The Charles Tisch Cottage at Schroon Lake, NY was recently demolished. The cottage built in the year 1917 was located at the southern entrance to Schroon Lake village. It was designed by noted Glens Falls architect Ward Grover Shippey who did many projects in the Schroon Lake area including Scaroon Manor and the Brown Swan…
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Category: Collections
Collection Item of the Week – 02/14/2023
Saratoga was not the only “Summer place to be” in August. Horse racing in Glens Falls took place at he Glens Falls Park Association Track. Below is an original entry form for Harness Racing Stakes to be held on August 14, 15 and 16, 1888. The first stakes race was a Brood Mare Stake. It…
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Collection Item of the Week – 02/07/2023 – Stereographs
This week I thought we’d take a look at a couple of local stereographs in our collection. This is a view looking north on Canada Street in present day Lake George. The stereograph was taken by Seneca Ray Stoddard and is #983 in his collection. This is a view looking east down the…
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Collection Item of the Week – 01/31/2023 – W.S. Tuttle Monuments & Headstones
This week we’ll look at an item from the Harris Family Collection #17 which was donated by Phil Harris. An advertising circular for W.S. Tuttle “Finished Marble and Granite Monuments and Headstones” located at 150 Bay Street in Glens Falls, New York. In the circular he gives references for monuments he provided to noteworthy…
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Collections Item of the Week – 01/24/2023 Warren County / Caldwell County?
I’d like to share with you some research I’ve been doing on the origin Warren County. The county was formed by the New York State Legislature in March 1813. What has been lost to history is the fact that the naming of Warren County after Joseph Warren was not the name originally proposed by the…
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Collection Item of the Week 01/17/2023
This item is from the Sheila Satterlee Collection # 23. An early photograph of the Rogers Rock Hotel. Photographer unknown. Apparently used as a postcard. Contact the Warren County NY Historical Society for a copy of “Terms and Conditions for Reproduction of Images – Multimedia.” edited by Tom Lynch, Collections Manager (c) 2023….
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Job B Vaughn photo album
The Society received a digital copy of Job B Vaughn family of Queensbury, NY. The album is in possession of Patti Bender of Kansas. She was wondering if anyone could help identify any of the photos of the unknown persons whose photos are shown below. Here is some information regarding Job Beadleston Vaughan…
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The Horicon Improvement Company
The WCHS received an interesting item from Jim Barber of North Carolina (formerly of Glens Falls, New York). The item was a group of photographs compiled in a fold out album for the Horicon Improvement Company. I thought we would explore the facilities through Seneca Ray Stoddard’s unique photographs. State of New York…
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Boy Scout Camp “Wakpominee”
We received a collection of photographs of Boy Scout Camp “Wakpominee” from Jim Barber of North Carolina, originally from Glens Falls. The camp is currently located on Sly pond in the Adirondack Park, east of Lake George in the Town of Fort Ann. All the pictures were taken in 1928 and 1929 when the camp…
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Warren County New York Fractional Currency and Bank Notes
At certain times of recessions or depressions the government authorized issuance of fractional currency or bank notes issued by local banks or governments. We recently received an interesting collection of such paper currency from Jack Kokoletsos. We thank Jack for his unusual donation. This ten cent fractional currency was issued by the Corporation…
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