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Malone, New York: 1897

Submitted by drawsing on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 7:53pm.
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This photo was taken July 1, 1897 in Malone, New York during the anniversary celebration of the Jean Baptiste Society. I found an old newspaper article describing the event. In 1960 my father was working for the USDA on Long Island, New York. He was looking through a dump one day and found this fat packet of over 100 negatives. He brought them home with him and kept them in a box. Some of the negatives had writing on their paper sleeves, and it is from this that I determined the place and time. I have recently begun scanning them and developing them in Photoshop. Some of the photos are from the parade and the accompanying fair. Others are of well-to-do young people engaged in courting, fishing, canoeing and various leisure activities. View full size.

This photo was taken July 1, 1897 in Malone, New York during the anniversary celebration of the Jean Baptiste Society. I found an old newspaper article describing the event.

In 1960 my father was working for the USDA on Long Island, New York. He was looking through a dump one day and found this fat packet of over 100 negatives. He brought them home with him and kept them in a box. Some of the negatives had writing on their paper sleeves, and it is from this that I determined the place and time.

I have recently begun scanning them and developing them in Photoshop. Some of the photos are from the parade and the accompanying fair. Others are of well-to-do young people engaged in courting, fishing, canoeing and various leisure activities. View full size.

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It doesn't look like a station

Submitted by Olde Buck on Sat, 01/10/2015 - 12:35pm.

In the background is Rutland Railroad's unusual station at Malone. The tower in view is identical to a tower hiding behind the tree, and connected by a covered train shed, which made great sense here in New York's snow belt. All trains, both passenger and freight, ran through the shed. In later years the shed was removed and the Rutland (Chatham, NY, and Bellows Falls, Vt. to Ogdensburg, NY) was greatly downsized.

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