Electric lines; Trees; Men; Passengers; Black & white postcards;Towing;
View of electric powered engine for pulling canal boats, with driver. Built by General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York. Visible gear, rail mechanisms and electric wire mechanisms. Grove of trees visible in background behind the rail.
View of the Erie Canal, with buildings on both sides. Front view of animal teams on left side of canal, pulling boat with passengers. People watching from bridge. Circular postmark (Rochester, N.Y. with details indiscernible) in the center of...
The front of the card is divided horizontally into two separate images with two separate captions. The top image shows a boat plying the Hudson River with a large hill and brickyards in the distance on the opposite shore. Presumably, this depicts...
A view of the Hudson River waterfront, showcasing lush vegetation, a quaint house with horses pulling a carriage in front of the house, and distant mountains in the background. Piers project from the bank into the river. Printing information:...
Front caption reads: "The Old and The New." [top of card]; "Where the Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway tracks cross the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal when first built and for some time after, was the only means of transportation aside from the...
A black and white photo shows a team of animals pulling a boat down a tow path on the D. & H. Canal. A very rural setting can be seen with dirt on either side of the canal. A few houses and trees are scattered throughout the background of the...
A tugboat pulling a canal boat through the locks at Fort Ann, New York. A building features a sign advertising "TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM," a 19th century temperance melodrama.
