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The Telegraph Office of the Leland House in Schroon Lake

The Telegraph Office of the Leland House in Schroon Lake

The offices of the Leland House. A counter with glass display cases sits beside a fancy counter with a “Telegraph Office” window at the corner. Pigeon hole mail rack below deer head mounted behind this desk. Through a doorway in the background there is a man with a violin standing beside a piano and a man holding a trumpet.  Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Schroon Lake, NY.  Circa 1880- 1890. Donated by Caroline King, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

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