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Exterior of the Alaska Silver Fox Farms with the Ausable Chasm Hotel in background.

Exterior of the Alaska Silver Fox Farms with the Ausable Chasm Hotel in background

Exterior of the Alaska Silver Fox Farms. In the 1930s, pelts of the silver fox became quite popular for coats, and fox farms sprang up to raise foxes for their fur. There was another large farm in Lake Placid. The Rainbow Falls Tea room is visible on left. Circa 1930s. Ausable Chasm, NY.

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