Tugboat towing Burns Bros. coal barges in Hudson River, New York City skyline in background, circa 1940

real photo postcard, divided back, white border

POSTCARDS
2014 Lang Collection
Arthur Jaffe Heliochrome Co.; Sperr, Percy Loomis
USA, NY, New York; USA, Hudson River
before 1944
paper
3-1/2 x 5-1/2 in.

Real photo postcard, divided back, white border, rough edges; handwritten on back "84"; postmarked 1944; printed on back "#24 Publ. Arthur Jaffe, Inc., N.Y. City / P.L. Sperr, phot. / Printed by Max Jaffe, Vienna, Austria"; handwritten on front at bottom "Coal Barges on the Hudson"; tugboat towing Burns Bros. coal barges in Hudson River, New York City skyline in background; see duplicate postcards 2014.49.1742, 1995-1997.

2014.49.1996

Gift of Monika and Steven Lang, 2014