Digging the Cape Cod Canal, pres. August Belmont and chief engineer Wm. Barclay Parsons shaking hands across the stream which made Cape Cod an island, no. 105, published by Small's, Buzzard's Bay, Mass.

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Date

1909

GUSN

GUSN-354878

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Cape Cod
Massachusetts - Cape Cod - Canal - Postcards
Digging the Cape Cod Canal, pres. August Belmont and chief engineer Wm. Barclay Parsons shaking hands across the stream which made Cape Cod an island, no. 105, published by Small's, Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Cape Cod
        Massachusetts - Cape Cod - Canal - Postcards
        Digging the Cape Cod Canal, pres. August Belmont and chief engineer Wm. Barclay Parsons shaking hands across the stream which made Cape Cod an island, no. 105, published by Small's, Buzzard's Bay, Mass. (current record)
        View of eastern end of Cape Cod Canal, Mass.
        Digging the Cape Cod Canal, breaking the dam that separated the waters of Cape Cod Bay and Buzzard's Bay, July 4, 1914, no. 116, published by Small's, Buzzard's Bay, Mass.

Description

August Belmont is on the left and William Parsons is on the right as the two men reach to shake hands in the image. Other unidentified men and two children can be seen in the group.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
group portraits
canals
construction sites
financiers
engineers
postcards

Physical Description

1 postcard : black-and-white print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.USMA.0840.0080.001

Places

Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]
Buzzards Bay (Bourne, Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Brooklyn (New York City, New York state) [borough]
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Small, Fred C. (Photographer)
Albertype Company (New York, N.Y.) (Printer)

Material Type

postcards

Other People

Belmont, August, 1853-1924
Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932

Description Level

Item

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