Edward R. Baldwin, a friend and colleague of Edward L. Trudeau. He worked at the Saranac Laboratory and the Trudeau Sanatorium. Circa 1930s. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake. From the late 1800s to the 1950s, Saranac Lake hosted thousands of tuberculosis patients. Walter “Bud” Duffy was a teenager in the 1940s, and […]
sciLab technicians Tony Delahant (right) and Robert Liddy at the Saranac Laboratory. Circa 1940s. Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by Kay and Marvin Best. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
Class in radio mathematics at the US Army Signal Corps School. 1942-1943. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives.
Smith Cottage (formerly called the Hotel Annex) at Paul Smith’s Hotel. Sign reads: “Office, Paul Smith’s Hotel & Cottages.” One of the men is Al Gratton, and another Chet Buxton. 1950. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives.
This oak beam was found by scuba divers in the St. Lawrence River. It sunk to the bottom of the river during a log drive. Clayton was logged from the 1800s – 1920s. Europeans first arrived in this part of the North Country to cut virgin timber and use it for ship building, since much […]
Pictured is Lab Analyst Muriel Hennigan working at the Kraft cheese plant in Canton. Circa late 1970s. Canton, NY. Donated by Helen Bunt. Caption written by donor Helen Bunt: Muriel was “Mom” to many at the plant, always with a kind word, gesture, or instruction.
Unknown man surveying land around the remains of the Clifton Mines, using a theodolite mounted on a tripod stand. Circa 1968. DeGrasse in the Town of Russell, NY.
Homer Lenon pours liquids into glass beakers in the chem lab of the Jones and Laughlin iron ore operation. Circa 1940s. Benson Mines, NY.
George Lamica, Clint Thompson, Wally Hurlbut climbing the Osbornville Geological Survey Tower off Rock Island Road. 1942. Town of DeKalb, NY.
Caption on photo reads: Mining engineers surveying a scram drift. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
