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Captain Barker and the Old Forge mail boat on the Old Forge Pond

Captain Barker and the Old Forge mail boat on the Old Forge Pond

Captain Jay Barker stands next to the Old Forge mail boat, on Old Forge Pond. The three other men may be deckhands. Circa 1901-1910. Old Forge, NY.

Check out this North Country at Work story on early mail delivery in the Adirondacks. 

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