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Title	ERIE CANAL NEAR SCHENECTADY. [front caption] (1front) [e0093ac1]
Creator	MADE IN GERMANY FOR ROBSON & ADEE SCHENECTADY, N.Y. [indicated on front only]
Subject--front	Barges Canals Towpaths Reflections Trees Utility Poles Grasses Mountains Rural Trails & paths
Description--Front	A large canal boat comprised of at least three sections, (GREAT WARDROBE) written on sign at the bow, is seen floating down the curve of a canal, with its reflection clearly visible on the surface of the water. On the left bank is a towpath and utility poles, with trees and other vegetation visible in the foreground and background; on the right bank are fields and trees, with a mountain dimly seen in the far background. Written message in blank space at bottom of card (Dear Lynda, I am doing this town up just about as well as I can, lots doing even on the canal. Start for home to-morrow and if I am not side tracked will reach home Monday. How is your cousin? I will write later and we must do Brooklyn up. I remain, your friend H. [second initial indiscernible, possibly S, J, or Y] Russ). Written message above blank space, within the photographic image (7/15/05 Remember me to your mother + sister.).
Coverage--geographic	Schenectady, New York
Date Original	1905?
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: Erie Canal
Type	Postcards
Digitization Specifications	Archive masters were scanned at 600 ppi, 24 bit color using a Canon CanoScan 8800F and SilverFast Ai scanning software and saved as uncompressed TIFFs using Photoshop CS4 and Mac OS 10.5.8. Derivative access files were saved as medium quality JPEGs, 150dpi, 1000 pixels on the long dimension. Thumbnails were generated automatically by CONTENTdm.
Date Digital	2010-10-05
Resource Identifier	e0093ac1.jpg
Format	JPEG
Format [Medium]	Postcard
File Size	196189 Bytes
Checksum	3458783706
Height (of Digital image)	660 pixels
Width (of Digital Image)	1000 pixels
Color Space	sRGB
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 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2010: Haruko Yamauchi, Molly Fair
OCLC number	827337084