Volunteer fireman Mike Romanych in Piseco
Mike Romanych in a Piseco Volunteer Fire Dept. truck. Circa 1990s. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Type of Work: Volunteer
A search team in Benson
A search and rescue crew. Circa 1970s or 1980s. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Leading a search and rescue team in Benson
A search and rescue team. John Washburn is pictured right. Circa 1980s. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Search team goofing off in Benson
A search and rescue team at the Trailhead Inn in Benson. Pictured are John Washburn and Jane Washburn. Circa 1990s-2000s. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Teaching a search and rescue crew in Benson
John Washburn teaching a search and rescue crew. Circa 1970s or 1980s. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Search and rescue volunteer in Benson
John Washburn, a search and rescue volunteer and volunteer trainer. Circa 1990s to early 2000s. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Olympic athletes posing with their bobsled
Alan Washbond and Ivan Brown posing with the Olympic bobsled they built. The pair won the gold medal at the winter Olympics in 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Photo courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives. Alan Washbond was Hope Stone and Charity Marlatt’s father. Listen to their memories of their father’s victory here.
Farmer in a potato field with volunteers in De Peyster
Catherine “Cat” Bennett (left) with St. Lawrence University students who are volunteering at her farm. Cat runs Milkweed Tussock Tubers, a potato farm that focuses on environmentally friendly farming. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. 2017. De Peyster, NY. Check out our story on Cat and her farm.
Farmer speaks with a volunteer holding a basket of potatoes in De Peyster
Catherine “Cat” Bennett talks to a St. Lawrence University student volunteering at Milkweed Tussock Tubers, an heirloom and fingerling potato farm Cat runs in De Peyster. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. 2017. De Peyster, NY. Check out our story on Cat and her farm.
Volunteer fire department battles a fire in Dexter
Dexter volunteer fire department battles a fire. Note the primitive fire truck depraving water. Late 1800s. Dexter, NY. Courtesy of the Dexter Historical Society. Check out our story on the formation of Dexter’s volunteer fire department.