Event presented by the Sikh Students Association on December 12, 2002 for the holiday of Diwali, the Festival of Light. The event was co-sponsered by Hindu Students Council, Indian Cultural Exchange, Pakistan Club.
Buildings; Cities & towns; Cityscapes; Clouds; Coastlines; Commercial facilities; Dams; Fire escapes; Industrial facilities; Islands; Reflections; Smokestacks; Storage tanks; Warehouses; Waterfronts; Black & white postcards; Scows; Rivers
Black & White real photo postcard with white border around the edges. Shows Troy New York along Hudson River. Riverside industrial buildings, some of which have text painted on the side of the buildings themselves; The largest building reads,...
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848; Syracuse (N.Y.); Salina (N.Y.); Packet boats; Travel and description; Forests; Mosquitoes.
Page 154 found in Chapter twelve in Volume one of Marryat's A Diary in America. Plagued by swarms of mosquitoes, the traveler arrives at Syracuse. He comments about the names of American cities: "I do detest these old names vamped up. Why do not...
London (Ship); Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800; Braddock's Campaign, 1755--Personal narratives; Albany (N.Y.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Alexandria (Va.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Fort Cumberland...
Diary, 1754-1757, describes a voyage from London to Virginia on board the ship London laden with hospital supplies as part of an expedition of thirteen transports, three ordnance ships, and two convoys carrying the 44th and 48th regiments to...
Depiction of "Half Moon" sailing ship navigated by Henry Hudson as it entered New York Harbor in 1609 in search of a passage to the Indian Ocean escorted by Native Americans in canoes and a sailboat. Printing information: card number (40523).
New York State Legislature; Route; Construction; Excavation; Embankment; Locks; Aqueducts; Contractors; Damages; Shipping; Expenditures; Erie Canal; Commissioners; Champlain Canal; Clinton, Dewitt, 1769-1828; Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839;...
Final page of a forty-six page annual report of the canal commissioners communicated to the legislature on January 15, 1819. This report was addressed to the New York State Legislature in obedience to the act entitiled "An act respecting navigable...
Erie Canal; New York (State); North River (N.Y.); Hudson River (N.Y.); East River (N.Y.); Canal-boats; Commerce; Inland trade; Schooners; Illustration.
Illustration found on page 409 of the Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. This view represents an active scene of trade and commerce along New York's river. With text.
