industrial facilities; Ladders; Reflections; Sheds; Smokestacks; Stairways; Towpaths; Trees; Warehouses; Water towers; Black & white postcards; Canal boats; Canals;
Black and white medium view of a towpath at a bend in the canal showing three commercial structures, a loading platform and some trees with some other buildings and canal boats in the background. A ladder leads from the roof of one building to the...
Animals; Bridges; Buildings; Canals; Carts & wagons; Chimneys; Color postcards; Fences; Grasses; Houses; Men; People; Reflections; Towpaths; Trees; Women
A view of the Erie Canal in Memphis, New York. In the foreground is a path with grass. There is a bridge over the water with a man and woman walking across it in the middle, and a man travelling on a cart or wagon drawn by either a horse or mule...
Panoramic view of of the Erie Canal Aqueduct and Court Street Bridge over the Genesee River [presumed] in Rochester, N.Y. Buildings are visible in the background; one of which has lettering on its side. People traverse the bridge, while barges...
View of river and canal flowing through industrial area [presumably Rochester, N.Y.]. Debris appears alongside the canal, as a spout of water pours into the waterway. Both the canal and the river pass beneath a bridge. Various signs appear on the...
Aerial view of the Mohawk Valley with mountains, hills, shrubs, grasses, and trees visible. An embankment juts through the water, curving to the left. On the embankment is a towpath lined with utility poles and a brown wooden building, which is...
A color card of an Erie Canal [presumably] in a rural area near Herkimer, New York. The Erie Canal [presumably] runs diagonally across the postcard from the upper left side to the lower right. Railroad tracks [presumably], towpaths, utility poles...
View of hydraulic dredge with two smokestacks [presumably] on Erie Canal. Dredger may have sign reading "Cyclone." Dredger is connected to a trestle bridge which does not cross the water. Metal girders and debris in foreground. Possible boat in...
Image of two bridges over a canal in Ilion, New York, one of which is London Bridge. There is a path from the closer bridge that leads to the towpath next to the river. There is a reflection of the trees and bridges in the water. There are...
View of narrow section of Black River Canal in Rome, N.Y., with a lockhouse (by the lock) and trees on one side of the canal; a towpath on the other side; farther away houses separated by railing and partially covered with a line of trees. A bridge...
Buildings; Dry docks; Canal boats; Reflections; Utility poles; Men; Black & white postcards; Boats; Panoramic views
Front caption reads: "SHIP BUILDING IN THE TONAWANDAS." [directly below image]; "One Of The First Boats To Be Built For The New 1,000 Ton Barge Canal. Shipyard Of W. H. Follette." [in white space at lower-left bottom of card]. Black and white...
Bridges; Aqueducts; Bricks; Buildings; Cityscapes; Embankments; Rocks; Commercial facilities; Water towers; Waterfronts; Color postcards; Canals
A color postcard featuring the Erie Canal Aqueduct. The aqueduct appears to be constructed of gray brick and consists of three arches. Several rocks are visible in the canal. Behind the aqueduct is an industrial cityscape of Rochester, New York. A ...
