Clinton Prison, Lake Chazy, and Lake Saranac Photograph Album, 1897

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

The Clinton Prison, Lake Chazy, and Lake Saranac photograph album contains 14 images including views of the Clinton County Prison, New York and the surrounding area, and individual and group portraits.

Extent:

14 photographs in 1 album

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Jakob Dopp, June 2024

Background

Scope and Content:

The Clinton Prison, Lake Chazy, and Lake Saranac photograph album contains 14 images including views of the Clinton County Prison, New York and the surrounding area, and individual and group portraits.

The album (22 x 17 cm) is lacking covers. The exposed cover page bears a montage photograph showing printed flowers with an inscription reading "A Merry Christmas / 1897" as well as a portrait of an unidentified young man. Images of note include views of Clinton Prison, the "Warden's Garden" dedicated to Warden Walter N. Thayer, the Clinton Prison chapel, Chazy Lake and waterfalls on the Saranac River, a studio portrait of a man with a safety bicycle, and a group shot of 22 uniformed men captioned "W. N. Thayer Hose Company." Also present is a loose photograph of a dirt road in Saranac, New York.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased from Steve Resnick, September 2000. F-543 .

Rules or Conventions:

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

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Fire fighters--New York--1890-1900.
Prisons--New York--1890-1900.

Formats:

Albumen prints.
Group portraits.
Photograph albums.
Portrait photographs.
Snapshots.

Names:

Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Thayer, Walter N., Jr. (Walter Nelson), 1875-1936.

Places:

Chazy (N.Y.)
Saranac Lake (N.Y.)