Morris Scenes from just after 1900

Looking up North Broad from Main St. If you click on the photo you can see some boys with sleds in front of the W. H. Gardner Inn.

The view above is from the corner of S. Broad and Hargrave Streets

If you click on this view of the Morris High School you can see a woman standing in front of the building.

This view of Hargrave Lake also known as the Mill Pond was used in a 1904 calendar.

The above photo was shared on Facebook by Diana Bourgeois Birdsall

1958 June, Bob Klindt at the Morris Pond, shared by his daughter, Janice.

Hargrave Pond image shared by Kitty Gould Myers on Facebook.

This Fair Ground view of Morris by N. W. Carey was also used in a 1904 calendar.

Most of the photos were loaned by the Morris Historical Society for scanning. A few words about Norman W. Carey --

CAREY, NORMAN W.

Carey, photographer, cor. Main and Church Sts., Morris, NY (1890s) "Duplicates furnished", cab image; Carey, photographer, cor Main and Church Sts., Morris, NY (1890s-1910) "Duplicates furnished", cab image; N. W. Carey, Photographer, Morris, NY (1904) "Bring Children Bright Days", advertisement in cookbook. See jpg in gallery; Norman W. Carey, photographer, Morris, NY (before 1911) mounted photo identified as Morris High School, Morris, NY, jpg in gallery.

Norman W. Carey born 13 Feb 1870 in Middlefield, NY, son of Ira C. Carey and Frances Williams. N. W. Carey opened a gallery on Main Street in Morris, NY in 1893, which he operated until 1916. Married 1893 Ella Palmatier, one daughter Mrs. Frank Coyle. N. W. Carey died in May 1937 in Morris, NY. Obituary, South New Berlin Bee.