Image of an elevated street view of a starch factory in Oswego, New York, depicting the Oswego Canal to the left; two rows of factory buildings, including a foundry and machine shop and store house, with a busy street scene with railroad tracks, people, wagons, and a railroad train in the center of the image. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Lewis printed from approximately 1856-1862. "C.E. Lewis Del."--text, bottom right of image. "C.E. Lewis, Lith, 292"--text, bottom left margin. "Washington St. Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 60.64 x 73.03 cm (23 7/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Advertising--Cleaning compounds Cities and towns--Pictorial works Cornstarch industry Factories--Pictorial works Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Locomotives--Pictorial works Oswego River (N.Y.)--Pictorial works Rivers--Pictorial works Oswego Starch Factory Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Oswego (N.Y.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Household Large Size Cleaning Products The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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