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Hanging up laundry in Plattsburgh

Jane Haines hanging up laundry in Plattsburgh

In the foreground, Jane Underwood Haines is hanging up the wash, while in the background, Corwin Haines is painting a fence in a backyard in Plattsburgh. Circa 1950. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.

Teacher Veronica Franklin at Ellenburg Central School

Teacher Veronica Franklin at Ellenburg Central

Photo from a page of Ellenburg Central School’s 1956 yearbook, “The Golden Eagle”, where Veronica Franklin taught high school English. Ellenburg, NY. Photo courtesy of Clinton County Historical Association Archives and Veronica Franklin.

Photographer Kathleen Bigelow in Tupper Lake

Photographer Kathleen Bigelow in Tupper Lake

Kathleen Bigelow at her typewriter. Kathleen was the Tupper Lake Free Press photographer, and took thousands of images of life in the area for decades. She was often called “Brenda Starr” after the fictional reporter. Circa 1950s. Tupper Lake, NY.