Rewind: November 30, 2024 The Glidden Tour 1903-1913 Testing the Reliability of Early Automobiles by David Waite For the car enthusiast today, the term ‘cross-country rally’ recalls dust-covered cars testing skill and endurance by racing across endless landscapes of sand dunes and giant cacti. In the early days of automobiles, these…
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Tag: Schroon Lake
Rewind: June 15, 2024 – “A Fugitive At Large in Schroon Lake!”
Rewind: June 15, 2024 A Fugitive At Large in Schroon Lake! John I. Filkins and the Reward for his Capture by Dave Waite It started as just another January night on the Albany train for 28-year-old express messenger Thomas A. Halpine. As a veteran of four years in…
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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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Brown Swan Club – Summer Entertainment
On July 24, 2020 I published an article about the Brown Swan Club at Schroon Lake. I recently received an email from John Iacovino of North Carolina who sent some digital photographs of an orchestra called “The Original University Syncopated Orchestra” of Boston, Massachusetts. John’s father, Louis Iacovino was the drummer…
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Brown Swan Club at Schroon Lake, N.Y.
The Brown Swan Club located in Schroon Lake, NY was designed by Glens Falls Architect Ward Grover Shippey (1885-1963) for owner Philip Rice of Warrensburg, New York. Construction on the club grounds was started in 1916 with the erection of the first building, a framed two story brown clapboard sided cottage named “Windemere”. At the…
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