Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Mouth of Buffalo River, Buffalo, N.Y.

Description
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Media Type
Image
Item Type
Postcards
Description
Coloured postcard of a laker steaming out of Buffalo harbor past the lighthouse into Lake Erie. According to the notes on the face of the postcard the lighthouse tender CROCUS is lying off the supply depot on the south pier.
Inscriptions
"Mouth of Buffalo River, Buffalo, N.Y."
Handwritten: "Main Light and Lighthouse tender CROCUS lying at Buoy and supply depot on South Pier"
Reverse: "T.P. & Company N.Y. No. 3 Made in Germany"
Publisher
T.P. & Company
Place of Publication
Germany
Date of Original
c1908
Subject(s)
Harbors
Lighthouses
Piers & wharves
Steamboats
Crocus (steamboat)
Collection
Edward Herman Collection
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Buffalo
    New York, United States
    Latitude: 42.8782106105523 Longitude: -78.8876295089722
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Mouth of Buffalo River, Buffalo, N.Y.


Coloured postcard of a laker steaming out of Buffalo harbor past the lighthouse into Lake Erie. According to the notes on the face of the postcard the lighthouse tender CROCUS is lying off the supply depot on the south pier.