LOCKS BUILT ON BLACK RIVER CANAL WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN ROME AND CARTHAGE, N.Y. [front caption] (2back) [K0013ac2]

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Title	LOCKS BUILT ON BLACK RIVER CANAL WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN ROME AND CARTHAGE, N.Y. [front caption] (2back) [K0013ac2]
Creator	Santway Photo-Cra't Company, Watertown, N.Y. [indicated on back only]
Description--Back	Postal data: posted, postmarked (TICONDEROGA, N.Y., AUG 2, 6 PM, 1946), stamp; Postcard type: divided back [solid line] (Message Only, ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Written Message: [written sideways] (We have visited Alexandria Bay, the thousand island, and been through the mountains by [indiscernible] Seneca and Placid lakes. All resorts are crowded. The ride has been beautiful. Today we visited Fort [indiscernible] - I know you'd enjoy that. Laura and Roy); Addressee: (Mr. & Mrs Sick Cody Old Mystic; Conn.); Caption on original reads: "Construction on the Black River Canal was started in 1834 and finished in 1851, connecting the Erie Canal at Rome with Carthage. It followed the Mohawk and Black River systems. Through a series of 109 locks over the course of 39 miles, it ascended the divide which separated the two systems to an elevation of 693 feet" [top left of card].
Stamps	George Washington green one cent stamp facing right; upright
Coverage--geographic	Lowville, New York
Date Original	1907?
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: Black River Canal
Type	Text; image
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	2011-09-27
Resource Identifier	k0013ac2.jpg
Format	JPEG
Format [Medium]	Postcards
File Size	118627 Bytes
Checksum	712005206
Height (of Digital image)	653 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	LBSCI 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2011: David Post, Jesse Lemke
OCLC number	827337296

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