This was the fourth and last post card that was produced in the 1973-74 series. I took this sunset photo from the Dunn Memorial Bridge. Note that the "Egg" was just starting to show on the skyline. For at least a year after the card was distributed, the photo was shown on  a local television newscast as a graphic background.

    The cards are 3½" x 5½". The publisher was Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. The card number shown is 137501.

    3,300 cards were delivered on February 21, 1974.

100 of the above cards were imprinted with the following caption in black ink:

The proceeds from the sale of this card shall go to the Project '76 Fund of the Troy Stamp Club.

100 of the above cards were imprinted with the following caption in red ink:

The proceeds from the sale of this card shall go to the Project '76 Fund of the Troy Stamp Club

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -            After this card was produced, I went to several area gift shops and newsstands to try to sell my cards wholesale. I was advised that another older man, Morris Goldstein, was the sole distributor of Albany area post cards under the name of Princlys and that they purchased their cards from him. I was unable to sell the post cards that I had produced.

            In April of 1976, a friend notified me that Mr. Goldstein had died. Even before the funeral, I called his daughters and told them that I was interested in purchasing the post card business. Fortunately, my mother was willing to loan me the money to pay for the inventory (which was substantial to me) and I then found out that another man was also distributing Albany Post Cards under the name of Joe Connors. 

            I started to sell Princlys cards and souvenirs of Albany by June of 1976. I had just been laid off from my permanent job because the office was being closed, so thought that I would have time to run this business.

            While I was selling Princlys cards of Albany, I  took a lot of pictures of the area and was able to use great Albany photos from a state agency called N.Y.S.O.G.S. (New York State Office of General Services) The agency  apparently wanted me to use whatever photos that I needed, so long as they got a credit line on the post card and I gave them a quantity of cards after they were produced.