Name/Title
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteEntry/Object ID
2026.71.1Description
Black-and-White photograph of a group of men posing outdoors near a tennis court at the Stokes Camp on Birch Island. Some of them are standing and some are seated. The men are identified as follows:
-Seated (L to R): Whitelaw Reid, Anson Phelps Stokes, Simeon Drake, William Hall Penfold
-Standing (L to R): Ogden Mills Reid, L. Bayard Smith, Edmund Penfold, H. H. Rogers, Lewis Thompson, Mr. Sloane, Henry L. Hotchkiss
Mounted on gray backing board..
A note taped to the board reads, “This picture was taken about 1900 at the Adirondack Camp of Anson Phelps Stokes on Birch Island, Upper Saint Regis Lake. This was attached to the picture on Monday, July 19, 1937 by F. G. Packer, 4 Elm Street (crossed out and replaced with 15 Keene St), Saranac Lake, NY.”Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Reid, Whitelaw, Stokes, Anson PhelpsSubject Place
Body of Water
Upper St. Regis LakeTown
HarrietstownState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Men, Tennis courts, Camps