The Civilian Conservation Corps’ mess kitchen and tent. The CCC was a work relief program under the New Deal – men were given work and a place to live. Circa 1930s, during the Depression. Arietta, NY. Photo donated by Martin Podskoch. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Avery’s Hotel and Restaurant, previously Avery’s Inn. This building was the third version of Avery’s. Circa 1950s or 1960s. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
View of dining room in the Fort William Henry Hotel. Note African-American waiters. Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard. 1875. Lake George, NY.
Interior of Cheeseman’s Dry Goods Store with a man behind the counter. Photograph by William F. Kollecker. 1915. Lake Placid, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
William Nylan behind the bar of the Minerva Hotel. 1908-1910. Minerva, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Interior of logging camp kitchen with three unidentified men wearing aprons, one sitting holding a fiddle. Many pies being prepared. 1920. Somewhere in the Adirondacks of NYS. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Rolling dough in preparation for a meal at the Echo Camp for Girls. Photograph by Edward P. Fynmore of Fynmore Studios. 1950-1970. Raquette Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Preparing for a meal in the kitchen of the Echo Camp for Girls. Unidentified African-American cook. Photograph by Edward P. Fynmore of Fynmore Studios. 1950-1970. Raquette Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Frying chicken in the kitchen at the Echo Camp for Girls. Four women at work in the kitchen. Photograph by Edward P. Fynmore of Fynmore Studios. 1950-1970. Raquette Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
An unidentified African-American cook lines a pan with dough in the Echo Camp for Girls camp kitchen. Photograph by Edward P. Fynmore of Fynmore Studios. Circa 1960. Raquette Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
