Name/Title
The AdirondacksEntry/Object ID
2003.2.1Description
34p. brochure from New York Central Lines. Front, back & opening page have hand-colored images. Includes 34 black & white photos, 5 maps.
Stamped inside in blue ink: "Ask Mr. Foster, Travel information Service, Burgess-Nash, Co
Omaha Neb."
Begins with Poem and Brief History of the Adirondacks.
Descriptions of towns/villages and attractions along the Adirondack division. Includes Old Forge and Fulton Chain of Lakes, Raquette Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Big Moose, Beaver River, Long Lake, Childwold, Tupper Lake, Saranac Inn, Lake Clear, Paul Smith's, Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, Keene Valley and Elizabethtown, Lake Meacham and Rainbow Lake, Loon Lake and Mountain View, Western Adirondacks, and Southeastern Adirondacks.
p. 9 describes Saranac Lake with a population of 7,000 and details the many amenities of the village: hotels, boarding houses, steam heat, electric light, banks, and excellent stores. Mentions Pontiac Club and Coasting Club.
p. 20 mentions the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, describing it as a biennial event and gives the next date of the Carnival as 1918-1919.
Contains maps of Lakes and canoe carries.
Final pages cover Hunting, Fishing, and Camping regulations and forest fire prevention.
Back page list: Passenger Traffic Dept, ticket agents, and foreign agents.
Dated c. 1917 due to a reference to next winter carnival in 1918-1919.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PamphletNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Railroads, Railroad travel, Railroad companies, Travel, Vacations, Tourism, VacationsPublication Details
Publication Type
PamphletDate Published
circa 1917Dimensions
Width
4 inLength
9-1/2 inDimension Notes
Opens to width of 8 in.