Type of Work: Sport, Recreation, and Tourism

The Riverside House in Harrisville

The Riverside House hotel was located on the Oswegatchie River. Employees or guests are standing out front.  (Burned June 29, 1898.) Circa 1890s. Harrisville, New York.

Early automobiles at the Stevens House in Lake Placid

Early automobiles lined up outside the Stevens House (a hotel) in Lake Placid. Note that all automobiles in this photo have gas lights; Cadillac introduced electric lights in 1912. Circa 1905-1912. Lake Placid, NY.

Loaded stagecoach arrives at Stevens House in Lake Placid

Stagecoach pulled by four horses arriving at the Stevens House in Lake Placid, loaded with passengers. Note that it is all women in the coach, and all men riding on top. Stage coach is elaborately painted with stag head and forest scenes. Circa 1900-1910. Lake Placid, NY. Photo by L.E. Shattuck.

Deer hunting expedition returns to the Windsor hotel in Elizabethtown

A hunting expedition has returned with a large buck, met by a crowd of guests at the Windsor Hotel. Orlando Kellogg, proprietor, is third from left. On his right is Harry Palmer, a porter. In the wagon, on left, Is Clinton Simons, on right is William Kellogg, son of Orlando Kellogg, the proprietor. Circa 1900-1910. […]

Bartlett’s Hotel in Tupper Lake

Bartlett’s Hotel, which was located on the Saranac River in the Adirondacks, with people posed on front porch. 1883. Tupper Lake, NY.