An unidentified African-American cook using the meat slicer in the Echo Camp for Girls camp kitchen. Photograph by Edward P. Fynmore of Fynmore Studios. Circa 1960. Raquette Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Two African-American women with meat slicer in the kitchen at the Echo Camp for Girls. Photograph by Edward P. Fynmore of Fynmore Studios. 1950-1970. Raquette Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Women preparing food in kitchen at the Echo Camp for Girls. Photograph by Edward P. Fynmore of Fynmore Studios. 1950-1970. Raquette Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Woman in the kitchen at Camp Uncas on Mohegan Lake. She’s standing in front of a wood cookstove; gas range to the right. Photograph by Dante Tranquille. Circa 1950. Racquette Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Two women wearing waist aprons about to wash dishes. One pours water into a pan while the other scrapes plates. Photograph by Raymond Blauvelt of McVicker Photography. 1905. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Students and their teacher pose for a portrait outside Morley’s stone schoolhouse. Circa 1900- 1910. Morley, NY.
No. 25 Nunn’s Inn Cranberry Lake. Circa 1907-1911.
Craigardan is a not-for-profit educational organization in Keene. People of all ages come there for residencies, workshops, and classes in agriculture, the arts, and culinary studies. Barbara Tam founded it two years ago with Michele Drozd. Listen here to Barbara explain what Craigardan does, and why.
Margaret Hawthorn works at the upper lock on the Saranac River as a lock tender from mid-May to mid-September. It’s a small lock – only a 2.5 foot drop. It’s also hand operated, because there’s no electricity. Listen to Margaret’s story here.
When Holly Auer worked as a teacher’s aide for students with disabilities in the Lake Placid school district, she helped students from elementary school to high school. She says it was deeply emotional and rewarding. Listen to Holly’s story here.
