Birdseye View, Looking South, Fairport, N. Y.

Name/Title

Birdseye View, Looking South, Fairport, N. Y.

Entry/Object ID

2024.1.436

Description

Black-and-White postcard showing an elevated view of a city. Printed caption on front reads, "Birdseye View, Looking South, Fairport, N. Y." Printed by Mail Printing House, Fairport, N. Y. Used, undivided back, white space on front for message, postmarked Perry, NY, June 7, 1906. Handwritten message on front reads, "I did not buy a pattern. Am going to make a circular one as in the May Delineator. 3/4 yards 27in wide for outside and lining - 3/4 of each. Cut a circle, shape neck, cut opening up front for sleeves, feather stitch together, + tie sleeves + neck. May make without lining. H." Mailed to Miss Katherine M. Pratt, 120 River Street, Saranac Lake, NY.

Collection

Ann Pecora Diamond Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Cities & towns

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Undivided Back (1901-1907)

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

June 7, 1906

Transcription

Transcription

I did not buy a pattern. Am going to make a circular one as in the May Delineator. 3/4 yards 27in wide for outside and lining - 3/4 of each. Cut a circle, shape neck, cut opening up front for sleeves, feather stitch together, + tie sleeves + neck. May make without lining. H.

Transcriber

Monks-Kelly, Chessie

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Structure

River Street, 120

Street

River Street

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America