Big Clear Pond

Photograph

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Historic Saranac Lake

Name/Title

Big Clear Pond

Entry/Object ID

2023.3.336

Description

Stereoview photograph of people with guideboats along the shore of a body of water. There is a lean-to on the right hand side of the photograph. "Big Clear Pond" is handwritten along the side of the backing. Mounted on yellow cardboard backing. Printed on back: "Adirondack Views--Fay & Farmer, Malone, N. Y. St. Regis Lake House, A. A. Smith, Proprietor, St. Regis Lake. Sportsmen and Summer Tourists will find at this delightfully situated place all that they can reasonably expect. An obliging landlord; steady and temperate guides; and unsurpassed views of wild and romantic scenery. Twelve or fifteen Lakes and Ponds, each vieing with the other in beauty, can be visited from here in one day without fatigue; combined, forming a panorama of Adirondack Scenery long to be remembered."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Stereograph

Subject Place

Business

Paul Smith's Hotel

Hamlet

Paul Smiths, Lake Clear

Town

Brighton

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Body of Water

Lake Clear

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Stereoview

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hotels, Boats, Bodies of water

Dimensions

Dimension Description

One image

Height

3 in

Width

3 in

Dimension Description

Cardboard backing

Height

3-1/4 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Color

Yellow, Black-and-white

Web Links and URLs

https://localwiki.org/hsl/Paul_Smith%27s_Hotel