Saint Lawrence River Photo Album, approximately 1925

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

The Saint Lawrence River photo album contains 33 photographs taken during a vacation in northern New York State including views of the Saint Lawrence River, Lake Placid, Lake George, and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Extent:

33 photographs in 1 album.

Language:

English

Authors:

Finding aid created by Jakob Dopp, February 2020

Background

Scope and Content:

The Saint Lawrence River photo album contains 33 photographs taken during a vacation in northern New York State including views of the Saint Lawrence River, Lake Placid, Lake George, and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The album (14 x 20 cm) is bound in a black cloth binding. Images of particular interest include views of a steamboat leaving Clayton, New York, the grounds of the Thousand Island House in Alexandria Bay, views of Wilmington Notch in the Adirondack Mountains, and a picnic scene at Big Rock near Elizabethtown, New York.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased from Anglophile Owl, November 1993. F-140 .

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Picnics--New York (State)--1920-1930.
Resorts--New York (State)--1920-1930.
Steamboats--American--New York (State)--1920-1930.

Formats:

Gelatin silver prints.
Photograph albums.
Snapshots.

Names:

Cornell University.

Places:

Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)
Lake Placid (N.Y.)
Saint Lawrence River.