Female hunting trio in Wanakena
Three women in front of the Wanakena footbridge, with pack basket and plant sample. Circa 1910. Wanakena, NY. Check out our story on how trains brought tourism to Wanakena and Cranberry Lake.
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Bill Rasbeck at the oars of an Adirondack Skiff
Bill Rasbeck, a well-known guide of Cranberry Lake, rows an Adirondack Skiff. An Adirondack Pack Basket sits at his feet, and he smokes a pipe. 1888. Cranberry Lake, NY. Photo taken by Seneca Ray Stoddard and titled: The Way it Looks From the Stern Seat.”
Hunters pose with deer at Camp Watokalo Dobson’s in the Adirondacks
Camp Watokalo Dobson’s. Group of men pose with five deer outside of log hunting camp. 1900-1910. Adirondacks. Check out this related story on how trains brought tourism to Cranberry Lake.
Keible’s Hunting Camp at Wanankena
A Real Photo Postcard of Keibel’s Hunting Camp, featuring a hunter posing with a buck in front of a log cabin. Circa 1900-1910. Wanakena, NY.
Guide Bill Rasbeck in Cranberry Lake
Pictured is Bill Rasbeck, a well-known Cranberry Lake guide, whose clientele included artist Frederic Remington. He is holding a gun and wearing an Adirondack pack-basket. His hunting dog stands beside him. Circa 1900. Cranberry Lake, NY. Taken by photographer W.J. Carpenter, M.D. Amateur.
Four hunting guides in an Adirondack lean-to in Cranberry Lake
Four hunting guides sit in an old bark roofed Adirondack lean-to, filled with hunting, fishing, and camping gear. In the middle of the picture is a classic Adirondack pack-basket. Circa 1890s. Cranberry Lake, NY.
A hunting party in the woods around Cranberry Lake
A seven person hunting party sits between a tent and a pyramid of fishing poles and long guns. Note the classic Adirondack pack-basket being used as a chair on the far right. Circa 1895. Cranberry Lake, NY. Taken by W.J. Carpenter, M.D. Amateur.
The Howland Brothers at their hunting camp in Cranberry Lake
The Howland Brothers were well known Cranberry Lake hunting and fishing guides in the late 1800s. In this photo they are posed on the porch of their camp on Cranberry Lake, with two women and a girl. Note that the camp was built using Adirondack style vertical log siding. Circa 1910. Cranberry Lake, NY.
An Adirondack guide and his guide boat at Twitchell Lake in the Town of Webb
An Adirondack guide standing on the edge of Twitchell Lake, holding a shotgun, with a deer in his guide boat. 1895. Twitchell Lake outside Big Moose in the Town of Webb. Photo taken by W.C.Nichols.
Deer hunting expedition returns to the Windsor hotel in Elizabethtown
A hunting expedition has returned with a large buck, met by a crowd of guests at the Windsor Hotel. Orlando Kellogg, proprietor, is third from left. On his right is Harry Palmer, a porter. In the wagon, on left, Is Clinton Simons, on right is William Kellogg, son of Orlando Kellogg, the proprietor. Circa 1900-1910. […]