SLHS Misc. Ephemera and Artifacts binder

Object/Artifact

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Town of Sand Lake, New York

Page Protector 1 - Plank Road Stock Certificate: July of 1850 certificate noting the sale of 10 shares of capital stock in the Albany and Sand Lake Plank Road Company to John Wilder. A note on the back (available upon downloading the PDF) by subsequent owner Thomas Olcott (1795-1880) indicates the certificate was, "worthless." Douglas W. Olcott eventually gifted the certificate to Clayton L. Besch when he bought a home on Parker Road in West Sand Lake in 1966. Clayton donated the item to SLHS in 2006. Refer to the next entry for more information regarding this plank road.
Page Protector 1 - Plank Road Stock Certificate

July of 1850 certificate noting the sale of 10 shares of capital stock in the Albany and Sand Lake Plank Road Company to John Wilder. A note on the back (available upon downloading the PDF) by subsequent owner Thomas Olcott (1795-1880) indicates the certificate was, "worthless." Douglas W. Olcott eventually gifted the certificate to Clayton L. Besch when he bought a home on Parker Road in West Sand Lake in 1966. Clayton donated the item to SLHS in 2006. Refer to the next entry for more information regarding this plank road.

Name/Title

SLHS Misc. Ephemera and Artifacts binder

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.36

Description

Binder storing miscellaneous small publications, artifacts and photos that have been donated to SLHS in acid-free wrappings and pocket protectors (PP). These entries may appear within other logically related portions of this site, but are physically stored in this binder. For example, the following items are located in other sections: - The Troy and NE Railroad Booklet (PP#5), A Brief History of Sand Lake (PP#6), Historic Town Barn on Eastern Union Turnpike (PP#7), and TOSL Bicentennial Program (PP#8) publications are saved in the Publications and Recordings folder of this site; - The Paris in the Springtime Averill Park High School Play Program and some award ribbons (PP#9) are stored the APHS entry in the Schools folder of this site; - A handwritten summary of TOSL Veterans (PP#10) in located in the Military folder; - A SLHS Bicentennial calendar and other archival copies of periodically published SLHS calendars (PP#11) are stored in other sections as appropriate, and; - An Eddie's Apple Cider sign and Walter I Nash Automotive Insurance envelope (PP#12 and 13) are stored in the Business folder.

Context

silk bookmark , Diane DeBlois , stock certificate , Albany and Sand Lake Plank Road Company , John Wilder , Thomas Olcott , Douglas W. Olcott , Clayton L. Besch , Pleasant Valley Lodge , Number 381, Knights of Pythias , James Bonesteel , Play Programs , Kawanis , January Thaw , Jane Eyre , Averill Park Central School Alumni Association , Love from a Stranger , business advertisements ,

Cataloged By

Michael Frederick Perry

Acquisition

Accession

2021.3

Location

* Untyped Location

SLHS FC1-D2

Web Links and URLs

Knights of Pythias Wikipedia Page

Created By

curator@slhstrustees.org

Create Date

April 1, 2021

Updated By

curator@slhstrustees.org

Update Date

March 7, 2022