Antiques and Old Things in the Adirondack Mountains: How Life Used to Be

While we were up at

our lake house we

took an afternoon

side trip to a local

museum ... about life

in the Adirondack mountains.

 

Come along with me

for a quick snippet

of what I saw there:

 

The pictures above

are some examples of

the gorgeous and luxurious

hotels, built in the 1800's. 

 

Tourists would

flock there to get 

relief from the

summer heat.

 

Most of them, if not

all, are no longer standing.

 

(If you click on the photo it will make

it larger and easier to see)

 

These photos

show what it must

have been like for

the local residents

who didn't return to

the city to their

regular homes.

 

Snow shoes and tall

boots. Well, I have

some tall boots...

but I don't need snow

shoes like this!

 

 

The gown on the left

was a part of one woman's

wedding ensemble.

She was obviously

wealthy and owned

some very beautiful things.

 

To the right are examples

of badminton racquets!

 

They were very small

compared to what we use

today.

 

On the left is a doll

a young man made

for his younger sister,

right before he left

to help fight in the

civil war.

 

He never returned.

 

The photo on the right

shows a very small

section of one man's

hobby of wood carving.

 

He made approximately

420 mini chairs

that were replicas

of larger chairs.

No two were the same!

 

As an old friend of

mine used to say,

"Shrunk in the

dryer cute!"

 

 And here we have an

example of what the

men wore in the summer
time....that sport coat

is made of corduroy.

 

Hot!

 

To the right is an old

picnic or dining

set. The journey to

 the mountains probably

took much longer...by

stagecoach, rail, or by

the early 1900s, by car.

 

 

 Here is one of the

printed flyers to

report the news of a

hold up/robbery.

 

I found this particularly

interesting...maybe

because I had worked

in a newsroom in

my earlier pre-momma

days!

 

We take a lot

of things for

granted today.

 

Check out this old

wagon...this would

be today's version

of WalMart or

Target!

It came into town

and you went and

bought what you needed.

 

 

There are of course,

many things about the

past that I enjoy

that we no longer

have in today's  

modern world.

 

Antiques and old things.

They tell stories

about how life

used to be.

 

So fascinating

to me!

 

Hope you enjoyed

my mini tour

of the

Adirondack Mountain

museum!

 

Enjoy your day!