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Dock Street along the canal, Schenectady, New York, circa 1910

Subjects
Ships & BoatsStreet ScenesWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Dock Street along the canal, Schenectady, New York, circa 1910, c. 1902 printed photo postcard
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Back of Dock Street along the canal, Schenectady, New York, circa 1910, c. 1902 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks down Dock Street in Schenectady, New York, where a broad canal basin mirrors the commercial blocks, frame buildings and rows of telegraph and trolley poles lining the water; a small enclosed launch is moored at the left bank. Dock Street ran beside the city's Erie Canal waterfront, a busy transshipment point for freight boats before the canal was filled and rerouted through Schenectady in the 1920s. The greenish halftone printing and the message squeezed onto the picture side are typical of the undivided-back era.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Charlotte - I don't think you have a card and like this have you? With love G.S.H.

PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
5103— Dock Street, Schenectady, N.Y. SOUVENIR POST CARD CO., NEW YORK. --- Post Card THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS
PostmarkedSchenectady, NY, November 2, 1907
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Sellers Hassett

Sparhawk Street, Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Schenectady, NY
PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
Series5103
ConditionFair
Place addressedCharlotte Sellers Hassett, Sparhawk Street, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedDock Street, Schenectady, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated on all sides
NotesUndivided-back era card; handwritten message in blue ink on the front at right; heavy reddish speckling/staining along the canal banks and in the sky; greenish tinted halftone. Postmark: SCHENECTADY N.Y. NOV 2 1907. Undivided back; 1c Franklin stamp; light toning/wear.

Cite this card

Dock Street along the canal, Schenectady, New York, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/dock-street-along-the-canal-schenectady-new-york-circa-1910. Accessed October 25, 2026.