River Front and Bird's eye view of Albany, N.Y. [front caption] (2back) [h0058ac2]

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Title	River Front and Bird's eye view of Albany, N.Y. [front caption] (2back) [h0058ac2]
Creator	The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, ME., U.S.A. Printed in Frankfort [indiscernible]/Main, Germany [indicated on back only]
Description--Back	Postal data: posted, postmarked (Albany, N.Y., Nov [?], 10-AM, 1912); Stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SIDE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE; THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (Post Card) in stylized lettering; Printed message (RIVER FRONT AND BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF ALBANY, N.Y. Albany is practically the head of navigation on the Hudson River, 143 miles straight away above the New York City. The commerce of the Erie Canal from Buffalo and the Great Lakes, the Champlain Canal from the north, the Hudson River and the five great railroads which converge here, render the city one of America's most active traffic centers. From a historical point of view Albany is famous; it is the oldest permanent settlement of the original thirteen Colonies, barring only Jamestown in Virginia; capital also of the grand Empire State. 223); Printing information: card number (2634) [on top left corner]; Written message: (Best regards from a friend write me Box #. 422. Plattsburgh NY John Tauntleroj?); Addressee (Mrs. Susy Dukes. #224, W. Mitchell St. Atlanta, Ga.); George Washington one cent stamp in profile.
Coverage--geographic	Albany, New York
Date Original	1912?
Publisher	Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY), New York, New York
Language	eng
Source Height	3.5"
Source Width	5.5"
Source	Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Hudson River
Type	Text; Image
Digitization Specifications	Archive masters were scanned at 600 ppi, 24 bit color using a Canon CanoScan 8400F and CanoScan ScanGear scanning software and saved as uncompressed TIFFs using Photoshop CS3 and Mac OS 10.4. Derivative access files were saved as medium quality JPEGs, 150dpi, 1000 pixels on the long dimension. Thumbnails were generated automatically by CONTENTdm.
Date Digital	2008-09-10
Resource Identifier	h0058ac2.jpg
Format	JPG
Format [Medium]	Postcards
File Size	201.524 KB
Height (of Digital image)	637
Width (of Digital Image)	1000
Color Space	RGB
Rights Management	Contact Thomas T. Surprenant, ebeltoms@nyc.rr.com
Contributing Institution	Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY), New York, New York
Digitization Team	GSLIS 790, Digital Imaging Fall 2008: Wendy Chu, Margaret Lam
OCLC number	430930799

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River Front and Bird's eye view of Albany, N.Y. [front caption] (2back) [h0058ac2]

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