Store employees standing outside of Charles A. Hovey Foreign Fruits, Domestic Fruits. The sign above the door on the right reads: “Ladies’ Entrance to Dining Hall.” On the left, “Miss Fitzgerald’s Dress maker.” Circa 1890. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
A man standing outside Bailey’s Music Rooms. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
A man driving the Rochester Clothing Company delivery wagon meets a boy with a cart pulled by a donkey. Circa 1890. Near Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
The lobby of the Prospect House; people are sitting at tables. There are three men behind the desk. A black man holds a whisk broom while talking to a man at the desk. Circa 1880. Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Photo by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
Women working in an outdoor kitchen at Camp Pine Knot, while two men sit at the table. One woman feeds fire in woodstove while the other pumps water. Circa 1880. Raquette Lake, NY. Photo by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
View of the Wayside Inn’s office. Three men sit at the desks. Circa 1889. Luzerne, NY. Photo by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
Skiing instruction at Little Gore. Circa 1935. North Creek, NY. Photo courtesy of the Johnsburg Historical Society.
Ted, who lives in North River, learned the dowsing trade from an elderly neighbor named Edith Lincoln. Now, Kaufman says that it’s easier for him “to sense water moving underground than it was to smell cookies baking in the kitchen from an upstairs room.” Kaufman is a local legend, and has been asked to find […]
Donald is the third generation to run Towne Grocery Store, which was opened by his grandfather, Simon Towne, in 1972 to serve lumbermen and garnet miners in the area. Circa 1980. North River, NY. Photo by Daniel Way.
The first tow truck of the Keene Valley Garage, owned by Carl Bigelow. It was made from a 1943 4×4 Dodge Army truck. Late 1950s. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
