Greetings from Utica. Rapid Transit in 1819. The Erie Canal - Construction begun in 1817. Canal completed Buffalo to Hudson River 1825. Hon. Henry Seymour of Utica, one of the board of Canal Commissioners. First Canal collector, George Huntington. First toll paid by Capt. John Westcott, both Oneida County men. [front caption] (1front) [e0205ac1]

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Title	Greetings from Utica. Rapid Transit in 1819. The Erie Canal - Construction begun in 1817. Canal completed Buffalo to Hudson River 1825. Hon. Henry Seymour of Utica, one of the board of Canal Commissioners. First Canal collector, George Huntington. First toll paid by Capt. John Westcott, both Oneida County men. [front caption] (1front) [e0205ac1]
Creator	W.C. ROWLEY & SON, STATIONERS, UTICA, N.Y. [indicated on front only]
Subject--front	Black & white postcards Canals Canal boats People Animal teams Towpaths
Description--Front	Illustration of horses pulling a canal boat along the Erie Canal in Utica with title message. [signed C.H. Edgwater?] [front]
Coverage--geographic	Utica, New York
Date Original	[unknown]
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
Type	Text; Image
Digitization Specifications	Archive masters were scanned at 600 ppi, 24 bit color using a Canon CanoScan 8400F and SilverFast Ai scanning software and saved as uncompressed TIFFs. Derivative access files were saved as medium quality JPEGs, 150dpi, 1000 pixels on the long dimension. Thumbnails were generated automatically by CONTENTdm.
Date Digital	2006-12-07
Resource Identifier	e0205ac1.jpg
Format	JPG
Format [Medium]	Postcards
File Size	152.026 kb
Height (of Digital image)	666
Width (of Digital Image)	1000
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 790, Digital Imaging Fall 2006: Sara Hassan
OCLC number	430930814

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