Photograph, Black-and-White

Photograph

Historic Saranac Lake

Name/Title

Photograph, Black-and-White

Entry/Object ID

2024.2.294

Description

Black-and-White aerial photograph of downtown Saranac Lake and Lake Flower. Taken looking north from the south side of Lake Flower. Buildings visible include: Paul Smith's Electric Light and Power and Railroad Company, Harrietstown Town Hall (second), Hotel Saranac, Alpine Hotel, Union Depot, St. Bernard's Church (second), United Methodist Church, St. Bernard's Elementary School, the Santanoni Apartments, the Alta Vista Lodge, and more. Handwritten note on back reads, "Oct. 1946." Photograph may have been taken by William Kollecker, or for Kollecker's studio.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Body of Water

Lake Flower

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Neighborhood

Downtown, Church Street Historic District

Structure

Main Street, 3, 39 Main Street

Street

Main Street, St. Bernard Street, Church Street, Franklin Avenue

Business

Main Street, 100

Church

St. Bernard Street, 23

Cure Cottage

Church Street, 36, Franklin Avenue, 48

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 1946

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

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

Aerial photographs, Downtown districts, Neighborhoods, Bodies of water

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

5 in