We had an unidentified tool recently added to our collection. Thanks to member and trustee Martin Seelye for identifying the tool. A butteris is a steel or iron tool for paring the hoofs of horses. It’s often used by farriers when shoeing horses. (c) 2025. Warren County New York Historical Society. contact: [email protected]…
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Category: Collections
Revolutionary War Pension Act – Jonathan Lord, Warren County, N.Y.
transcribed by Tom Lynch, Collections Manager (c) 2024. Warren County New York Historical Society. contact: [email protected]
Moses Harris, Revolutionary War Soldier Pension Application S13295
MOSES HARRIS PENSION APPLICATION S13295 DECLARATION OF MOSES HARRIS 16 August 1832 In order to obtain the benefit of The Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 State of New York Ss Warren County On this sixteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared before me Hiram Barber one of the Judges…
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Native American Baskets ???
We received a donation of nesting baskets that were believed to have been sold on Main Street, Bolton Landing, N.Y. by Native Americans in the 1930’s. In photographing the baskets for our Past Perfect Collection System, I noticed four coins attached to the largest basket that appeared to be Chinese. I was trying to figure…
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Collection Item of the Week – May 9, 2023 Instructions to Ground Observer Corps
During the Cold War the US Government continued a ground observers program started during World War II. The object of the corps was to provide more observers of the sky looking for possible enemy aircraft sneaking into United States Air Space. This booklet covers the instructions given to those volunteers including Stanley, Ruth and Ronald…
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Collection item of the week – April 27, 2023 Silver Bay, Lake George, New York
We recently received a nice collection of post cards from Thomas Winant of Florida. Included in the collection were twelve post cards of Silver Bay Association. Since I had never seen many of them I thought I’d share them with you. …
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Collection item of the Week – 03/03/2023 Charles Tisch Cottage at Schroon Lake, NY
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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Collection Item of the Week – 02/14/2023 Glens Falls Park Association
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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