A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Postcard is an embossed frame depicted as stage with a red curtain that is pulled up by gold ropes, with a raised American flag and an eagle at left. The border of the postcard is raised in red, while the background is colored in with pinkish beige and blues. The image in the frame is a view of Clinton Square and the Erie Canal with a few boats in the canal shown. People are offloading materials from one of the boats. The city scape shows a hoist bridge with an indeterminate bridge in the background, and a small grassy area with flower beds at the left. People are using horses and buggies and there is a trolley as well. Foreign written message [indiscernible]. ; 663 ; 1000 ; 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. Derivative access files were saved as medium quality JPEGs, 150dpi, 1000 pixels on the long dimension. Thumbnails were generated automatically by CONTENTdm. ; 4107188124 ; 3.5" ; 5.5" ; sRGB ; Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY), New York, New York ; GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2009: Jennifer Berry, Basha Starr
Postcard is an embossed frame depicted as stage with a red curtain that is pulled up by gold ropes, with a raised American flag and an eagle at left. The border of the postcard is raised in red, while the background is colored in with pinkish beige and blues. The image in the frame is a view of Clinton Square and the Erie Canal with a few boats in the canal shown. People are offloading materials from one of the boats. The city scape shows a hoist bridge with an indeterminate bridge in the background, and a small grassy area with flower beds at the left. People are using horses and buggies and there is a trolley as well. Foreign written message [indiscernible]. ; 663 ; 1000 ; 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. Derivative access files were saved as medium quality JPEGs, 150dpi, 1000 pixels on the long dimension. Thumbnails were generated automatically by CONTENTdm. ; 4107188124 ; 3.5" ; 5.5" ; sRGB ; Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY), New York, New York ; GSLIS 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2009: Jennifer Berry, Basha Starr
Clinton Square and Erie Canal [front caption] (1front) [e0499ac1]
unknown (author)
Waterways Post Card Collection of Thomas T. Surprenant: Erie Canal
Miscellaneous
Electronic Resource
English
Grasses , Loading docks , Clock towers , Piers & wharves , Trolleys , Streets , Canals , Historic buildings , Signs (Notices) , Vertical lift bridges , Ropes , Passengers , Canal boats , Animals , National emblems , Utility poles , Commercial facilities , Eagles , Bridges , Flags , Carriages & coaches , People , Packet boats , Railings , Buildings , Clouds , Lock houses , Steeples , Cityscapes , Snubbing posts
DDC:
720